Islamic Collection (page 4)

View looking down toward the Kaaba (al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah) - Mecca, Saudi Arabia
View looking down toward the Kaaba (al-Kaʿ bah al-Musharrafah) - Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Date: circa 1920s

Sultan, ruler of Islamic states, sultanate

Father and son in Bedouin tent, Syria
A Bedhouin man sits with his young son on a carpet inside their tent. They wear traditional Arab clothes and the man pokes the fire

Boy jumps on cart, Nefta, Tunisia
A boy jumps onto the back of a mule cart and gets a free ride down a dusty street. Nefta, Tunisia Date: 1987

Halal butcher, Kashmir
Halal Muslim butcher cuts pieces of meat in his butchers shop in Srinagar, Kashmir. He squats beside his butchers block, holds a large cleaver and looks directly at the camera Date: 1986

Tozeur, Tunisia - The Railway Station
Tozeur, south west Tunisia - The Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

Mosque El-Djedid, Algiers, Algeria, with the consular building on the right. Date: circa 1910s

Istanbul, Turkey - Sulimaniye Mosque (close-up) Date: 1916

The Al-Azhar University - Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
The Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. The Mosque is directly associated with Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975

Sale, Rabat, Morocco - Medersa Abu al-Hassan, also called Medersa des Merinide Date: 1928

The Blue Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
The Blue Mosque (or the Aqsunqur Mosque) located in Cairo, Egypt is one of several blue mosques in the world. Completed in 1347, the Blue Mosque, located in the heart of Islamic Cairo

Fountain outside Mosque, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fountain outside the Ferhat Pasha Mosque at Banja Luka or Banjaluka - the largest city and the de facto capital of the Republika Srpska entity and the second-largest city in Bosnia

Haydar Khana Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq - WWI Xmas card
A rather unusual Christmas Greetings postcard, featuring a World War One era soldier (serving on the Mesopotamian front) in patriotic pose before an inset view of the Al-Haydar Khana Mosque, Baghdad

Blue Mosque (or the Aqsunqur Mosque) located in Cairo, Egypt
The Blue Mosque (or the Aqsunqur Mosque) located in Cairo, Egypt is one of several blue mosques in the world. Completed in 1347, the Blue Mosque, located in the heart of Islamic Cairo

Libyan Street Scene Date: circa 1920s

Moorish Townswomen in an Archway, Morocco. Date: 1929

The Nejjarine Fountain, Fez, Morocco. Date: 1929

Interior of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilanis tomb, Baghdad, Iraq
The interior (entrance) of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilanis tomb, in his madrasa in Babul-Sheikh, Rusafa on the east bank of the Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq Date: circa 1930s

Tunis, Tunisia - Ornate Arab Doorway Date: circa 1900s

Chania (Kania) Mosque, Old Town, Crete. Date: circa 1920

Bayt Shamiyya (Maison Chamieh), Damascus, Syria
Courtyard and pool of the Bayt Shamiyya (Maison Chamieh), Damascus, Syria, with women in traditional costume. Located on Zankat Bab Tuma in the Christian Quarter of the old city

Samarkand, Uzbekistan - The Registan - Ulugh Beg Madrasa, built during the Timurid Empire era of TimurTamerlane, with an imposing iwan with a lancet-arch pishtaq or portal facing the square

Mecca. Angels decorating the Kaba at the birth of prophet Muhammad. Miniature. Book of Sufti Abdullah, master painter at the court of the Sultan Murad III, 1595. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Battle of Tours or Battle of Poitiers. Octuber 732. Miniature of Great Chronicle of France. Chateau of Chantilly. France

Islamic pottery. Taifor. Plate decorated with horse. Ceramic glaze. From Medina Elvira (Granada). 10th century. Archaeological Museum of Granada. Andalucia

Iran. Isfahan. Friday Mosque. The Oljeitu Mihrab. 1310
Iran. Isfahan. Masjed-e Jame (Friday Mosque). The Oljeitu Mihrab, constructed in 1310 by Mongol ruler Oljeitu

Abd ar-Rahman II, (788-852) receives the Basque ambassadors
Abd ar-Rahman II, (788-852). Umayyad Emir of Cordoba in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia) from 822 until his death. Abd ar-Rahman II receives the Basque ambassadors. Spain. Colored engraving

Jannat al-Mu alla - Khadijas tomb - Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Jannat al-Mu alla, also known as the Cemetery of Ma la and Al-Hajun - a cemetery to the north of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

IRAN. Naqsh-e Rustam. The Roman emperor Valerianus kneeling before Shapur I after the battle of Edessa (260). Persian art. Sasanian art. Relief

Arabian flat astrolabe from 10th century. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Galileo Museum. Proc: SPAIN

Page of poetry anthology by Hafiz Shirazi with an illustration depicting a banquet. Muhammad Al-Hadith. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY)

RASHID AL-DIN (1247 - 1318). Compendium of Chronicles (Jami al-tawarikh). ca. 1307. Marriage of Mahmud Ghazan Khan (1271-1304). Khan mongol of Persia (1295-1304)

Middle Ages in Spain. Market scene
Market scene in the Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula. From left to right, dealer Muslim, Christian and Hebrew. Illustration by Lluis Bargall󮠗 atercolour

Iran. Persepolis. Apadana
Palace of Darius I. Apadana or Audience Hall. 6th c. BC. IRAN. FARS. Persepolis. Apadana or Audience Hall of Darius I. Persian art. Achaemenid period

Darius I on his throne. Persian Art
DARIUS I the Great (550 BC-486BC). Persian Emperor (522-486 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty. Representation of the king on his throne. Persian art. Achaemenid period. Relief on rock. IRAN. Tehran

Bektashi Dervish at Tangiers, Morocco. Founder of the Bektashi order was Hajji Bektash Wali (1209 - 1271) - is today a renowned figure in the history and culture of both Ottoman Empire

The Gateway to the Chota Imambara, Lucknow, India
The Gateway to the Chota Imambara (Hussainabad Imambara) - an imposing monument located in the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

The Black Stone - The Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
The Black Stone at the Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia - revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic, which according to Muslim tradition dates back to the time of Adam and Eve

TUNISIA. GABES. Matmata. Berber troglodyte architecture

Bektashi Symbol in Haji Bektashi Veli Museum
A palihenk (large tash teslim - literally the stone of surrender or abandonment - to be worn on the belt) probably belonging to a Dede Baba / chief sheikh in Haji Bektash Veli Tomb Museum in Nevsehir

Inside of the Osman Gazi Tomb in Bursa, Turkey
A detail from the tomb of Osman Gazi who is one of the original founders of the Ottoman state. The Bursa earthquake in 1855 completely destroyed the original tomb

Studio Misr, founded in 1935 by Egyptian economist Talaat Harb. In its heyday it was the only film studio in the world producing Arabic movies, Based in Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1930s

Sultan of Morocco - Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef Ben Hassan. Born 1909. There were no Kings in Morocco at this time. Ruled as Sultan from 1927 - 1953, exiled by French (1953-55)

Provincial Dervish. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Turkish Dervish
A Turkish Dervish. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Ornate Tunisian Birdcage - Musee du Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia
Ornate Tunisian Birdcage - Musee du Bardo. The Bardo National Museum is located in Tunis, Tunisia. It is one of the largest museums in North Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Golden Domes of Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
Golden Domes of Al-Kadhimiya (Khadimain) Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1920

Maidan Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1910s

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