Historical Arab Portraits

Depictions of historical Arab figures and scenes, reflecting traditional attire and cultural practices from earlier centuries.

Queen Djombe Fatima I, Queen of Moheli

Hochzeitzug der Turkmenen im Jahre 1870, Turkmenistan, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Origin...

Egypt. Bedouin tent in the desert. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish engraver.

Colonialism. Morocco. Reception of the Grand Vizier to a French diplomat committee. Barberis engraving in "El Mundo Ilustrado". Early twentieth century. Colored.

The Entrance to Muski Street in Cairo, 1883, Egypt, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century image, Africa

Kleidung, Mode in Palästina, von links, eine Frau aus Bethlehem, ein Beduinenscheich aus dem Hauran, ein betender Mohammedaner, Jerusalem, dann eine B...

Facade of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (known as Saint Mark's Basilica), Venice, Italy. An outstanding example of Byzantine architecture. The basilica was consecrated in 1094, the same year in which the body of Saint Mark was supposedly rediscovered in a pillar by Vitale Faliero, doge at the time.

Engraving depicting a Japanese man on a pilgrimage

Fashion, clothing in India, from left, a court official and a Rajah from Dirshut, then a fakir from Benares, then a bayadere, goddess from Calcutta, and two princes of Brahmin descent from Orissa, digitally enhanced reproduction of a 19th century illustration

Asia. Tibet. Tibetan People. Engraving. 19th century. Later colouration.

Persian king sitting on his throne surrounded by his court. Fath Ali Sah, Fath Ali Shah, Fathalishah, Fathali Shah, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar or Sha Fat Ali (25 de septiembre de 1772 - 23 de octubre de 1834). Iran. Old steel engraved antique print. Published in L'Univers La Perse, in 1841. History of the ancient Persian empire

Bedouins in front of a tent, Lebanon, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Asia

Fellahs, a man and woman. Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879. Prints, Illustrations. 1851. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Clothing and dress , Egypt, Egypt,Social life and customs

Bible, Old Testament, Genesis, Chapter, Verse, historical illustration 1850

Arab world. War booty. Group of women taken prisoner for the harem. Drawing by Dionisio Baixeras (1862-1943). Chromolithography. La Civilizacion (The Civilization),volume III, 1882.

Shepherd of Arcadia and woman of Karitaina, Peloponnese, Greece. Europe. Voyage in Greece, 1861-1868-1874, by Henri Belle. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Indian Dancing Girl, Afghans, Afghanistan, late 19th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

A vintage French postcard, c1900 by an unknown artist titled 'Egyptian Women and Child'.

Bedouin are a part of a predominantly desert-dwelling Arabian ethnic group traditionally divided into tribes, or clans, known in Arabic as aasa'ir. The term 'Bedouin' derives from a plural form of the Arabic word badawi, as it is pronounced in colloquial dialects. The Arabic term badawi derives from the word badiyah, which means semiarid desert (as opposed to sahara', which means desert). Starting in the late nineteenth century, many Bedouin under British rule began to transit to a seminomadic life. In the 1950s and 1960s, large numbers of Bedouin throughout Midwest Asia started to leave the traditional, nomadic life to settle in the cities of Midwest Asia, especially as hot ranges have shrunk and populations have grown. For example, in Syria the Bedouin way of life effectively ended during a severe drought from 1958 to 1961, which forced many Bedouin to abandon herding for standard jobs. Similarly, governmental policies in Egypt and Israel, oil production in the Persian Gulf, as well

Giving Puja (Pudja) or charity to a Brahmin priest. early 19th Century. ;French; lithograph; By Marlet 1828

Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India (particularly in Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Dharamsala, Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, and Sikkim). It is the state religion of Bhutan. It is also practiced in Mongolia and parts of Russia (Kalmykia, Buryatia, and Tuva) and Northeast China. Texts recognized as scripture and commentary are contained in the Tibetan Buddhist canon, such that Tibetan is a spiritual language of these areas. A Tibetan diaspora has spread Tibetan Buddhism to many Western countries, where the tradition has gained popularity. Among its prominent exponents is the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. The number of its adherents is estimated to be between ten and twenty million.

Scene from the biblical story, The meeting of Jacob and Joseph is a central event in the Bible, in which the separated father and son meet again after more than 27 years in Egypt (Land of Goshen), authentic reproduction of a school mural, historical, around 1900

Painting depicting the priests bearing the ark outside the walls of Jericho

Bedouin arabs of Egypt, 1820s, with basket, stick, and mother carrying a baby on her back. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1843.

Mr. Caillie meditating upon the Koran and taking notes. Illustrations. 1830. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Africa, Northwest , Description and travel

Baron von Minutoll in the Siwa Oasis, 1820. Egyptian Museum Berlin

Northern Africa, Algeria and Tunisia, Les Cabiles from A. Racinet, Historical Costume, Paris 1888

A bishop and a teacher from the Malabar Coast, India. Watercolour drawing.

Ruth and Moses, chromolithograph from a home bible, 1870

Egyptians A. Different tronies of Egyptians. At the top right: PL.XI.

Captain Gallienis mission on Haut-Niger, Miscellaneous types, Woman Peul, - , Bambara going to his field, - , old Malinké , Expedition von captain Gallieni in den Ober-Niger, Ureinwohner, Werkzeug, Pflanzen aus illustration , Unknown

Sulla set up proscription lists, as seen here, with the names of those he claimed enemies of the republic.

Painting depicting the stoning of St. Stephen.

The Royal Family Mirzas of Delhi in 1880, India, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia

A coloured copper engraving purporting to show the dress of the people of Tonkin in northern Vietnam, published in Moor's Voyages and Travels (London, 1778). The blonde hair is difficult to explain except as artistic licence on the part of the engraver in London, who had doubtless never been to Vietnam.

belon en a file, 1643 print The judges Elon and Abdon. Abdon holds a staff in his hand. In the background in the landscape, the forty sons and thirty grandsons each run on a donkey stallion. Under the show explaining texts in Latin and references to the Bible texts in RI. 12:11 and Ri. 12:13. This print is part of an album. Amsterdam paper engraving the time of Elon (Judges 12:11-12). the time of Abdon (Judges 12:13-15). Abdon's forty sons and thirty nephews who ride on seventy ass colts

Bettelnde Derwische in Turkestan, Wüste Gobi, um 1870, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Origin...

The Prussian flag before the Sultan of Morocco, 1780, (1936). Creator: Unknown.

Turkmen Wedding, Turkmenistan, Group of woman with camel picking up the bride, Women in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Asia

Bokhara chief giving audience, 1844. A ruler holding a pipe recieves visitors in Bukhara, (in modern day Uzbekistan). From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

Combat between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Amr ibn al-'As near Medina by Anonymous / Private Collection / 1900 /Colour lithograph / History /

Conspiracy of the Jews (Conspiration des juifs) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Conspiracy of the Jews (Conspiration des juifs), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 7/16 x 7 5/16 in. (24 x 18.6 cm). As they continue to plot against Jesus, the chief priests warn against acting during the feast of Passover, fearing a possible uprising at a time when Jerusalems population swelled dramatically, with many visitors in town to celebrate the holiday. While a young man keeps watch, the priests speak closely together, stroking their beards and scowling in an almost caricatural fashion, in Tissots rendering. European Art 1886-1894

1861 Exhibition of Painting, Restaurant at the door of Shubra in Cairo, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Indigenous Australian aborigines in 1850´s. Victoria, Australian states of Victoria, Australia. Souvenir of a French squatter in Australia by H. de Castella 1854-1856

Indian magician. Driven by clockwork, the magician tapoed an inverted 'basket' with his wand and then raised the basket to display a bird, a female figure, a snake or a bunch of fruit.

MOROCCO SLAVE-TRADERS RETURNING FROM TIMBUCTOO

Chief Priests Take Counsel Together James Tissot (1836-1902/French)

Sketches in India - Brahmin Students, 1858. 'We are indebted to the "Photographic Album" of Bombay for the characteristic Sketch of two Brahmin Students of English Literature...These two youths are members of the higher class of natives devoted to secular duties in the Southern Maratta country and the Carnatic, and are not of the class who devote themselves to the study of the Vedas, or the devotees of Shastras, or the scrubbers or anointers of the idols of stone and metal. Their form and figure, which do not differ much from the Western mould, are indicative of the Aryan race, to wh

Sarmatians and Dacians, and Scythians

CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO II E 153 - DANZA DE HUACOS - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Mode, Trachten, Kleidung im Kaukasus und in Armenien, von links, vornehmer Armenier aus Julfa, eine armenische Bäuerin aus Schuscha, ein Armenier in a...

Group of Arab shepherds by Nasreddine Dinet (Alphonse-Étienne Dinet); 1861 - 1929, a French orientalist painter 1918

Clothing, fashion in China, around the 19th century, national costumes, from the left, an officer, then a soldier, then a soldier from Kuldscha in East Turkestan, a general of cavalry in old-style costume and two high-class mandarins, illustration, China, Asia

The interior of a bathhouse; a barber dressed in national costume () sharpens his razor; a customer sitting cross-legged on a bench awaits his turn. Coloured lithograph.

Egyptians A, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Dominique Vivant Denon (Baron), 1803 - 1805 print Different tronies of Egyptians. At the top right: pl.xi. Amsterdam paper etching head-gear: turban. beard Egypt

Asia. Persia. Persian musician, 19th century.

Women, Banjar woman on the move, with baby and camel, Banjar people, South Borneo, Indonesia, Women in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Asia

Irish Ollamh and an Heraldic Bard, Irish & British Life - Ancient

Bedouins in front of a living tent, Lebanon, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

1893 Art Work - Slave Market - Frederic Remington.

A group of the educated Brahman Class.

Two Muslim Men Praying, Photochrome Print, circa 1900

A man and Woman of Iran (Persia). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century. Date: 1818

'Araucanos' (Araucanians), people of Valparaso, Chile. Illustration of 'Atlas de la historia fsica y poltica de Chile' by Claudio Gay, 1854. Engraving.

An elephant and retainers from Bikanir - The jhool upon this elephant and the embroidery on the velvet is worth a King's Ransom - India 1903

An Arab Wedding Procession - Egypt, circa 1912

Sheiks of a Palestine village, Holy Land, circa 1900

Chiang Tzu-ya was a distinguished general and a wise minister in the Chou dynasty (1122 - c 256 B.C.). On one occasion, Chiang Tzu-ya left the kingdom to visit K'un-Lun Mountain. There, according to Daoist beliefs, he received the list of immortals, including Shen Kung-pao, who tried to win his allegiance away from the Chou. Shen then said he could take off his head, go into space, and travel many miles, and then return his head to his body. Chiang said he he did that he would leave the Chou and go with Shen. Shen did as he said he would. But, before the head could return, the Immortal of the South Pole came to Chiang's aid and saw to it that the head did not return before Shen's blood coagulated.

Indian servants' clothes: hukabardar or hookah pipe bearer, caukidar or watchman, serkar or steward, jamadar or head servant, seated banian or chief servant comptroller, chobdar or mace bearer. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Traditional National Dance of Kosovo - three dancers in full traditional costume perform the 'Kolo' Dance. Date: 1929

'The Talents', late 19th century, (1908). Depiction of The Parable of the Talents, Matthew 25: 'After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them....And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.' After Eugène Burnand. From "La Revue De L'Art - Ancien et Moderne" - Volume XXIV, July-December 1908, Paris, 1908

Painting depicting Jephthah remembering his promise. He appears in the Book of Judges as a judge over Israel for a period of six years (Judges 12:7)

Sultan of Bombay, 19th Century, Court Costumes 400 - 800 CE

The Assyrian Empire of West Asia began around Ashur on the upper Tigris River. It reached its height in the 600s B.C. The Assyrian figures depicted in this illustration are, from left to right: an umbrella-bearer and a king.

A samporea or snake catcher in India, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century model, exact date of depiction unknown, historical, elderly men sitting in an archway with a snake in a basket

Portrait of Imam Shamil by Grigori Grigorievich Gagarin, lithograph, 1847, 1810-1893, Private Collection

Shadjbeh water well, Saudi Arabia. Pilgrimage to Nedjed, cradle of the Arab race by Lady Anna Blunt 1878-1879, Le Tour du Monde 1882

Immigrants from Calcutta arriving in British Guiana to supplement the work force which had become depleted owing to the abolition of slavery. 1884

Hindu women, India, historical illustration, circa 1886, Asia

Type malinkais (haut Sénégal.), 1890, Paris, Publisher, C. Marpon et E. Flammarion., Mandingo (African people), Men, Clothing & dress, Africa, West Africans

Germany/Thailand: Khon Dancers from Siam, Munchner Bilderbogen, Braun & Schneider, 1861-1890

Edward William Lane (1801-76) was a British Orientalist, translator and Arabic scholar who lived in Ottoman Cairo from 1825-28. So fascinated was he with Egypt, he dressed as an Ottoman Turk and spent much time sketching the backstreets of Cairo. Upon his return to England he translated the novel 'Arabian Nights' '1001 nights' and 'Selections from the Qur'an'.

Uzbek and Tajik Types

Kleidung, Mode in Japan, Pilger und Priester, von links, ein Shinto-Priester, ein Shinto-Pilger, ein Japaner in Winterkleidung, ein Bürger in Sommerkl...

A musician playing an Indian stringed instrument, similar to the sarangi. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Ulugbek Observatory, Astronomical Wonders of Medieval Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Asia

Chromolithographic print Commemorating the visitation of George V and Mary of Teck to the Delhi Durbar

Pandit Tudu and his wife. Gouache drawing.

Portrait of Djohar, governor of Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia. Pilgrimage to Nedjed, cradle of the Arab race by Lady Anna Blunt 1878-1879, Le Tour du Monde 1882

Martinique, a French colony, has its pavilion, at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. This was a fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.

A Punjabi native with a dancing bear, India, 1922.Artist: Robert Chisham

A man wearing a headgear with an image of a deity (), standing with his cow. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Variety of Asiatic Head-Coverings #2, World Fashion - Racinet

Annas & Caiaphas James Tissot (1836-1902/French)

Christian prisoners at Aradkir, 1895. Artist: Unknown

Milk Seller of Siloam, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Photochrome Print, circa 1900

Series of pictures from Abyssinia, Ethiopia, Palace in Harar, Ras Makonnen, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900, Africa

The Khanate of Khiva was a Central Asian state that existed in the historical region of Khwarezm from 1511 to 1920, except for a period of Persian occupation by Nadir Shah in 1740-46. Centered in the irrigated plains of the lower Amu Darya, south of the Aral Sea, with the capital in Khiva City, the country was ruled by the Kungrads, a branch of the Astrakhans, themselves a Genghisid dynasty. In 1873, the Khanate became a Russian protectorate. In 1924, the area was formally incorporated into the Soviet Union and today is largely a part of Karakalpakstan and Xorazm Province in Uzbekistan.

Series of pictures from Abyssinia, Ethiopia, Palace in Harar, Ras Makonnen, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900, Afr...

Bandera de Persia y soldado de infantería. Colección de cromos Banderas del Universo. Años 1920. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Colorful Costumes of India, World Fashion - Racinet

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