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 ↗
Catalogue date · 1923Portrait of Lenin during his illness, 1923
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1912A villager praying before execution in Svilengrad, 1912
41.7684, 26.1977
Catalogue date · 1912A villager praying before execution in Svilengrad, 1912
41.7684, 26.1977
Catalogue date · 1912A villager praying before execution in Svilengrad, 1912
41.7684, 26.1977
Catalogue date · 1956The head of the toppled Stalin statue in Budapest, 1956
47.4984, 19.0404
Catalogue date · 1956The head of the toppled Stalin statue in Budapest, 1956
47.4984, 19.0404
Catalogue date · 1956The head of the toppled Stalin statue in Budapest, 1956
47.4984, 19.0404
Date unknownTurkish women wearing çarşaf
Location not yet established
Date unknownHalil Kut Pasha and Gerold von Gleich
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1923Identity checks during a prisoner exchange, 1923
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1914–1918An Ottoman soldier leading his camel through a sandstorm
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1909Turkish cavalry parading in Thessaloniki, 1909
40.6403, 22.9353
Catalogue date · 1915Thessaloniki, 1915
40.6403, 22.9353
Catalogue date · 1920Turkish women waiting for aid in Thessaloniki, 1920
40.6403, 22.9353
Catalogue date · 1917Turkish children in the Florina market, 1917
40.7833, 21.4000
Catalogue date · 1912Serbian troops arriving in Skopje, 1912
41.9962, 21.4319
Catalogue date · 1908Ottoman troops outside the White Tower in Thessaloniki, 1908
40.6403, 22.9353
Catalogue date · 1916Jewish soldiers in the German army celebrating Hanukkah, 1916
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1945Berlin, 1945
52.5244, 13.4105
Catalogue date · 1909–1911A flower seller in Tunis, 1909–1911
36.7902, 10.1537
Catalogue date · 1908–1913A Tatar woman in Crimea, 1908–1913
Location not yet established
Date unknownPalestinian fishermen
Location not yet established
Date unknownPortrait of Sultan Abdülaziz
Location not yet established
Date unknownShah Mosque in Isfahan
32.6525, 51.6746