Arab Collection (page 11)

El Rekaa ou L inclination (La Priere) (Prayer of Inclination), 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
El Rekaa ou L inclination (La Priere) (Prayer of Inclination), 1918. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah (The Life of Mohammed, Prophet of Allah) by Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim. (1918)

La prosternation (La priere) ( Prayer of Prostration ), 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
La prosternation (La priere) ( Prayer of Prostration ), 1918. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah (The Life of Mohammed, Prophet of Allah) by Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim. (1918)

Le depart pour El Djihad ou la Guerre Sainte ( Departure for the Jihad or Holy War ), 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
Le depart pour El Djihad ou la Guerre Sainte ( Departure for the Jihad or Holy War ), 1918. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah ( The Life of Mohammed)

L invocation (La Priere) ( Prayer of Invocation ), 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
L invocation (La Priere) ( Prayer of Invocation ), 1918. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah (Life of Mohammed, prophet of Allah) by Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim (1918)

The Prayer, 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
The Prayer, 1918. Muslims kneeling in prayer. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah (Life of Mohammed, prophet of Allah) by Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim (1918)

Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac to God, 18th century
Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac to God in place of the sacrificial lamb held by a figure in the background, 18th century. Illustration from an Arab manuscript

Standard bearers, drummers and trumpeters of a Saracen army, 13th century
Standard bearers, drummers and trumpeters of a Saracen army mounted on camels and horses, 13th century. From an Arab manuscript

Jabir Ibn Hayyan, Abu Musa, Arab chemist and alchemist. Jabir Ibn Hayyan (Al Jabir) (c721-c815) was court physician to Harun al-Rashid. He is also known as Geber in Latin

Gatling rapid fire gun, 1862. This was a revolving battery gun and, with ten barrels, had a firing capacity of 1200 rounds a minute. Camel-mounted model. From The Science Record. (New York, 1862)

A Qadi, Islamic judge, Khartoum, Sudan, late 19th century. A Qadi (Cadi or Kadi) is a judge who makes decisions according to Islamic Shari ah law

Male, female and child captives driven into slavery by Arab slave traders, c1875. The men are fastened together with slave forks. From The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, c1875

Pilgrims at Mecca. Illustrated page for a copy of the Koran. From the Anthropological Museum, Amsterdam

Arabian travellers on camels, being greeted at the end of their journey. After a 13th century Arab manuscript

Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037), Arab physician and philosopher, 1493. An interpreter of Aristotle to Islam, Avicenna compiled an encyclopaedia of medical knowledge

Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126-1198), eminent medieval Islamic philosopher, 1493. Averroes (full name Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Rushd) was a native of Cordoba, Spain

Avenzoar (Ibn Zuhr) (c1072-1162), Arab physician, 1493. A native of Seville, Avenzoar was a noted clinician. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel. (Nuremberg, 1493)

Abdullah Received in the Tent of Ibrahim Pasha, 1818, (c1847). Artist: Jean Adolphe Beauce
Abdullah Received in the Tent of Ibrahim Pasha, 1818, (c1847). A print from 19th Century Egypt, published 1847

The Mother of Ibrahim Pasha enters Cairo, (1847). Artist: Jean Adolphe Beauce
The Mother of Ibrahim Pasha enters Cairo, (1847). Ibrahim Pasha was the son (probably adopted) of Muhammad Ali, the Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt. He commanded the Egyptian army during his fathers rule

Muhammad Ali sending his son Ibrahim Pasha to put down the Saudi revolt, 1811-1818, (1847). Artist: Jean Adolphe Beauce
Muhammad Ali sending his son Ibrahim Pasha to put down the Saudi revolt, 1811-1818, (1847). The Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali

Ibrahim Pasha Marching at the Front of His Troops, 1811-1818 (1847). Artist: Jean Adolphe Beauce
Ibrahim Pasha Marching at the Front of His Troops, 1811-1818 (1847). The son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, Ibrahim Pasha (1789-1848) commanded the Egyptian army

Knights Templar before Jerusalem, c1099, (14th century). Two knights approach the open gate to the city. On the battlements are three Saracen warriors

Rug Merchant, 19th / 20th century. Artist: Frederico Bartolini
Rug Merchant, 19th/20th century. From a private collection

Anatomy of the eye, 1572. Illustration showing the structure of the eye from an edition of Optica thesaurus a work on optics by the Arab mathematician Alhazen (Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn Alhasan)

The Arab Pony Charger of General Sir Hope Grant, c1879. Creator: Unknown
The Arab Pony Charger of General Sir Hope Grant, G.C.B. in the Indian Mutiny of 1859 and Chinese Campaign of 1860, c1879. From " The Book of the Horse", by S. Sidney

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