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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

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

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 179(10)
Title:: Prince Gholam Mahommed's Musjeed [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the mosque near the junction of Dhurrumtollah Street and Chowringhee Road. The letterpress caption label pasted to reverse records the inscription on the building: 'This musjeed was erected during the government of Lord Auckland, G.C.B., by the P...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 222(49)
Title:: Interior of Great Musjid, Lahore Citadel. [Bourne and Shepherd catalogue title: Gate of Mosque from Minaret.] Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Bourne no. 421. View across the courtyard of the Badshahi Masjid from one of the minarets.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863-1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 248(11)
Title:: Mosques, Madras. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the small mosque, with the adjoining domed tomb on the left. Precise location unidentified.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1852
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 248(15)
Title:: Mosque, Madras (Black Town). Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped and in reverse). Genre: Architectural Photography View from the main gateway looking along the roadway leading towards the mosque at Triplicane, built in 1795 and known as the Big Mosque or Walajah Mosque.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1852
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 248(47)
Title:: Mosque, Madras. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the small mosque, with a large domed tomb behind.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1852
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 248(48)
Title:: Mosque, Madras. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a small mosque, raised on a platform, with an Indian figure posed in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1852
Extent:: 1 item

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