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 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...
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...
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...
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...
