Minaret Collection (#7)

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, c1924. Artist: John Bushby
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, c1924. A print from Countries of the World, edited by JA Hammerton, volume two, The Fleetway House, London, c1924

Jama Masjid, Delhi, India, late 19th or early 20th century. The Jama Masjid is one of the largest and most important mosques in India

Citadel and Mohammed Ali Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, late 19th or early 20th century. Cairos citadel was begun by Salah ad-Din (Saladin)

Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad, Cairo, Egypt, c1922. Artist: Donald McLeish
Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad, Cairo, Egypt, c1922. Street scene showing the minarets of the mosque, built in 1415-1421 by the Mamluk Sultan Al-Muayad Sayf ad-Din Shaykh

A street in Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
A street in Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. A print from Baghdad, Camera Studio Iraq, published by Hasso Bros, Rotophot AG, Berlin, 1925

View of a street from the North Gate, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
View of a street from the North Gate, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. A print from Baghdad, Camera Studio Iraq, published by Hasso Bros, Rotophot AG, Berlin, 1925

The entrance gate of the Kadimain Mosque leading to the tomb of the Imam Moosa Al Kadim, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
Entrance gate of the al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. The gate leads to the tomb of the Imam Musa al-Kadhim, one of two Shia Imams buried within the mosque

The golden domes and minarets of the al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
The golden domes and minarets of the al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. Two of the Shia Imams are buried within the mosque, which was built in the 16th century

The Kadhimiya, the holy city near Baghdad, from an aeroplane, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
The Kadhimiya, the holy city near Baghdad, from an aeroplane, Iraq, 1925. RAF official photograph. Today a suburb of Baghdad, the Kadhimiya is a holy city to Shia Muslims

Aerial view of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Cairo, Egypt, from a Zeppelin, 1931 (1933). A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten

Tombs of the Kings of Golconda, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1844. Artist: Thomas Higham
Tombs of the Kings of Golconda, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1844. Tombs, in the Mughal style, of the Qutb Shahi sultans, who ruled Golconda in the 16th and 17th centuries

The al-Askari Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, c1930s. Originally built in 944, the al-Askari Mosque is the shrine of Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari

Islamic minaret on Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Palestine, c1930s. Artist: Donald McLeish
Islamic minaret on Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Palestine, c1930s. A print from Countries of the World, edited by JA Hammerton, volume IV, The Fleetway House, c1930s

Cuttub Minar in April 1794, (1799). The 72.5 metre high Qutub Minar in Dehi, India, is the tallest brick minaret in the world. It was begun in 1193 and completed in 1386

Baoli and Remains of the Palace of Jehanguir, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Artist: Capone
Baoli and Remains of the Palace of Jehanguir, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Jahangir Mahal, the palace of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, was built in the 1610s

Mosque of Abdul Rahim Khan, Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Artist: Finden
Mosque of Abdul Rahim Khan, Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. A print from The Faiths of the World, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Sects, Volume II, by Reverend James Gardner

Friday prayers, Jama Masjid, Delhi, India, early 20th century. The Jama Masjid is one of the largest and most important mosques in India. Commissioned by Shah Jahan, it was completed in 1656

Juma Masjid, Bombay, India, 20th century. Bombays Juma Masjid (Friday Mosque) was completed in 1802

Looking north-west from the Taj Mahal up the Jumna river to Agra, India, 1903. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking north-west from the Taj Mahal up the Jumna river to Agra, India, 1903. Stereoscopic slide. Detail

The Indian Mosque, Durban, South Africa. Large numbers of indentured labourers were brought to Natal from India by the British in the 19th century

The Tombs of the Califs, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Mosque of El-Arhan, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Mosques of Sultan Hassan and El Rufai, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The courtyard of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali at the Saladin Citadel, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Tombs of the Mameluks, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. A mamaluk (or mamluk) was a slave soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans during the Middle Ages

The Saladin Citadel, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Great Mosque at Antioch, Turkey, 1841. Artist: Henry Adlard
The Great Mosque at Antioch, Turkey, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume III, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

The Jumma Musjid, Delhi, India, early 20th century. From Views of India in Colour, published by The Times of India Offices (Bombay and Calcutta)

A street in the Suk district of Tunis, Tunisia, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

The Royal Mosque at Isfahan, 1931. Artist: Pascal Coste
The Royal Mosque at Isfahan, 1931. The Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran, was re-named the Imam Mosque after the revolution. Illustration from Apollo, A Journal of the Arts, (London 1931)

Ganems mother and sister leaving Damascus, 19th century. Scene from the story of Ganem in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, also known as The Arabian Nights

The Muezzin in his Minaret calling the Faithful to Prayer, 1926. The muezzin is a chosen person at the mosque who leads the call (adhan)

Taj Mahal mosque (or masjid), Agra, India, 1916-1917

A minaret at the Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1916-1917

Fortress of Ghazni, with the two Minars, India, 1847. Artist: Kirchner
Fortress of Ghazni, with the two Minars, India, 1847. View of minarets in the city of Ghazni in eastern Afghanistan. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co)

City of Lucknow, India, 1847. Artist: Robinson
City of Lucknow, India, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

The Aurangzeb Mosque, Varanasi, India, c1890. Illustration from Inde, Tombeaux et Monuments Sacres, (a work on Indian tombs and sacred monuments), by L Boulanger, (Paris, c1890)

Mosque on River Street, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, WWI, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918

Kazimain mosque, Iraq, 1917-1919

Suq al-Ghazl Minaret, Baghdad, Iraq, 1917-1919

Backstreet and old mosque, Baghdad, Iraq, 1917-1919
Backstreet and old mosque, Baghdad, Iraq, 1917

Baghdad fron the north gate, Iraq, 1917-1919

Exchange square, Baghdad, Iraq, 1917-1919. Proclamation day, 18th November

Arab street scene, Iraq, 1917-1919

Taj Mahal Gate, Agra, 20th century

The Nebi-Daniel Mosque, Alexandria, Egypt, 20th century. Published by The Cairo Postcard Trust

The Great Emambara & Mosque. Lucknow, c1900. Bara Imambara is an imambara complex in Lucknow, the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India

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