19th Century Asian Leaders

A collection of historical figures from 19th century Asia, depicted in intricate engravings showcasing traditional clothing, regal postures, and cultural significance.

Imam Shamil (possibly someone dressed up to represent him as he died in 1871) - Political and religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus. He was the leader of the anti-Russian resistance in the Caucasan War and was the third Imam of Dagestan and Chechnya (1834-1859) Date: circa 1900

Tong-Doc of Hanoi, Prime Minister of the King of Annam, Vietnam. Asia. Old 19th century engraved illustration A campaign in Tonkin by Charles Edouard Hocquard from Le Tour du Monde 1889

Shia Muslim Scholars. Persia. 19th century. Engraving. Iran.

Mohammad Karim Khan Zand. Founder of the Zand dynasty (1705-1779). Iran. Old steel engraved antique print. Published in L'Univers La Perse, in 1841. History of the ancient Persian empire

'An Arab Sheik', 19th century. Artist: WJ Edwards

Historia de España. Enrique II de Trastamara (1333-1379), rey de Castilla. Grabado de 1872.

Haman plans revenge Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. still image. Art reproductions. 1908. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Headgear, Robes, Haman (Biblical figure)

Ben Aisa, The Kabyle, Algiers, 1885

Imam Shamil (possibly someone dressed up to represent him as he died in 1871) - Political and religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus. He was the leader of the anti-Russian resistance in the Caucasan War and was the third Imam of Dagestan and Chechnya (1834-1859) Date: circa 1900

The Yūsufzai, also called Yousafzai, Esapzai or Yūsufī, is one of the tribes of the great Sarban Confederation of the Pashtun people. They are found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, and in some eastern parts of Afghanistan. In addition, some Yusufzai trace their lineages from 18th century India, most notably in the Rohilkhand region as well as the Tonk area, many of whom form a part of the larger Rohilla community.

Machmud II Sultan of Turkey.

A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: seated, holding a fan. Etching, ca. 1890 ().

grand Vizier of Morocco Sidi Ahmed el Krim Ganmia (1863 - 1945) supported the nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War;1936

Suleiman II, Sultan of Turkey.

Shia Muslim Scholars. Persia. 19th century. Engraving. Iran.

Seyvid Barghash, Sultan of Zanzibar, Africa, from the Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers series (N189) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1888 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers" series (N189), issued in an unnumbered set of 50 cards in 1888 by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. Seyvid Barghash, Sultan of Zanzibar, Africa, from the Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers series (N189) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & Company

Fath Ali, Shah of Persia.

Bach yassaktry bash yasakchi, qui tient le gouvernail (?) au bateau de l'aga des jannissaires. 44, Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839, (Patron).

Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem 1900, Israel

Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides) preeminent medieval Spanish, Sephardic Jewish philosopher, astronomer and one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages. born in Córdoba 1135 or 1138, and died in Egypt, 1204

Abul Hassan Chan .

From a Stamp Paper 20th century Morvi Morbi State Gujarat India Copyright: xDilipxRajgor/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Portrait of Indian prince Nawab Sharf-ul-Umrah, Amir-i Kabir, India. Old engraving illustration Prince of Wales Albert Edward tour of India. El Mundo en la Mano 1878

Portrait of archbishop Isidore Nikolsky by Pyotr Fyodorovich Borel, Lithograph, 1865, Neoclassicism, 1829-1898, Russia, Moscow, Russian State Library,

Portrait of a man from the Beni Hassan tribe, a nomadic group of Arab origin, one of the four sub-tribes of the Arab Maqil tribes that emigrated to the Maghreb in the 10th century, Morocco. North of Africa. Morocco by Edmondo de Amicis 1875. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Dungan chief, Central Asian people. Yining, northwestern part of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China, Central Asia. From Orenburg to Samarkand 1876-1878 by Madame Marie Ujfalvy-Bourdon, Le Tour du Monde 1879

Photograph of The Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia (1844-1913) baptized as Sahle Maryam, was Negus of Shewa, then Ngusä Nägäst of Ethiopia. Dated 1900

The Passing of King Arthur; Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879); Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England; 1874; Albumen silver print

The King of Lahore, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Yemeni orthodox Jew, 1914 (1936).Artist: Donald McLeish

Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine, 1808 - 1883. Also known as Emir Abdelkader, Abdelkader El Djezairi and Abd al-Qadir. Algerian leader who led struggle against 19th century French colonial invasion. After

Studio portrait of clergyman in ornate vestments, possibly the Archbishop of Athens , Bishops. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Whirling Dervish - Constantinople (portrait). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) mystic and poet. When the great Andalusian mystic Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi met Rumi (as a boy) with his Father in Baghdad he commented when he saw him walking away behind his Father How strange, there goes a Sea followed by an Ocean. The advancing Mongol hordes forced Rumis Family to leave Balkh arriving finally in Konya (Turkey).

SEDEY ACHMET PASCHA.

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Cristodul, Abyssinian deacon, Gabro, Bishop of Harra, and Efrem, Russian Archimandrite, Abyssinian mission to Russia, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXII, No 30, July 28, 1895.

Portrait of Egyptian man of the Coptic religion. The term Coptic refers to Egyptians who profess some type of Christian faith in the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Coptic Catholic Church, or the Coptic Evangelical Church. Ancient Egypt History. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Ghorband District is a district of Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Ghorband is located in the southern foothills of Hindu Kush and forms the western boundary of the ancient valley of Koh Daman. It is located 50 km from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The capital lies at Syahgerd, also known as Seya Gerd. It is the largest district of the province, covering an area of 899 square kilometres with a population of 74,123 as of 2003. The Ghorband River flows through the district.

Kaid Chaliak Rebei, guide to the German Mission from Tangiers to Fez, Morocco. Date: circa 1910s

The Malabar Independent Syrian Church, also known as the Thozhiyur Sabah (Church), is a Christian church centred in Kerala, India. It is one of the churches of the Saint Thomas Christian community, which traces its origins to the evangelical activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. Considered part of the Syriac Orthodox Group of churches in India, the church split from the main body of India's Malankara Church in 1771. After a court verdict in 1862, the church was given its current name Malabar Independent Syrian Church. Today the church remains small, with about 35,000 members, and maintains good relations with the other Malankara churches.

Chedingen, King Behanzin of Dahomeys (now Republic of Benin) chief counsellor and leader of the Dahomean delegation to Paris. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 25 November 1893. France, French, Africa, Colonialism

El-Azrak & Wadi Sirhan in the Arabian Desert. Druze political refugees from Jebel Druze (The Hauran). A Druze A'kil, i.e., one who may be trusted with secrets of the order. 1926, Jordan

Muhammad ʿAli, also called Mehmed Ali, 1769 - 1849. Pasha and Viceroy of Egypt, founder of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and dubbed the founder of modern Egypt. After a 19th century portrait.

Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, anglicised as Tertullian, born circa 160 died circa 220. Prolific and controversial early Christian Berber author. From the book Crabbes Historical Dictionary published 1825.

Bayezid I (born 1360, died 8, 9 March 1403), was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Evreiki. Sara | Library of Congress

Portrait of a ruler of the Mogulijk, Pieter Schenk (I), 1670 - 1713 print A sovereign of the Mogelrijk in India with a headdress with pearls. He has a scepter in his hand. Amsterdam paper engraving pearl; pearl necklace (+ women's clothes). insignia and symbols of sovereignty (crown, diadem, sceptre, orb, seal, standard, cloak, pectoral)

A Mohammedan Yoruba trader, also referred to as a Yoruba Muslim, from the period 1890 - 1893. The image, published by D. Appleton in New York, features aspects related to clothing and dress, with cultural significance to the Yoruba people and Muslims from Oyo, Nigeria

Two Indian Muslim men at prayer Date: circa 1907

A proud and rich Algerian Arab in a rich costume and in a rich setting! Date: circa 1910s

Shah of Persia with long beard and elaborately bejeweled crown, ceremonial robes, belt, dagger, and sword. Handcoloured woodcut by E. Vermorcken and Mercier after an illustration by H. Hendrickx from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.

Wall with pictures of mouride muslim spiritual leaders in Tawafall, Senegal

vintage photo Abu l Muzaffar Muhi ud Din Muhammad Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Averroes (1126-98), Moorish Islamic philosopher and physician. His commentaries on Aristotle were translated into Latin and greatly influenced late Medieval humanism.

The Emir of Kano - the traditional ruler of the Nigerian city of Kano, capital of the modern Kano State, Nigeria, Africa. Date: circa 1950s

THE MUTINY IN INDIA

Bayezid II (December 3, 1447 May 26, 1512) oldest son and successor of Mehmet II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512.

A Chaous, a Courier to the sultan. A tchavouch, a messenger from the Sultan. Standing, for feet, in a landscape.

THE SUPREME KING OF SIAM IN HIS STATE ROBES

Rasul Khan 1892 - 1911 Junagadh Gujarat India

Haji-Mullah Abbas Irvaani (Yerevani) mostly known as Haaj Mirza Aqasi or Hajj Mirza Aghasi - one of the most famous figures of the Qajar History of Iran (1796-1925). Aghasi was the Prime Minister (Nakhost Vazir or Sadr-e Aazam) of Iran from 1835-1848. Date: circa 1840

Selim II 28 May 1524 12 December/15 December 1574), also known as Selim the Sot (Mest) or Selim the Drunkard; and as Sar? Selim or Selim the Blond, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death.

A FAKIR, INDIA, 1876

Native Indian inhabitants of Santo Domingo, New Mexico. USA. Voyage of Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen from the Mississippi river to the shores of the Pacific Ocean 1853-1854. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

Ibn Battuta (1304-1369). Moroccan explorer. Ibn Battuta in Egypt. Illustration by Leon Benett from book by Jules Verne published in 1878. Colored engraving. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth. Within the Islamic tradition such people are often known as Sufis, Sufi, people of the way or mystics and they come from every strata of society; here monetary considerations are inapplicable since the situation is that of a deep personal inner spiritual longing. There are in existence a number Sufi Orders many of which bear the name of a great saint and within these orders various practic

Muezzinzade Ali Pasha, also known as Sofu Ali Pasha, Sufi Ali Pasha or Meyzinoglu Ali Pasha (d.1571). Ottoman statesman and naval officer. He was Kapudan Pasha (Grand Admiral) in command of the Turkish fleet at the naval Battle of Lepanto, where he was killed in action. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

Christ presented in the sitting position en face; Thoma, Hans (1839-1924); 1885-1890 (1885-00-00-1890-00-00);

India: 'A Kamdangar or bowmaker. Shown bending the wood of a bow over a bowl of embers'. Tashrih al-aqvam, Hansi: James Skinner, 1825

A young Tajik wearing the silk belt adorned with chopped silver plates ", Aus dem Buch" through the Russian Turkestan "..

'Driven to desperate measures by the ruthlessness of Northern domination, the white Southerners eage Artist: Unknown.

History of Arabia. From left to right: Guardian of the Sepulcher of the Prophet and Mohammedan dressed with the mantle Jeran in the days of pilgrimage. Engraving by Vernier. Lemaitre direxit. Panorama Universal. History of Arabia, 1851. Later colouration.

A Jewish woman from Thessaloniki. Greece. Drawing by Alexandre Bida (1813-1895) Journey to Mount Athos, 1858 by Antonin Proust (1832-1905) Le Tour du Monde 1860

Arab playing the kamancheh. History of Arabia. Old engraving published in L'Univers Arabia, in 1841. History of the ancient Arabia

Hajji Mirwais Khan Hotak (1673-1715) was an influential tribal chief of the Ghilzai Pashtuns from Kandahar, Afghanistan, who founded the Hotaki Dynasty that ruled a wide area in Persia and Afghanistan from 1709 to 1738.

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (born around 313. died 386). outstanding theologian of the early Church. from the book Crabbe's Historical Dictionary. 1825. historical. colored. digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century

Osman III (Ottoman Turkish Sultan) (born, 1699 1757) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757

Portrait of mughal emperor bahadur shah, india Copyright: xBhagwandasxRupani/DinodiaxPhotox

Costume of a Dervise or Dervish man of Syria. He wears robes of aba or felt, a scimitar on his girdle and has his hair in a tuft on his head to be tied by a cord to the ceiling. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Octavian Dalvimart from William Alexanders translation of Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks, Thomas MLean, London, 1814.

Shah Jahan, Großmogul of India.

Portrait of Mehemet Ali or Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha (Kavala 1769 - Alexandria 1849) governor and later King of Egypt. Creator of modern Egypt, North Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

'Plutarch', (c.AD46- c120), 1830. Plutarch (c.AD46- c120) Greek biographer and essayist known primarily for his work 'Parallel Lives'. He worked as a magistrate, an ambassador and priest of the Delphic temple. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830

(French - Aqaba , Arabie ( actuelle Jordanie ) Le cheikh Zaal , neveu d' Awda ibn Harb Abu Tayih).

A jeweller displaying samples of his jewellery. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Portrait of a Barakzai, a relative of the Amir. Dated 19th Century

Jude Thaddeus by Anthony Gruerio, 20th century art

Portrait of Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908) Russian Orthodox archpriest and a member of the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Russia. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Moslem at prayer in India circa 1850

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1916), Bulla, Karl Karlovich (1853-1929)

HASHIM, A NATIVE OF ASSOUAN. Egypt, engraving 1879

Osman Digna (c.1840 - 1926) was a follower of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, in Sudan, who became his best known military commander during the Mahdist War. He was claimed to be a descendant from the Abbasid family. As the Mahdi's ablest general, he played an important role in the fate of General Charles George Gordon and the loss of the Sudan to Turkish-Egyptian rule

Vintage photo of david sassoon, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Order of the Teutonic Knights of St. Marys Hospital in Jerusalem, German Roman Catholic religious order founded c1190. Knight wearing white surcoat with black cross over a tabard holding his helm and sword.

Malabar Hindoo Hindu India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Trasacco, SS. Rufino e Cesidio, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Matthias, Mateiu, Basarab, enlightened ruler of Wallachia 1633-1654, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Lehnert & Landrock: Rudolf Franz Lehnert (Czech) and Ernst Heinrich Landrock (German) had a photographic company based in Tunis, Cairo and Leipzig before World War II. They specialised in somewhat risque Orientalist images of young Arab and Bedouin women, often dancers as well as, apparently, the occasional Rabbi. The history of the Jews in Tunisia goes back to Roman times. Before 1948, the Jewish population of Tunisia reached a peak of 110,000. From the 1950s, half this number left for Israel and the other half for France. In 2011, 700 Jews were living in Tunis and 1,000 on the island of Djerba.

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

"The Passing of King Arthur". Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879)

Salut de Constantinople. Le très-aimable & digne patriarche orthodoxe Joachim , Patriarchs, Ioakeim III, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1834-1912. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

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