Islam Collection (page 21)

Transporting the Mahmal to Mecca onboard a British ship from Cairo to Jeddah - on pilgrimage to Mecca. The Egyptian Mahmal was an empty camel litter containing the Quran

Turkey - Constantinople
The Yeni Cami ( New Mosque of the Valide Sultan ) at Constantinople, Turkey. Standing at the Stanboul end of the Galata Bridge

Sudan - Khartoum - The Great Mosque (Mesjid al-Kabir). Date: circa 1904

Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia - Ubudiah Mosque
Kuala Kangsar, the Royal Town Perak, Malaysia - the Ubudiah Mosque. Date: circa 1910s

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Masjid Jamek Mosque
The Masjid Jamek (Friday Mosque) built in 1909 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Date: circa 1910s

Four Turkish men in a room
Four men in a room with two windows overlooking a courtyard. All wear Turkish robes and turbans, and three are sitting cross-legged on the floor

A Dervish Leader
The Superior of the Derviches. Depicting a leader of the Dervishes. 1803

La Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakech

Imams in Iran
Image of two Imams chatting man to man in Iran Date: circa 1910s

Pakistani Greetings Postcard - Eid Festival (1 / 4)
Pakistani Greetings Postcard - Eid Festival (1/4). Eid al-Fitr is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Date: circa 1930s

Woking Mosque, 1955
Muslims entering a mosque in Woking, Surrey, England. Date: circa 1955

Praying in the Desert
A Moslem prays in the desert, his face towards Mecca, while his camel waits patiently Date: circa 1905

Greece, Crete - Chania - Muslim families
Greece, Crete - close to Chania - Muslims on the traditional Friday day off

Paris, France - Muslim Institute and Mosque - the rest hall of the Hammam (Turkish Bath) with fountain

Tallinn (Revel), Estonia
An Islamic Mosque built for an International Fair in Tallinn, Estonia. The spire of St Olai Church forms a fifth minaret on this card!!

Ruins of the Katra Mosque, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
Ruins of the Katra Mosque, a five-domed mosque built in the early 18th century, in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India

Iraq - The Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, The Sahan
Iraq - The Al-Kadhimiya Mosque in the Kadhimayn suburb of Baghdad, Iraq. The Mosque contains the tombs of the seventh Twelver Shi ah Imam Musa al-Kadhim

Jameh Mosque - Kerman, Iran - built in 1349 and extensively modernised during the Safavid period and later

Sarajevo - Three Young Turks praying

Algiers, Algeria, Mosque of Sidi Abderhaman

The Medressa - Algiers, Algeria
The Medressa (Islamic Religious School) at Algiers, Algeria, with a view out over the Mediterranean Sea

Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina - Elderly Muslim at prayer

An Algerian Man prays alongside his camel
An Algerian man kneels alongside his camel and undertakes his midday prayers in the direction of Mecca

Mosque - Balkan Exhibition - Earls Court
June 1905 - The Balkan Exhibition at Earls Court, London. A Mosque constructed in the Balkan Village, standing alongside an eastern orthodox Christian church

Mosque Interior, Constantinople
The lavish interior of a Mosque in Constantinople, Turkey with an ornate fountain and hanging chandeliers

An Ottoman Library
An Ottoman Medressa Library with reading seats and wooden book supports

Valide Sultan Camii - Constatinople
The last Imperial Mosque to be erected in Istanbul - Italian architect Montani. Built in 1871 for the Mother of Sultan Abdul Aziz, a veritable Cinderella

The Beyazidiye Mosque with pigeons, Constantinople
The Beyazidiye Mosque (built between 1501-1506) in Constantinople, with pigeons. The Mosque encorporated a number of educational buildings, public baths and tombs (turbes)

Bead Seller, Constantinople
A seller of strings of beads, Constantinople

Praying at the Mosque, Constantinople
Overflow of the Friday Prayers at a Mosque in Constantinople, Turkey

The Shrine of Imam Reza - Mashad, Iran. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ottoman newspaper with Dervishes (centre)
An Ottoman newspaper reproduced on a postcard, with a central photograph of Mevlevi Dervishes with ney player and Koranic reader

Constantinople - Turkish religious scholar, reading the Koran, seated on a fine carpet

Constantinople - Dervish at prayer with Minarets in the background

Constantinople - Muezzin - Call to prayer in village of Rumeli Hisari

Muslims praying at Tomb / funeral of a local Sufi
Muslims praying at Tomb or funeral of a local Sufi in Istanbul, Turkey

Salonica - Group of Whirling Dervishes with ney player and Koranic reciter (reader). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Constantinople - Whirling Dervish Group with ney players, zither player and Koranic reciter. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Ney player - Salonica - Mevlevi Dervish
Ney player - Salonica. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Dervishes young and old with ney player - Smyrna. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Mevlevi Whirling Dervish turning. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Whirling Dervishes - young and old (Constantinople). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Caucasus, Young Circassian Dervishes with ney player. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Ottoman Empire - Dervish Musicians - including two ney players, a zither player and Koranic reader (seated on beautiful carpet). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

The Dervishes of Aleppo with ney player
The Dervishes of Aleppo, Syria with ney player. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Three Mevlevi Dervishes outside ancient buildings
Balkans - Three Mevlevi Dervishes outside ancient buildings. Elaborate decorative doors. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Constantinople - Young child practising whirling with Father playing the Ney. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

North African Dervishes (French Exhibition)
North African Dervishes displaying at a French Exhibition. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273)

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