Syria Collection (page 17)

Syria - Aleppo - The Minaret of the Grand Mosque
Syria - Aleppo - The Seljuk Minaret of the Grand Mosque (Ummayad Mosque) dating from 1090. Date: circa 1910s

Aerial view of Mari, Syria
An aerial view of the site at Mari (modern Tell Hariri) in Syria. In the foreground can be seen the city, dating from 2600 B.C. and in the background the Palace

Tekkiye Mosque at Damascus
The Tekkiye Mosque (Tekkiye Camii) built by the architect Mimar Sinan on the orders of Suleiman the Magnificent - a mosque complex in Damascus, Syria on the banks of the Barada River (foreground)

Tomb of St. John - Damscus, Syria
Tomb of St. John (Yahya) in the Great Mosque (The Umayyad Mosque) at Damscus, Syria. Date: circa 1910s

Turkish military camp at Jaffa
Plan of the the Turkish military camp at Jaffa (then in Syria) on 25 July 1800 by Mr George Pink. 1800

Damascus, Syria - Chouhada Square
Damascus, Syria - Saahat El-Chouhada/ Place des Martyrs / Martyrs Square. The monument pictured is one erected by the Turks to commemorate the opening of Hijaz Railway

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

Turkish woman brought coffee
A woman in oriental robes sits smoking a pipe with a very long stem while her servant brings her coffee. There are richly ornamented carpets on the floor. 1756

Decorated Camel - Syria
An opulently-decorated camel from Syria - covered in decorative symbols related to the Turkish Ottoman Empire Date: circa 1910s

Syrian Bedouin Men - Costume series (2 / 3)
The traditional clothing style of six Syrian Bedouin Men. Date: circa 1910s

Syrian Women - Costume series (1 / 3)
Syrian Women - in traditional costume Date: circa 1910s

Aleppo, Syria - Dancer travelling by Camel
Famed dancer and entourage including musicians travel across the desert close to Aleppo, Syria en route to their next gig. Date: circa 1910s

Racial / Arabs / Lebanon 19C
A chieftain from LEBANON, a Moslem from DAMASCUS, SYRIA Date: late 19th century

Racial / Arabs / Armenian
An ARMENIAN woman, with a DRUSE and a man from DAMASCUS, SYRIA Date: late 19th century

Racial / Arabs / Damascus
Two women from DAMASCUS, SYRIA, with between them a woman from the neighbourhood of MECCA, ARABIA Date: late 19th century

Racial / Arabs / Syria 4
Four from SYRIA - a Dervish, a Farmer, a young Druse woman and a man from Damascus Date: late 19th century

Cooks Tours in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, 1931-32
Cover illustration for Cooks Tours in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, showing a group of three men brewing mint tea in a Middle Eastern street scene

Damascus, Syria - Panorama with bomb damage
Damascus, Syria - Panorama. This picture shows the result of 48 hours of French bombing of Damascus in retaliation for the Syrian revolt against the French Mandate - 1500 people reported killed

Workmen put telegraph cables, Syria
Workmen installing telegraph cables in Aleppo, Syria

Turkish railway locomotive
Turkey - Locomotive for the route to Damascus and beyond. The engine weighed 47 tonnes!

Bedouin Man - Syria / Israel
Middle Eastern Bedouin Man

Young Turkish Kurdish man
Young Kurdish Boy standing with a rifle and holding a camel whip. Interestingly, this card was published by the French Jesuit Armenian Mission in Syria

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

Syria - Aleppo - Dervish Tekke (Meeting House) - Sheikh Bakr. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273)

Syria - Damascus - Turkish Military Band
Turkish Military Band in Damascus, Syria parading. Led by a group of dervishes, some playing the ney

Damascus - the entrance to the Grand Mosque
Damascus, Syria - the entrance to the Grand Mosque

Temple of Baal, Palmyra, Syria
A Temple, ruins at Palmyra, Syria. The most striking building in Palmyra is the huge temple of Ba al one of the most important religious building of the first century AD in the Middle East

Syrian Merchant
A fine portrait photograph of a Merchant from Syria (in Egypt)

Filling water jara at a well - Syris
Syria - Three chaps filling up large water jars at a well

Hotel Victoria, Damascus, Syria
Hotel Victoria in Damascus, Syria - famous for a meeting between Allenby, King Faisal and Lawrence of Arabia

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

Syrians in Constantinople
A group of Syrians in Constantinople, displaying traditional Syrian dress with sword, rifles, headresses and a carried ewer. Date: 1905

Sir Richard Francis Burton disguised as a Pathan, c. 1853
Engraving of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), the English explorer, linguist and diplomat, disguised as a Pathan, c.1853

Lady Jane Franklin (1792-1875)
Engraving of Lady Jane Franklin, nee Griffin, the wife of the English explorer, Sir John Franklin. Lady Jane travelled extensively with Sir John through Syria, Turkey, Egypt and Tasmania

Watering Camels
Watering camels in Syria

Syria Inscription
On the rocks above the Nahr- el-kelb river is a bilingual inscription referring to Sesostris, who may be identical with the pharaoh Ramses

Daphne, Turkey
Described as a suburb of Antakya (Antioch), Daphne was formerly in Syria but is now in southeast Turkey

Pharpar River
View of the river Barrada, originally the Pharpar : the ancient river is today generally identified as the Awaj, to the south of Damascus

Damascus Distant View
Distant view of the Syrian capital seen picturesquely through an archway

Pasha of Damascus
The Pasha of Damascus receives a delegation

Halab (Aleppo) Syria
General view of the city of Halab, formerly known as Aleppo, seen from a cemetery

Azaz, Syria
The town of Azaz, where Crusaders fought a notable battle against the Seljuk Turks in June 1125

Halab, Syria
The city of Halab, formerly known as Aleppo

Divan in Damascus
Ladies in a divan at Damascus - a fountain-cooled lounge where woman can relax on commodious sofas

Damascus General View
Distant view of Damascus, with travellers approaching on horseback

Syria / Ar Raqqah
Ruins of Ar Raqqah (or Rakka) formerly home of Harun ar Rashid and other Abbasid caliphs

Damascus Street Scene
A street scene in Damascus

Syria Archeology 2
Interior of a monument on the Syrian coast

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