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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 49/1(25)
Title:: Lord Curzon and Staff on R.I.M.S. Lawrence.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre/Subject Matter Group portrait of Lord Curzon and his personal staff and naval officers on board R. I. M. S. Lawrence. Curzon is seated second from left, wearing a flat cap. One of the men is Sir Louis William Dane (1856–1946). Inscriptions Ink, below image: Lord Curzon and Staff on R.I....
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Nov-Dec 1903
Extent:: 1 b&w silver gelatin print

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 112
Title:: Visit of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to England
Scope & Content:: Two official photographs of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr, during his visit to England in 1938. The photographs were taken on April 1 and April 4 respectively. The visit was part of the Sultan’s world tour 1937–38. Each photograph was taken by a separate press agency.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1938
Extent:: 2 loose, unmounted, b&w photographs with captions on reverse.

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 174
Title:: Album: 'Views of Mecca and Medina' by H. A. Mirza & Sons, Photographers
Scope & Content:: The album contains historical and architectural views of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, which relate to a South Asian Muslim perspective of the hadj. Contents: 1 'Picture of the Tents of the Turks' 2 'Picture of the Sanctuary of Medina the Radiant' 3 'Picture of the City of Mecca the Grea...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and Urdu
Date Range:: c 1907
Extent:: 13 b/w photographic prints within blue card mounts, bound into one volume

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

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

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

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

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