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This scene, taken from on board ship, shows the coastline at Mathra Bay, Muscat. Two high outcrops of rock can be seen in the centre of the image; a fortified structure stands on the highest point on the left outcrop. Immediately below this, just below the horizon line, a small flat-bottomed b...
View of the harbour at Muscat, with Fort Al-Mirani in the background. The photograph was likely taken from near Fort Al-Jalali. Rocky ridges rise behind the fort on the horizon to the right of the fort, while to the left more built structures curve around the bay. Compare, for instance, the si...
This scene shows the landscape of Sedab from the sea. The photograph was likely taken from on board ship. Rocky mountains rise in the background. A settlement occupies the thin strip of land along the shoreline from left to right of centre along the horizon line, where palm trees can be seen. ...
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...
