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'Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.' Photographer: Raja Deen Dayal & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View of a group of eleven men mounted on camels to form a guard of honour. Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘20’
Two official photographs of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr, during his visit to England in 1938. The photographs were taken on April 1 and April 4 respectively. The visit was part of the Sultan’s world tour 1937–38. Each photograph was taken by a separate press agency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
2 loose, unmounted, b&w photographs with captions on reverse.
Album: 'Views of Mecca and Medina' by H. A. Mirza & Sons, Photographers
Scope & Content:
The album contains historical and architectural views of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, which relate to a South Asian Muslim perspective of the hadj. Contents: 1 'Picture of the Tents of the Turks' 2 'Picture of the Sanctuary of Medina the Radiant' 3 'Picture of the City of Mecca the Grea...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:
13 b/w photographic prints within blue card mounts, bound into one volume
Picture of the Paradise of al-Ma'ala. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the cemetery known as the Paradise of al-Ma’ala or Jannat al-Mualla, situated north northeast of the Masjid al-Haram, in which several of the Prophet Mohammed’s relatives were buried. Some of those buried there are listed in the surrounding prose, includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:
1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount
Picture of the Paradise Garden of al-Baqi'. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the cemetery known as the Paradise of al-Baqi' in Medina, which was the first Islamic cemetery. Located immediately to the southeast of the Masjid al-Nabawi, the cemetery holds significance due to its status as the burial site of many companions and relativ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:
1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount
‘Bahrein’ [View of Sharjah from across the Sharjah Creek], c. 1873.
Scope & Content:
General view of Sharjah Town, taken from aross Sharjah Creek looking southeast. The horizon line is punctuated by various built structures, before which a variety of dhows and other craft are moored, at anchor or pulled up along the shoreline. A large group of figures can be seen standing alon...
Photo 392/1 47 prints Album A.2: 'Kashmir 1895, Punjab 1890-91.' Photo 392/2 48 Prints Album A.3: 'Kashmir 1891, Aug.' Photo 392/3 46 prints Album A.4: 'Kashmir 1891, Sept.' Photo 392/4 48 prints Album A.5: 'Kashmir 1891, Sept. 1892, Aug.' Photo 392/5 47 prints Album A.6: 'Punjab 1892.' Pho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890-1939
Extent:
1191 slides, 3202 negatives, 7841 photographic prints
Stein Collection: Albums A.85–92. Punjab, Iran and Swat, 1931–33
Scope & Content:
Eight albums containing a total of 492 prints, covering the following subjects: Prints 1–77 Expedition to Jhelum District, Punjab, November 1931-January 1932 Prints 78–254 First Expedition to Iran, January-May 1932 Prints 255–394 Second Expedition to Iran, November 1932-May 1933 Prints 395–4...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931-1933
Extent:
492 photographic prints
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