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

An Albanian fighter in Shkodër, 1917

Catalogue date · 1917

An Albanian fighter in Shkodër, 1917

42.0681, 19.5121

A Vietnamese officer and an American prisoner of war, 1973

Catalogue date · 1973

A Vietnamese officer and an American prisoner of war, 1973

Location not yet established

Soldiers behind a barricade in Barcelona, 1936

Catalogue date · 1936

Soldiers behind a barricade in Barcelona, 1936

41.3888, 2.1590

Kastoria in summer 1919

Catalogue date · 1919

Kastoria in summer 1919

40.5216, 21.2634

Liman von Sanders with Ottoman officers, 1914–1918

Catalogue date · 1914–1918

Liman von Sanders with Ottoman officers, 1914–1918

Location not yet established

A palanquin, 1865

Catalogue date · 1865

A palanquin, 1865

Location not yet established

Ottoman officers taking a tea break on the Black Sea, 1917

Catalogue date · 1917

Ottoman officers taking a tea break on the Black Sea, 1917

Location not yet established

Yalı Mosque in Karlovo, 1932

Catalogue date · 1932

Yalı Mosque in Karlovo, 1932

42.6333, 24.8000

Crimean Turks, 1878

Catalogue date · 1878

Crimean Turks, 1878

Location not yet established

Crimean Turks, 1878

Catalogue date · 1878

Crimean Turks, 1878

Location not yet established

Crimean Turks, 1878

Catalogue date · 1878

Crimean Turks, 1878

Location not yet established

Crimean Turks, 1878

Catalogue date · 1878

Crimean Turks, 1878

Location not yet established

The cruiser Averof, 1912

Catalogue date · 1912

The cruiser Averof, 1912

Location not yet established

Muhammad Ali leaving court, 1967

Catalogue date · 1967

Muhammad Ali leaving court, 1967

Location not yet established

Ahmed Vefik Pasha, 1855

Catalogue date · 1855

Ahmed Vefik Pasha, 1855

Location not yet established

A child's funeral in Arpalık, 1964

Catalogue date · 1964

A child's funeral in Arpalık, 1964

35.0662, 33.4384

Hiroshima, March 1946

Catalogue date · 1946

Hiroshima, March 1946

34.4000, 132.4500

An injured child in the Congo, 1904

Catalogue date · 1904

An injured child in the Congo, 1904

-4.3276, 15.3136

American landing troops approaching Oran, 1942

Catalogue date · 1942

American landing troops approaching Oran, 1942

35.6991, -0.6359

A mobile swimming pool in New York, 1960s

Catalogue date · 1960–1969

A mobile swimming pool in New York, 1960s

40.7140, -74.0060

Famine and food aid in Ajiep, 1998

Catalogue date · 1998

Famine and food aid in Ajiep, 1998

Location not yet established

Views of Kastoria

Views of Kastoria

40.5216, 21.2634

A French nuclear test at Mururoa, 1971

Catalogue date · 1971

A French nuclear test at Mururoa, 1971

-21.8667, -138.9167

Thessaloniki, 1918

Catalogue date · 1918

Thessaloniki, 1918

40.6403, 22.9353