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This scene shows a built up area of Muscat at the foot of an outcrop near the Al-Mirani or Al-Jalali fort. The fort’s defensive structures and three main towers are visible along the horizon while several other structures are visible in the fore- and middle-ground. At left is a crumbling wal...
This image shows a section of the ramparts around Muscat and the Mathra Gate (immediately left of centre). Three men can be seen at centre walking towards the pointed arch of the gate, carrying round vessels on their shoulders. In the background on the right and in the background at centre, fu...
Muscat: from Mathra Road. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
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This image shows Muscat from the Mathra road, west or southwest of the town. In the background, at left, the towers of Al-Mirani fort rise in front of the sea beyond. Rocky outcrops rise from centre foreground and background to right of the image, while at centre the whitewashed buildings of...
Genre/Subject Matter: This image shows Riyam and parts of the bay in the right background. Rocky outcrops descend from left to centre of the image where several poles, perhaps telegraph poles, can be seen. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Riyam.’ Upper left, above image, in...
This image shows Mathra and part of the bay behind it. In the far distance at centre a settlement, perhaps Muscat itself, lines the shore. A fortified castle or tower can be seen on the near side of the bay, atop a steep rocky hill. Rocky outcrops descend from left and right to centre of the i...
Mathra: Country Boat. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
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This image shows a group of men and boys standing and sitting on or behind a local boat known as a ‘shasha’, made from the central stalks of palm fronds (barusti) bundled together. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Mathra.’ Lower right, below image, in pen: ‘Country Boat' Uppe...
View towards the custom house at Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas], the large crenellated building in the background. In the foreground men and boys stand along the quays engaged in the loading and unloading of bundles. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘'Bundar Abbas.’ Lower right, b...
View in Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas]. At left a group of men and boys stand alongside a high stone or brick wall, looking towards the camera. In the centre background a further three figures, one holding a paraso,l stand. At right a woman and person carrying a vessel on their head walk away from ...
View in Linga [Lingeh] in the harbour. A large group stands on the quay walls at left. Several boats are moored in the background at right. At least six wind towers (badghirs) can be seen rising above the low-lying buildings along the quay from left to right. Inscriptions: Lower left, below im...
View across the harbour at Linga [Lingeh]. A lone figure is crouched at centre with a bag or basket. Linga stretches from left to right in the background. At least one wind tower (badghir) is visible. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Linga’ Upper left, above image, in pencil, ...
