270961. Papyrus 3077
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270962. Papyrus 3124
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 3124
- Title:
- Bilingual Latin-Arabic Private Letter (TM 397934)
- Scope & Content:
- A private letter in Latin and Arabic languages, written in Latin alphabet, in which a certain Sati writes to an acquaintance named Iohanne, asking for news about Iohanne’s health and some economical matters concerning merchandise and trading of linen. A third man, named Custantin, is mentioned. T...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic and Latin
- Date Range:
- 7th century-9th century
- Extent:
-
One papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with damages presumably due to folding; written on both sides, with 22 lines across the fibres on the recto, and 2 lines along the fibres on the verso. In the first six lines of the recto, the language used is Latin, but then it switches to Arabic, still written in Latin alphabet (rest of recto and verso). Mounted in one glass frame.
270963. Photo 49/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 49/1
- Title:
- Dane Collection: 'Photographs of Lord Curzon's tour in the Persian Gulf, November, 1903'.
- Scope & Content:
- Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains topographical views and photographs recording the tour of the Persian Gulf by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, undertaken to uphold British interests in the region. The prints are firmly mounted on embrittled card pages, which are disintegrating at the...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Nov 1903
- Extent:
- 25 b/w silver gelatin prints, bound into a green, cloth album
270964. Photo 112(1)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 112(1)
- Title:
- 'The Sultan interested in the tanks after the demonstration' by Sport & General Press Agency, London
- Scope & Content:
- Genre/Subject Matter: This scene, captured at Aldershot during an official visit of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr, to Britain, shows the Sultan (right of image, looking towards the tank) and two of his men: ‘Abd al-Munim bin Yusuf al-Zawauri, Secretary to the Sultan ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1 Apr 1938
- Extent:
- 1 loose b&w photographic print
270965. Photo 112(2)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 112(2)
- Title:
- The Sultan at Westminster Abbey with the Dean of Westminster, the Right Rev. Paul F. D. de Labilliere by London News Agency, London
- Scope & Content:
- Genre/Subject Matter: This full-length portrait of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr, also features the Dean of Westminster, the Right Reverend Paul F. D. de Labilliere, Dean of Westminster Abbey (1938–46) (left of the Sultan), the Sultan’s Secretary, ‘Abd al-Munim bin Y...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 4 Apr 1938
- Extent:
- 1 loose b&w photographic print
270966. 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
270967. 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
270968. 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
270969. 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
270970. 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