Muslim Collection (page 18)

Caucasus - Dervish with swordfish sword
Caucasus - Derivish with swordfish sword and begging bowl. Darwesh or Dervish, as it is known in European languages, refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious Tariqahs - tariket

Dervishes of different orders - Constantinople (Istanbul). Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Seated Dervish with knotted stick
Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth. Within the Islamic tradition such people are often known as Sufis, Sufi

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

Ankara - Mosque and Tomb of Hajji Bayram Veli (1352 -1430). Was called Numan - changed to Bayram after he met his spiritual leader Somuncu Baba during the festival of Eid ul-Adha which is called

Middle Eastern Dervish Group
Rifai Dervishes - a Dervish order founded by Shaykh Sayyid Ahmad ar-Rifai (1119-1182). Traditional Dervish order found with a marked prescence in Syria, Egypt, Kosovo and Albania

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

Road to Mecca - Camels and Pilgrims. A beggar sits at the roadside, offered alms by a passing child

Balkans - Mostar - Turkish man at ritual prayer

Two Turkish Dervishes in Constantinople of the Bektasi Order. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

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

Wandering Russian Shamen or Dervish riding a rather dishevelled horse with trained raven on a pole. Surrounded by a crowd of onlookers

Persian Dervish with young son, carrying a club. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

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

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

Rifai Dervish (who have the ability to command animals). Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Arabian Dervish - Egypt
Arab Dervish from Egypt. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Turkish cemetery - Constantinople
A Turkish Cemetery in Constantinople, Turkey

British Soldiers at Muslim Burial - Gallipoli
A group of British and Australian allied forces at Gallipoli in the Dardanelles witness a Muslim burial conducted by the local Imam (possibly the burial of a local assistant to their cause?)

Muslim Cemetery - Baghdad
The Muslim Cemetery in Baghdad, during the time of British occupation following the First World War

Mosque Fatih Camii
The Mosque Fatih Camii - the Mosque of Mehmet the Conqueror. Built by The Conqueror between 1463 and 1470. Architect unknown

The Blue Mosque, Constantinople
The Blue Mosque or Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I with seven minarets. The capital city of the Roman Empire between 330-395 AD, in Byzantine times

The Egyptian Obelisk before the Blue Mosque
The Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet I Mosque - six minarets) looms large behind the Egyptian Obelisk (the Obelisk of Theodosius) which is covered in hieroglyphs

Lady leads her sheep to Market - Constantinople
An elderly lady leads her sheep to Market on a string, along a cobbled street - Constantinople, Turkey

Turkish women outside the Mosque
Turkish Women outside the Mosque, Istanbul

Scene outside a mosque in Kashgar, western China
A crowded scene outside a mosque in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

The Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine, Kerman, Iran
Southeastern Iran - Kerman Province - The Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine. The dome over the tomb of Shah Nematollah Vali, a well-known Sufi dervish, dates from the early 15th century

Scene on a road in Pakistan
Scene on a track in a province formerly in North-west India, which now forms part of modern-day Pakistan. A man and a woman travel together, the woman seted on a donkey, her face completely covered

The Nematollah Vali Shrine, Kerman, Iran
Southeastern Iran - Kerman Province - The Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine. The dome over the tomb of Shah Nematollah Vali, a well-known Sufi dervish, dates from the early 15th century

Ablutions for prayer - Mosque in India
An ablution area in an Indian Mosque, showing a far more intimate and open view than the ablution fountains found in Mosques further West

Lone soldier guards crossroads in Delhi - Partition in India
A lone soldier defends the cross-roads near the entrance to the Parharganj Bazaar, scene of some of the heaviest rioting in Delhi and where great destruction had been done to Muslim property

Partition. Muslim women and children pouring across the fro
Muslim women and children escaping the Sikh Jathas, pouring over the frontier border into Pakistan having heard about atrocities and violence following Partition in 1947

Mahatma Gandhi at Muslim refugee camp
The hindu spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi receives a warm reception from Muslim refugees gathered at a camp close to Delhi, prior to convoy travel to Pakistan

Muslim fanatic restrained at refugee camp
A Muslim fanatic is restrained by his co-religionists as Mahatma Gandhi arrives by car at a refugee camp close to Delhi

Muslim Refugees heading to Pakistan
Two trains packed with Muslim refugees en route from Delhi to Pakistan. A bulging, writhing target trainload of refugees was attacked by Sikhs at Amritsar on 22nd September

Basha Menebhi returning from midday prayers
Morocco - Mogador (Essaouira) - Basha Menebhi returning from midday prayers at the Mosque

Arabs from Mecca. The man on the left holds a tesbih, a string of beads which can be counted off to match the 99 Names of God

Muezzin - Call to Prayer, Constantinople
A Muezzin - the call to prayer from a Mosque overlooking the Bosphorus (likely to be a Mosque at Kuzguncuk). Visible across the Bosphorus is the European side

Tetuan, Morocco - Entrance to the Mosque

Sierra Leone - West Africa - Muslims Praying
Muslims praying in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa

Mosque Interior
View of the interior of a mosque in Turkey with worshippers

Constantinople - Cemetery with Pilgrims
Pilgrims who have completed the Hajj to Mecca gather at a Constantinople Cemetery

Constantinople - Mosque of the Cloak of the Prophet
The Mosque of the Cloak of the Prophet Muhammad in the Old Palace, Constantinople

Algerian Fantasy card depicting Mecca

Women departing on Pilgrimage
Turkish women in Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina, heading off on pilgrimage to Mecca wearing all-enveloping black burkas. Their children are wishing them farewell in the top-rght inset image

The Holy Carpet
The start of the great annual Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca. The carpet is said to be the actual one on which the Prophet Mohammed prayed and is 1

Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina - Market scene
Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina - general street/market scene with a small covered market (right) with a mosque in the background and general sellers of a variety of wares in the open square

The Holy Carpet carried to Mecca
The start of the great annual Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca. The carpet is said to be the actual one on which the Prophet Mohammed prayed and is 1

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