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1. Add Or 4817

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4817
Title:
The entrance courtyard and east facade to the Kalan Masjid. Lady Hastings' party in the foreground. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The entrance courtyard and east facade to the Kalan Masjid with its vertiginous flight of steps to the entrance gateway. A group of elephants, soldiers and retainers in the foreground.Inscribed below: ‘Another view of the same to the West,’ with an illegible pencil inscription along the bottom un...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 item

2. IOR/R/15/2/1281

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1281
Title:
File 6/62 Ruined mosques in Bahrain, correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file contains the following: a letter from Major Claude Edward Bremner, Political Agent, Muscat, to Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent, Bahrain, in which he reports the poor state of many of the town's mosques and enquires about any procedure of repair or removal that may ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1933-28 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

3. Photo 174(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(2)
Title:
Picture of the Sanctuary of Medina the Radiant. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Haram (Sanctuary) of the Masjid al-Nabawi or Mosque of the Prophet at Medina from an elevated position northwest of the oldest portion of the building which contains the tombs of Mohammed, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab. The dome erected over them,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photograph laid down on a blue card window mount

4. Photo 174(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(3)
Title:
Picture of the City of Mecca the Great. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Caaba and Sanctuary at Mecca from an elevated position due East of the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque. Parts of the northwest of the city of Mecca are visible in the background. Due to the relatively slow shutter speed used by the photographer, the m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photograph held within a blue card window mount

5. Photo 174(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(4)
Title:
Picture of the Sanctuary of Medina the Radiant. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Haram (Sanctuary) of the Masjid al-Nabawi or Mosque of the Prophet at Medina from an elevated position northeast of the oldest portion of the building, which contains the tombs of Mohammed, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab. The dome erected over them...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount

6. Photo 174(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(5)
Title:
Picture of the Sanctuary of Mecca the Great. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Caaba and Sanctuary at Mecca from a position within the Masjid al-Haram west-southwest of the Caaba. Pilgrims surround the Caaba; all are facing it while some are performing the tawaf – the ritual of circumambulation of the Caaba seven times in a counte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount

7. Photo 174(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(9)
Title:
Picture of the Mosque of Khaif and Mina. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This photograph was taken from an elevated view northeast of the Masjid al-Khayf in Mina, seven kilometres east of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. Mina is a station of the hadj, where pilgrims camp out on the 8th, 11th, 12th (and some on the 13th) of Dhul-Hijjah, as can be se...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount

8. Photo 174(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(13)
Title:
Picture of the Mosque of Quba. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This photograph depicts the mosque at Quba, which is located about three miles south-southeast of the Masjid al-Nabawi in the former outskirts of Medina. Quba was the first place for public prayer founded by Mohammed during the hijra from Mecca to Medina in 622 AD. The su...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount

9. Photo 1349(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1349(32)
Title:
The Pulpit of Omar, Mosque El-Aksa, Jerusalem. Photographer/Publisher: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic double.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

10. WD2095(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2095(1)
Title:
Tomb of Mahomed Shah, Beejapore [Bijapur]. Artist(s): Nash, Alexander (fl. 1834-1846)
Scope & Content:
Folio 1. Inscribed in pencil: ‘Tomb of Mahomed Shah. Beejapore. L.A. Nash 1845’. Pencil drawing of a tomb at Bijapur by Alexander Nash (fl. 1834-1846) dated between 1844 and 1845.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884-1885
Extent:
1 item