HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS

Historical Visual Selections from the Islamic World

Historical photographs of cities, architecture, and daily life from the Balkans, North Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and South Asia.

Inside this collection

Cities, places and album subjects

Scenes with Unconfirmed Locations206 images Ada Kaleh6 images Sarajevo3 images Ukraine2 images Bad Kreuznach1 images Greece6 images Prusac1 images Kovel1 images Tlemcen7 images Jaipur1 images Tunis12 images Thessaloniki16 images Florina5 images Indonesia1 images Afghanistan12 images Tripoli1 images New York4 images Skopje6 images France2 images Rhodes5 images Cairo19 images Novi Pazar1 images Mostar2 images Samarkand399 images Isfahan83 images Berlin3 images Budapest3 images Svilengrad4 images Mitrovica3 images London3 images Srebrenica1 images Los Angeles1 images Komotini1 images Italy1 images Tbilisi1 images Kastoria3 images Berchtesgaden1 images Stara Zagora1 images Nagasaki1 images Preveli1 images Frankfurt1 images Canada1 images Mururoa1 images Ajiep1 images Oran6 images Kinshasa1 images Hiroshima1 images Arpalık (Ayios Sozomenos)1 images Karlovo1 images Barcelona1 images Shkodër1 images Tirana2 images Ioannina1 images Wardang Island1 images Beirut2 images Heraklion2 images Russia1 images Jajce1 images Ulaanbaatar1 images Egypt4 images Pinatubo1 images Finland1 images Sunchon1 images Azerbaijan1 images Baku13 images North Macedonia1 images Nuremberg1 images Rotterdam1 images Ohrid2 images Sidon1 images Moscow1 images Antakya3 images Biskra1 images Tripoli1 images Salt1 images Jordan1 images India4 images Alexandria4 images Chicago1 images Meerut1 images Hisar2 images Shimla1 images Sindh, Pakistan36 images Hazara, Pakistan3 images Pakistan2 images Kohat1 images Indore1 images Mysore2 images Jammu1 images Kerala, India1 images Wünsdorf1 images Delhi38 images Bobigny3 images Bagneux1 images Paris1 images Sohag1 images Fez185 images Blagaj1 images Andijan2 images Bukhara90 images Anau33 images Safed Buland14 images Kasan11 images Kokand3 images Misrian5 images Merv46 images Osh15 images Shakhrisabz46 images Turkestan16 images Uzgen28 images Dzharkurgan1 images Agra19 images Lucknow7 images Sikandra3 images Fatehpur Sikri1 images Istok58 images Klina35 images Yakova1 images Vučitrn2 images Dolac2 images Mostaganem1 images Casablanca2 images Rabat2 images Tangier2 images Blida1 images Bejaia1 images Sfax2 images Istanbul66 images Jerusalem7 images Damascus1 images Abey1 images Tanta1 images Zagazig1 images Suez1 images Port Said1 images Al-Eizariya1 images Nazareth2 images Magdala1 images Tarsus1 images İzmir1 images Asfalou1 images Azemmour1 images Algiers1 images Guelma1 images Algeria2 images Setif1 images Khenchela1 images Constantine1 images Annaba1 images Gabes1 images Carthage2 images Kairouan1 images Nabeul1 images Khiva13 images Bastam7 images Damghan14 images Gonbad-e Kavus8 images Kerman7 images Mahan11 images Maragha9 images Nain5 images Nishapur1 images Qazvin4 images Kum1 images Radkan4 images Sabzevar2 images Shiraz22 images Soltaniyeh21 images Taybad5 images Varamin12 images Yazd24 images Ardistan7 images Semnan2 images Rayy2 images Tus7 images Torbat-e Jam4 images Mashhad14 images Behshahr1 images Damavand5 images Qadamgah1 images Balkh13 images Ghazni8 images Gazargah9 images Herat30 images Mazar-i Sharif8 images Mecca3 images Baghdad6 images

Albanians being taken to prison in Skopje, 1912

Catalogue date · 1912

Albanians being taken to prison in Skopje, 1912

41.9962, 21.4319

An Ottoman soldier on the road after the Balkan War

An Ottoman soldier on the road after the Balkan War

Location not yet established

Turkish people, 1918

Catalogue date · 1918

Turkish people, 1918

Location not yet established

Afro-Turkish İdris Bey's War of Independence keepsake

Afro-Turkish İdris Bey's War of Independence keepsake

Location not yet established

Harvest time, 1951

Catalogue date · 1951

Harvest time, 1951

Location not yet established

Two Turkish girls walking hand in hand in Thessaloniki, 1917

Catalogue date · 1917

Two Turkish girls walking hand in hand in Thessaloniki, 1917

40.6403, 22.9353

A wooden house displaying “Long live the Sultan”

A wooden house displaying “Long live the Sultan”

Location not yet established

Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand

Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand

39.6546, 66.9644

Girls who came to Anatolia through the population exchange

Girls who came to Anatolia through the population exchange

Location not yet established

A cook carving döner

A cook carving döner

Location not yet established

A Turkish cemetery in Thessaloniki, 1916

Catalogue date · 1916

A Turkish cemetery in Thessaloniki, 1916

40.6403, 22.9353

A Balkan War rally in Beirut, 1912

Catalogue date · 1912

A Balkan War rally in Beirut, 1912

33.8933, 35.5016

Ada Kaleh

Ada Kaleh

44.7167, 22.4500

Ada Kaleh

Ada Kaleh

44.7167, 22.4500

Ada Kaleh

Ada Kaleh

44.7167, 22.4500

Ada Kaleh

Ada Kaleh

44.7167, 22.4500

Pilgrims at a selamlık ceremony, 1915

Catalogue date · 1915

Pilgrims at a selamlık ceremony, 1915

Location not yet established

Rabbit research on Wardang Island, 1938

Catalogue date · 1938

Rabbit research on Wardang Island, 1938

-34.5000, 137.4000

Ioannina Clock Tower, 1901

Catalogue date · 1901

Ioannina Clock Tower, 1901

39.6650, 20.8537

A scene from the Balkans, 1914–1918

Catalogue date · 1914–1918

A scene from the Balkans, 1914–1918

Location not yet established

The cemetery of Sulejman Pasha Mosque in Tirana, 1913

Catalogue date · 1913

The cemetery of Sulejman Pasha Mosque in Tirana, 1913

41.3274, 19.8187

Nuri Killigil and engineers standing beside aircraft bombs

Catalogue date · 1946–1949

Nuri Killigil and engineers standing beside aircraft bombs

Location not yet established

Children playing in the street

Children playing in the street

Location not yet established

Vecihi Hürkuş in a training aircraft

Vecihi Hürkuş in a training aircraft

Location not yet established