Syria Collection (page 15)

Aleppo, Syria - Muslim Cemetery. Date: circa 1910s

Minaret of the Tawachi Mosque, Aleppo, Syria Date: circa 1910s

Syria - In the Bazaar
Syria - Scene in the Bazaar. Date: circa 1910s

Imam upon the minaret calling believers to prayer - Syria
The Imam the minaret calling the believers to prayer - Syria. Date: circa 1910s

Bronze Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria
Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria. This bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East - the line between

Damascus, Syria: Umayyad Great Mosque, West Gate, Courtyard
Damascus, Syria - Umayyad Great Mosque - The West Gate and Courtyard with the Cupola of the Treasure. Date: 1920s

Village of Kafar Tkerime near Aleppo, Syria
Interesting conical houses at the village of Kafar Tkerime near Aleppo, Syria. Date: circa 1930s

Aleppo, Syria - Flood of February 1922 covering the old bridge and the automobile park Date: 1922

Aleppo, Syria - Ancient Bridge which no longers appears to exist. Date: circa 1910s

Aleppo, Syria, - Tomb of Abu Bakr and Military Hospital
Aleppo, Syria, - Cheik et Bakr Quarter and Military Hospital - in the foreground is Tomb of Abu Bakr (Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa) - senior companion (Sahabi)

Aleppo, Syria - Grand Rue du Jamilie Date: circa 1910s

Old Houses in Damascus, Syria Date: circa 1910s

A group of Jolly Good Fellahs - Syria
A group of Syrian Fellahs, Aleppo, Syria. The word Fellah is used to denote a peasant, farmer or agricultural labourer in the Middle East and North Africa

Damascus, Syria - Marjeh - Palace of Justice - Mecca Column
Damascus, Syria - Palace of Justice - Marjeh Square and column. The bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East

Dervish Mosque, Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1908

The Cloisters at Krak des Chevaliers, famous Crusader Castle near Homs, Syria. View of the Inner Court fom the south. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS

Amawi Mosque - Damascus, Syria - Preachers Tribune
The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus or formerly the Basilica of Saint John the Baptist - Interior view, showing the Minbar (Preachers Tribune). Date: 1934

Aleppo - Syria - The Civilian Hospital. Photograph taken during the French occupation in the 1920s. Date: circa 1910s

Aleppo - Syria - Bridge access to the Citadel Date: circa 1930s

Syria - Damascus - Mosques. Date: circa 1930s

Grand Amavi Mosque - Damascus, Syria
The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1920s

Damascus, Syria - Wheat Seller Date: circa 1910s

Syria - Palestinian Freedom Fighter
This postcard depicting a Palestinian Freedom Fighter was sent as a gift to the Palestinian Newspaper (Jarida Filastir 1911-1948) by an opponent of the British Mandate. Date: circa 1920

Syria - Weapons taken from Arab fighters by the French
Syria - General Joseph Joffre (1852-1931) inspects weapons taken from Arab Hauran rebel fighters by the controlling colonial French forces. Date: circa 1919

Example of Kufic writing - Aleppo, Syria. Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script. Date: circa 1920s

Carved capitol from the Grand Mosque at Damascus, Syria
Carved capitol from the Grand Mosque at Damascus (Umayyad Mosque), Syria Date: circa 1910s

Syria - Aleppo - under occupation by the Turks. Date: circa 1910s

Aleppo, Syria - Al-Utrush Mosque
Aleppo, Syria - Al-Utrush (Atrush) Mosque - built during the Mamluk period (between 1399-1410). Date: circa 1910s

Aleppo, Syria - House of Sheikh Velveke Date: circa 1910s

Turkish Cemetery, Damascus, Syria Date: circa 1910s

Aleppo, Syria - Entrance to the Town Date: circa 1910s

Blue Mosque and Obelisk of Thutmose III
The Egyptian obelisk of Thutmose III (1549 - 1503 BC) - originally from Deir el Bahri opposite Thebes in Upper Egypt to commemorate campaigns in Syria

The grave of a sheikh, Damascus, Syria
Card to commemorate the visit by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to Damascus, Syria in 1898 - The grave of a sheikh (Sufi Saint). Date: 1898

Syria, Damascus - Clock Tower Date: circa 1907

Nomadic Children in the Citadel, Aleppo, Syria Date: circa 1910s

View of Aleppo - Ornamental stonework over an archway leading into the fabulous 13th century citadel. Date: circa 1910s

View of Aleppo - Moat surrounding the Citadel
View of Aleppo, Syria - The moat surrounding the fabulous 13th century Citadel. Date: circa 1910s

Helmet with Mask. 50. Made of iron and silver. Roman art. Early Empire. SYRIA. Damascus. National Museum. Proc: SYRIA. Homs. Necropolis of Emesa

Second Crusade (1147-1149). Battle in Syria. Fresco of the Templar Chapel. Romanesque art. Fresco. FRANCE. Paris. National Museum of French Monuments. Proc: FRANCE. Cressac-Saint-Genis

Syria (1863). Damascus. Picture of the Historia
" Syria (1863). Damascus. Picture of the " Historia General de las Misiones" (General History of Missions). Etching."

Umayyad Great Mosque. Prayer Hall. SYRIA. Damascus. Umayyad Great Mosque. Umayyad art. Architecture

QUIRINIUS (-?-21); Pliny The Elder (23-79). Consul of Rome (12 BC). Governor of Syria between 6 and 9 AC.; Roman writer

SYRIA. Damascus. Hazem Palace. Damascus (17th c.). Painting

SYRIA. Damascus. Tomb of Saladin. Relief on marble

Syria / Damascus / Straight
Damascus: Straight (or Strait) Street, where St Paul stayed after his temporary blinding Date: 1880

Syria / Damascus Distant
A distant view of the city Date: circa 1840

Syria / Damascus C1840
General view of the city and the banks of the Barada river Date: circa 1840

Events / Syria / Massacre
Continual harassment of Christian Maronites by Druses leads to their taking refuge in the French Consulate at Damascus, but the Druses break in and massacre them Date: summer 1860

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