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111. MSS Urdu 14

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Urdu 14
Title:
فضل بہار Faẓl i bahār
Scope & Content:
A treatise in verse on the principles of the Islamic faith and religious observances. By Saiyid Fazl 'Ali. Begins: پہل حمد ھی پاک خلاق کی کہ جن اپنی قدرت سے مخلوق کی وو صاحب فضل اور صاحب کرم نہین لکھ سکے وصف اوسکا قلم عجب اوسکا دریا ھی توحید کا کہ غواص کا وھان نہ پاوے پتا Fazl 'Ali belo...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Persian, and Urdu
Date Range:
1267
Extent:
60 folios

112. MSS Urdu 15

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Urdu 15
Title:
مایتہ المسائل Mi'at al-masā'il
Scope & Content:
Answers to 100 questions relating to the principles and observances of the Sunni creed given by Maulana Shaikh Muhammad Ishaq ibn Shaikh Muhammad Afzal Faruqi. Translated by Ahmad Allah ibn Dalil Allah, Siddiqi, in the year A.H. 1245 (A.D. 1829-30).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Persian, and Urdu
Date Range:
1273
Extent:
82 folios

113. Or 16987/1-35

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16987/1-35
Title:
Dalhousie papers, 35 items
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1824-1841
Extent:
36 items

114. Photo 174(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(1)
Title:
Picture of the Tents of the Turks. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the tents of the Ottoman Turkish troops at their camp at Medina. Despite the apparently secular nature of the subject, and the fact that the camp does not depict a stopping-off point on the hadj, the laudatory poetry and prose makes clear the relevance of t...
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

115. 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

116. 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

117. 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

118. 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

119. Photo 174(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(6)
Title:
Picture of Mount 'Arafat. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows pilgrims camping at the Plain of 'Arafat. Located 21km southeast of the Masjid al-Haram, the plain, which extends 6 km from East to West and 12 km from North to South, and the 70 metre high granite hill at the centre of it are stations of the hadj. Mount 'A...
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

120. Photo 174(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(7)
Title:
Picture of the City of Medina the Radiant. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows a panoramic view of the city of Medina from an elevated position outside of the city walls, possibly from a rocky outcrop which is still to be found northwest of the Masjid al-Nabawi. Part of the old walls of the city – raised to 25m by Sultan ‘Abd al-ʿAzīz...
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

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