Syrian Collection (page 13)

Jews making mosaics - Syria
Jews making Mosaic patterns in Syria. The tessera are being cut by a craftsman with a handsaw, while his young assistant mixes the suitable cementing adhesive

Syria - Hama - Russian Consul General on the Orontes
Hama, Syria - The Russian Consul General on the Orontes River, accompanied by The Greek Orthodox clergy. They are photographed by a large and free-flowing waterwheel

Syria - Hama
General view of Hama, Syria. The city is renowned for its 17 norias (waterwheels) used for watering the gardens, which date back to 1100 BC

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

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

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

Theophilus of Antioch
THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH Syrian prelate. Bishop of Antioch (by 170); one of the fathers of the church; first known writer to use the term " Trinity". Date: ? - 180

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

Bedouin Man - Syria / Israel
Middle Eastern Bedouin Man

Babies from many racial groups in Istanbul
The Taste of Milk - 50 babies in Istanbul at the Lazarist Mission, who are Turkish, Greek, Armenian, Syrian and Israeli!

Pope Constantinus 708 - 715
Pope Constantinus, a Syrian by birth, died 715

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

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

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

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

Syrians Riding
A Syrian couple with their horses : a camel is loaded with their luggage

Syria Archeology 2
Interior of a monument on the Syrian coast

Syrian Noble
A Syrian noble holding his pipe

Syrians Go to Hormuz
Aleppo (Syrian) merchants travel to the twice-a-year market at Ormuz (Persian Gulf), the biggest trading place with the Orient

Stone confirming early Christian missionaries in China
Stone found at Si-gan-fou (Chang-an, or Hsian-Fu) in 1625, which seemed to confirm that Christian missionaries had been in China in 635, during the Tang Dynasty, when O-lo-pen (Olopun, Alopen)

Syrian War Chariot
A warrior shoots his bow from the rear seat of an ancient Syrian war chariot : note the blades on the wheels, and the spears projecting in front

Koran Page 1280 (Front)
A folio from a Syrian (Mamluk) Koran scribed during the Crusades in Khafif al muhaqqiq script with sura headings in gold Thuluth, on handmade linen paper

Mount Hermon, Lebanon
On the Syrian border, in the Anti-Lebanon range, this was the northern limit of the Israelite conquest

Plants / Hibiscus Syriacus
Syrian Hibiscus or Althaea Fruter

Koran Page 1280 (Back)
A folio from a Syrian (Mamluk) Koran scribed during the Crusades in Khafif al muhaqqiq script, on handmade linen paper

Syrian Goat (Bewick)
This is the SYRIAN GOAT so- called because that is where it lives

Simeon Stylites
SIMEON STYLITES Syrian ascetic who chose to spend 30 years of his life on a pillar whose height was gradually increased to 40 cubits

Heliodorus Flagellated
HELIODORUS Syrian courtier, ordered by Seeleucus Philopator to loot the Jewish temple at Jerusalem, is punished by angels who flog him severely

Syrian Chiefs Tribute
18th Dynasty : Syrian chiefs pay tribute to the Egyptians

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