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151. Photo 174(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(10)
Title:
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

152. Photo 174(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(11)
Title:
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

153. Photo 174(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(12)
Title:
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

154. Photo 174(13)

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

155. Photo 174(13)

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

156. Photo 355/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1
Title:
Dunlop Smith Collection: Sir Charles Aitchison Album of Views in India and Burma
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains landscape and architectural views of locations in India, the Persian Gulf, Burma, Florence, China (Yarkand in the latter-day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Zanzibar, the Andaman Islands, Balochistan, Scotland as well as group and individual portrait...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860s-1880s
Extent:
232 b&w photographic prints, other printed material and 4 watercolour drawings, bound into a green and brown half leather album

157. Photo 355/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1
Title:
Dunlop Smith Collection: Sir Charles Aitchison Album of Views in India and Burma
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains landscape and architectural views of locations in India, the Persian Gulf, Burma, Florence, China (Yarkand in the latter-day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Zanzibar, the Andaman Islands, Balochistan, Scotland as well as group and individual portrait...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860s-1880s
Extent:
232 b&w photographic prints, other printed material and 4 watercolour drawings, bound into a green and brown half leather album

158. Photo 355/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(34)
Title:
Entrance to Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: General view of the Bushire Residency and surrounding buildings, looking across a paved area. A low wall from left to right across the centre of the image divides the paved area from the Residency. To the left of the image a low-ceilinged flat-roofed structure occupies mu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

159. Photo 355/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(34)
Title:
Entrance to Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: General view of the Bushire Residency and surrounding buildings, looking across a paved area. A low wall from left to right across the centre of the image divides the paved area from the Residency. To the left of the image a low-ceilinged flat-roofed structure occupies mu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

160. Photo 355/1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(35)
Title:
'Bushire Resident's Country House'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: General view of the Resident at Bushire's Country House. Several large trees are visible in the background behind the house as well as in front of the verandah to the right of the image. Inscriptions: Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'b', '35' Below image, in pe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

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