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Picture of the Mausoleum of Our Lord Amir Hamza, May God Be Pleased upon Him. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This photograph depicts the mausoleum dedicated to Amir Hamza as well as, in the background, Mount Uhud, approximately 4-5 km north of the Masjid al-Nabawi, Medina. It was taken from a position southeast or southwest of the mausoleum. The surrounding text makes reference ...
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
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
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
The holdings in this part of the War Office Archive principally relate to China, Turkey-in-Asia, and Arabia. The material includes route surveys and itineraries, in many cases with accompanying topographical notes and name lists
'P[lane] T[able] & P[rismatic] C[ompass] Surveys' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Shows hydrology, relief, and settlements. Some sheets include annotations in Arabic script. Minor settlements and stations along the route are numbered. Sheet 9 comprises plans of Suichow (隨州), Tsaoyang (棗陽), Tungpeh (桐柏), Yingshan (應山), and Shiaohotsi (小河溪), all at scale 1:15,840.
Maps of two routes in north-east Chihli [直隸] province, surveyed by Lieutenant Webster and Colour Havildar Lachman Pershad. 'Tracing of Survey by Mr R.B. Morehead 1902' - War Office envelope
Scope & Content:
The principal route runs from Shihmenkai (石門寨) (12 miles north of Chinwangtao (秦皇島)), northwards to Chienchang (建昌) and Mangniuyingtze (蟒牛營子), north-west to Kienchang Hsien (建昌縣), finally south-west to Sanshikiatze (三十家子). The other route runs from Jehol (熱河) southwards to Malankwan (馬蘭關), 2 mile...
Route surveys in eastern China, 'chiefly Ho-nan [河南] and Shan-tung [山東] Provinces. Also partly in Hu-pei [湖北], An-hui [安徽], & Southern Chih-li [直隸] Provinces. By Lieut Webster & Naik Shiv Dayal Singh & Havr. Man Singh 1903-04' - title sheet
Scope & Content:
17 sets of maps with accompanying lists of place-names. Titles are taken from the printed slip headed 'Originals' attached to the first map in each set by Intelligence Branch, North China Command. 'Survey carried out in connection with "Report on Honan Province"'. The maps sheets include Arabic s...
'Chih-li [直隸] & Shan-hsi [山西] Provinces. Surveys by Lieut Col Wingate, Capt Turner, Havr Marisami & Sowar Harnam Singh & Sepoy Hakim Khan 1905' - wrapper
Scope & Content:
Shows relief with form lines, hydrology, the line of the routes surveyed, and numbered settlements. Place-names are given in Wade-Giles romanisation and in Urdu. The map is drawn in variously oriented multiple sections on the sheets. The set comprises North China Command Intelligence Branch 'O...
