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

An Egyptian musician performs on the kemengeh. Date: 1895

Spanish General Castro Girona, popular with the Moroccan Moorish leaders - a talented africanista who had played a leading role in the capture of Xauen (Chaouen) in 1920 - also spoke several Moroccan dialects. Pictured here with Mulai Ahmed el Raisuni (known as Raisuli to most English speakers, also Raissoulli) (d 1925). Raisuli was the Sharif (descendant of Mohammed) of the Riffian Berber tribe in Morocco at the turn of the 19th/20th Century, and considered by many to be the rightful heir to th

Muscat, Oman - Two Arab Chieftains Date: circa 1910s

A musician playing the tampura (an Indian stringed instrument). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

King Mindon Min, Burma, circa 1870

Lithographic portraits minor chief of Rajkoot semi rajpoot India NO MR Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Sheikhs of a Palestine village, Holy Land (Palestine), between 1890 and 1900.

Mulai Tayeb, the Sheriff of Wezzan, North Africa, 1895.Artist: Henri Thiriat

Gervon Sismanian, Armenian Archbishop of Erzurum. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Together with Yi Hwang (Toegye; 1502 - 1571), Yi Yi is remembered as the most important intellectual figure of Joseon dynasty. He appears on current Korean banknotes of 5 000 Won. Yi Hwang appears on 1 000 Won banknotes. Moreover, he is the son of another intellectual and artistic figure: Shin-Sa-Im-Dang (1504 - 1551), who appears in highest 50 000 Won banknotes.

SAN PEDRO EN MEDITACION - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: JUSEPE DE RIBERA. APOSTLE PETER.

Portrait of a monk in Pij; Corsikan monk. A monk in Pij with a book in his hand.

Suleiman II (1642 1691) Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691. The younger brother of Mehmet IV (164887),

Said Pascha .

. Mechti Kuli Beg, Ambassador of Persia to the Imperial Court of Rudolf II in Prague. He is wearing a turban. An eagle on his right hand. The print has an Arabic caption.

Schreiber, Moses.

THE MANIPUR REBELS

Sheik of the Dome of the Rock Mosque. 1898, Jerusalem, Israel

Rasul Khan 1892 - 1911 Junagadh Gujarat India Copyright: xDilipxRajgor/DinodiaxPhotox

Moorish Jew 1900, Israel

Justin Perkins (1805-1869) was born on a farm in Massachusetts, and educated at Amherst and the Andover Theological Seminary. From 1833 until shortly before his death in 1869, he served as missionary to the Nestorian Christians of Qajar Iran (1794-1925) under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. He was the first American missionary in Qajar Iran, as well as an eminent scholar of Syriac. He developed an alphabet for the writing of modern Syriac, which was the Nestorians' vernacular, and established a press at Urmia (spelled Oroomiah by Perkins) in western Azerbaijan to print his translations of the New Testament (1846) and the Old Testament (1852) in both liturgical and modern Syriac. Urmia, sometimes spelled, Orumieh, during the majority of the Pahlavi Dynasty (1925-1979) called Rezaiyeh), is a city in Northwestern Iran and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province. The city lies on an altitude of 1,330 m above sea level on the Shahar Chay river (City

Patriarch Joachim by Russian master, oil on canvas, 17th century, 17th century, Russia, Lugansk, Regional Art Museum, 99x73, 5

Orthodox Russian priest, Anonymous, 1855 - 1890 photograph Russiapublisher: Moskou paper albumen print priest (Eastern, Greek and Russian orthodox) Russia

Copy of a Russian Icon late 19th century Probably Italian. Copy of a Russian Icon. Probably Italian. late 19th century. Graphite on paper cut from a larger sheet, trimmed at the top around the halo, and laid down on a larger sheet.. Drawings

Albanian Herdsman. An Albanian shepherd. Standing, for feet in a landscape, staff in the left, in the right hand, a grazing sheep on a line.

A frontal portrait of a Southern Egyptian Girl, from the modern Sudan, with blue headscarf and large hooped gold earrings. She is set above a silver crescent moon motif and holds her shawl half across her face. Date: circa 1910s

'A Sikh Spear-bearer', 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes.

Sayyid Ali bin Said Al-Busaid, GCSI, (1854 - March 5, 1893) (Arabic: علي بن سعيد البوسعيد‎) was the fourth Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from February 13, 1890, to March 5, 1893, and was succeeded by his nephew, Hamad bin Thuwaini Al-Busaid.

Portrait of Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali. Al-Ghazali (1058-1111) a Persian Muslim philosopher, theologian, jurist, and mystic of Sunni Islam.

Bishop of Serpukhov Anastasy (Gribanovsky) (1873-1965), Russian Photographer

The Mesahhar, a traditional Muslim character who walks the city every morning to announce the dawn, so that every good Muslim can pray, Ancient Egypt. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

A moroccan santon. Fez, Fes el Bali, Morocco. North of Africa. Morocco by Edmondo de Amicis 1875. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Reproduction of a painting on a postcard: Dębicki, Stanisław (1866-1924), Christian orthodox cleric. unknown, publisher

Old vintage painting of woman, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Ali ibn Abi talib (c.598-661 CE). The son of Abu Talib, Ali was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, Muhammad, ruling over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661, and was the first male convert to Islam. Sunnis consider Ali the fourth and final of the Rashidun (rightly guided) Caliphs, while Shia regard Ali as the first Imam and consider him and his descendants the rightful successors to Muhammad, all of which are members of the Ahl al-Bayt, the household of Muhammad. This disagreement split the Ummah (Muslim community) into the Sunni and Shia branches.

(French - Aqaba , Arabie ( actuelle Jordanie ) Le cheikh Yusuf , des forces arabes du royaume du Hedjaz).

Officer in charge of the Holy Shrine at Meshhed

Feast of Tabernacle Avram's booth Yehia seated in door of tabernacle booth (close up) full face. 1939, Israel

Emperor Gia Long (8 February 1762 - 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (often referred to simply as Nguyễn Ánh), was an emperor of Vietnam. Unifying what is now modern Vietnam in 1802, he founded the Nguyễn Dynasty, the last of the Vietnamese dynasties. He reigned from 1802 - 1820. Gia Long's rule was noted for its Confucian orthodoxy. He repealed Tay Son reforms and reinstated the classical Confucian education and civil service system. He moved the capital from Hanoi south to Huế as the country's populace had also shifted south over the preceding centuries, and built up fortresses and a palace in his new capital. Using French expertise, he modernized Vietnam's defensive capabilities. In deference to the assistance of his French friends, he tolerated the activities of Roman Catholic missionaries, something that became increasingly restricted under his successors. Under his rule, Vietnam strengthened its military dominance in Indochina, expelling Siamese forces from Cambodia and tur

A Bhutia Coolia. The Bhutia are ethnic Tibetans who speak a Tibetan dialect. Their ancestors migrated from Tibet to Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong and other parts of India and Bhutan some time around 6th century. Date: circa 1910s

Genghis Khan (1162-1227). Emperor of Mogol Empire. Engraving.

Mirror Case with Portrait of Ali. Iran, probably Isfahan 1850-75. Steel and gold, paint and gold on paper, glass. Nasir al-Din Shah (reigned 1848-96) was a great patron of portraiture. At this time, Iranian artists trained in Europe, where the Shah travelled on several occasions. This example shows Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.

Bust Portrait of Mozaffar al-Din Shah in Coronation Regalia, One of 274 Vintage Photographs , late 19th-early 20th century. Gelatin silver printing out paper, 5 15/16 x 4 3/16 in. (15.1 x 10.6 cm). Arts of the Islamic World late 19th-early 20th century

Yemen. group of Jewish scholars. 1910

Portrait of a king, Patna, 19th century. Painted ivory. Patna, the capital of Bihar state, has the distinction of being associated with the two most ancient religions of the world, namely, Buddhism and Jainism

Shofar. Sabbath Horn. Yemenite Jew. Closer up. 1934

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869 1916); Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Tsar Nicholas II and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia.

Mecca pilgrims from Baghdad, Iraq, photo from 1880, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia

Young black slave in traditional dress, Morocco. North of Africa. Morocco by Edmondo de Amicis 1875. Le Tour du Monde 1879

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

A servant holds a parrot in a cage with one hand while the other is immersed in a bowl of grain (). Watercolour by an Indian artist.

07/31/1911. Shaib Tensamani Tangier merchant visiting Spain.

Mozaic of portrait head of Avicenna. Ibn Sina also known as Abu Ali Sina and often known in the West as Avicenna (c. 980 - June 1037), was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age, and the father of early modern medicine.

Andreas Bascinsky 1729-1809, first Greek-unemployed Bishop of Munkacs, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Old picture of the Khudsia Begam

Rabbi of Jerusalem

Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, India Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox

A vector illustration of Averroes Muslim Philosopher

Reading the Scriptures 1874 Thomas Waterman Wood American Wood began his career as a portraitist, but shortly after moving to Tennessee in 1860, he began to specialize in paintings depicting the life of African Americans. Wood addresses here the theme of dawning literacy among newly emancipated former slaves. Via the reference to the Bible in the title, the artist associates the educational achievement with Christian virtue. Wood served as president of the American Society of Painters in Water Colors from 1878 to 1887.. Reading the Scriptures 13347

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869 1916); Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Tsar Nicholas II and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia.

Portrait Van Shaik Ziaullah Uiat Aligarh; Sheikh Zacillah. Sinny Meoweda: Sheikh Cast. Alihihar .

Historia sagrada. Peinados, cubrecabezas y turbantes orientales. Grabado de 1862.

Father Georgy Apollonovich Gapon (1870 -- 1906); Russian Orthodox priest and working class leader before the Russian Revolution of 1905. After he was discovered to be a police informant, Gapon was murdered by members of the Socialist Revolutionary Party.

Ulugh Bek (Uzbek: Muhammad Tarag'ay Ulug'bek, ; Persian: - Mirza Muhammad Taraghay bin Shahrukh Ulug Bek) (22 March 1394 in Sultaniyeh (Persia) - 27 October, 1449 (Samarkand) was a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan. His commonly-known name is not truly a personal name, but can be loosely translated as 'Great Ruler' and was the Turkic equivalent of Timur's Perso-Arabic title Amir-e Kabir. His real name was Mirza Mohammad Taraghay bin Shahrokh. Ulugh Beg was notable for his work in astronomy-related mathematics, such as trigonometry and spherical geometry. He built the great observatory in Samarkand, between 1424 and 1429.

Shepherd of the Kashmir hills, where Australia gets wool for carpet making. Local manufacturers say Australian wool is too soft and fine to make the resilient pile needed for carpets. Only five firms make carpet in Australia, and one of those is established at Fivedock. February 27, 1952.

A vector illustration of Ibn al-Haitam Arabian Optician

Takore Sahib of Morvi, India, from the Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms series (N126-1) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms" series (N126-1), issued in 1888 by W. Duke, Sons & Co. There are two types of cards from the series. The first type, pictured here, is made of thick stock and does not fold. This variation promotes Honest Long Cut tobacco. The second type is printed on thinner stock and is meant to be folded in three parts. This variation promotes Duke's Cigarettes, Cameo, and Turkish Cross-Cut brands.. Takore Sahib of Morvi, India, from the Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms series (N126-1) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co.. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Joyful Yuletide, Nostalgia Cards

Ghana, Greater Accra, Mampong. Tetteh Quarshie's farm, the first cocoa farm in Ghana. Ghana is the largest cocoa producer in the world.

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