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Historical Cultural Portraits

A collection of early photographs depicting individuals from various cultures, featuring traditional attire and accessories in a sepia tone.

Iranian Wandering Dervish. 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

Heliogravure portrait of Antonio Charialis, Archbishop of Corfu, showing ecclesiastical attire and formal representation.

Priest. Karl Karlovitz Bulla, photographer (Russian, 1854 - 1929) 1913 Inscription: Inscr. vo. in German in ink: "Russian Monastery Life"; titled vo. print in German (pencil); stamp of Pawel Barchan vo.

A Bhutia Dancing Party. 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. circa 1910s

Ida Rubinstein as Cleopatra in the ballet Antoine et Cléoptre by Florent Schmitt, Anonymous

Jewish rabbi 1900, Israel

HAILE SELASSIE (1892 - 1975) Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74) Date: 1930

Suliman Kudr, Son of Umjud Alli Shah. Unknown maker

Empress Dowager Cixi, Tzu-hsi (1835-1908) was a Chinese empress who unofficially but effectively controlled the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China for 47 years, from 1861 to her death in 1908. The Empress Dowager, representing the Goddess of Mercy (Guanyin), supported by Li Lien-Ying (right) and two court ladies

'Milk Woman'. Creator: Unknown.

Shköder, Albania, a Catholic Mountain Mirditis with a cradle on the back , 1913 - Balkans, Italy - Jean Brunhes and Auguste Léon - (September - October 23) (French - Shköder , Albanie Une mirdite catholique de la montagne avec un berceau sur le dos). Costume, Christianity, exists in high definition, child, embroidery, portrait, infants, Clothing, religion, HD, human beings, Albania, Scutari, a mountain Catholic with a s, back cradle

Heritage old picture postcard Lokmanya Bal gangadhar Tilak India NO MR Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Old photograph of father Mota Devaliya district Amreli Saurashtra Gujarat India NO MR Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Portrait of a spiritual, presumably a parsi. .

Tartars, people from the Kakasus, Russia, in typical traditional costume, around 1890, Historic, digitally enhanced reproduction of a photochrome print from 1895, Europe

Frame of jugannath sunkarseth, bhau daji lad museum, mumbai, maharashtra, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Maori chiefs, New Zealand. Trip to New Zealand 1889 by Gerrit Verschuur (1840-1906)

Corfu, Greece a pope and his wife in traditional clothes , 1913 - Balkans, Italy - Jean Brunhes and Auguste Léon - (September - October 23) (French - Corfou , Grèce Un pope et sa femme en habits traditionnels). Woman, religious habit, costume, religious personality, portrait, hairstyle , headgear, man, Human beings, clothing, personality, Greece, Corfu, the papas of Kouramades near Corfu and his wife

ZAUDITU - Ethiopian Princess.

A bearded elderly man, carrying a prayer wheel and a rosary, in a studio setting. Photograph by T. Paar, ca.1900.

Tibetan priests, 1936.Artist: Ewing Galloway

Studio portrait of two unknown Buddhist monks, Sri Lanka, W.L.H. Skeen & Co., 1862 - 1903 photograph Ceylon paper albumen print priest ~ non-Christian religions. monk(s), friar(s). anonymous historical person portrayed Ceylon

A Kandyan shaman in full costume. Process print.

Photograph by Heinrich Eckert showing Margaretha Sophie of Austria (1870-1902) as abbess of the Noble Lady's Convent in Prague between 1886-1893, depicting portrait, attire, and interior setting, taken in 1904.

Mar Saba. Doorway with monk, close-up. 1934, West Bank

A bearded elderly man, carrying a prayer wheel and a rosary, in a studio setting. Photograph by T. Paar, ca.1900.

Priest with an old miracle-working cross. Karl Karlovitz Bulla (Russian, 1854 - 1929)

Nestorius developed his Christological views as an attempt to rationally explain and understand the incarnation of the divine Logos, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity as the man Jesus Christ. He had studied at the School of Antioch where his mentor had been Theodore of Mopsuestia; Theodore and other Antioch theologians had long taught a literalist interpretation of the Bible and stressed the distinctiveness of the human and divine natures of Jesus. Nestorius took his Antiochene leanings with him when he was appointed Patriarch of Constantinople by Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II in 428. Nestorius' teachings became the root of controversy when he publicly challenged the long-used title Theotokos (Mother of God) for the Virgin Mary. He suggested that the title denied Christ's full humanity, arguing instead that Jesus had two loosely joined natures, the divine Logos and the human Jesus. As such he proposed Christotokos (Mother of Christ) as a more suitable title for Mary. Nestoriu

Henri Mouhot (May 15, 1826 November 10, 1861) was a French naturalist and explorer of the mid-19th century. He was born in Montbéliard, Doubs, France - near the Swiss border, but spent his childhood in Russia and possibly, parts of Asia. He died near Naphan, Laos. He is remembered mostly in connection to Angkor. Mouhot's tomb is located just outside of Ban Phanom, to the east of Luang Prabang.

The Tai ethnicity refers collectively to the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast Asia, stretching from Hainan to eastern India and from southern Sichuan to Laos, Thailand, and parts of Vietnam, which speak languages in the Tai family and share similar traditions and festivals, including the water festival. Despite never having a unified nation-state of their own, the peoples also have historically shared a vague idea of a 'Siam' nation, corrupted to Shan or Assam in some places. The majority of Tai Lu live around Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province in southern China. Other Tai Lu villages can be found in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Burma.

Catholic community Bassein peasants returning from church in characteristic Sunday best traditional piety witnessed to by rosary Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Chợ Lớn is a Chinese-influenced section of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon). It lies on the west bank of the Saigon River, having Bình Ty Market as its central market. Cholon consists of the western half of District 5 as well as several adjoining neighborhoods in District 6. The Vietnamese name Cholon literally means 'big' (lớn) 'market' (chợ). The Chinese name (and original name) of Cholon is 岸 (pronounced Tai-Ngon in Cantonese and Dī'àn in Mandarin, which means 'embankment' (French: quais). The Vietnamese reading of the Chinese name is Đê Ngạn, but this is rarely used. Vietnamese speakers exclusively use the name Chợ Lớn, while Chinese speakers (both inside Vietnam and in China) are the only users of the latter. In 1778, the Hoa (Chinese minority of Vietnam) living in Biên Hòa had to take refuge in what is now Cholon because they were retaliated against by the Ty Sơn forces for their support of the Nguyễn lords. In 1782, they were again massacred by the Ty Sơn and had to rebuild.

Group of Albanians and Woman in traditional costume Date: circa 1905

Portrait of William IV, presented by M.R. Radermacher Schorer, main character in the masquerade parade during the anniversary parties on the occasion of the 55th anniversary (275th anniversary) of the University in Utrecht with the theme of the siege army of Willem IV, Count of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut and Lord of Friesland and the main ones After the Peace on St. Maria Magdalenadag on July 22, 1345 after the peace.

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

Maronite Dragoman and Metouali or Shia Man and Woman of the Beqaa Valley, in Lebanon, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, 1881

The Swahili people are a Bantu ethnic group and culture found on the coast of East Africa. The Swahili people mainly reside on the Swahili Coast, in an area encompassing Zanzibar archipelago, coastal Kenya, the Tanzanian coast and northern Mozambique. The name Swahili is derived from the Arabic word Sawahil, meaning 'coastal', and they speak the Swahili language.

Bundi is a city with 101,000 inhabitants (2011) in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. It is of particular architectural note for its ornate forts, palaces, and stepwell reservoirs known as baoris. It is the administrative headquarters of Bundi District. The town of Bundi is situated 35 km from Kota and 210 km from Jaipur. The city lies near a narrow gorge, and is surrounded on three sides by hills of the Aravalli Range. A substantial wall with four gateways encircles the city. The town of Indragarh and nearby places are famous for the renowned temples of Bijasan Mata and Kamleshwar. The Indargarh stepwell is considered one of the most attractive places in the Bundi district, especially during the rainy season.

Travel photos Asia. Temple dancer (maybe in Bangkok)

This photo dates to the early 1920s. The caption reads: The Ruling Family of Abyssinia. His Imperial Majesty Haile Sellasi, King of Kings of Ethiopia, Conquering Lion of the Triabe of Judah, the Elect of God, and the Light of the World, claimed descent from King Solomon; with his wife, the Empress Menen, the Crown Prince Asfaou (center) and little Prince Makonen. The photograph was made in the Imperial Palace at Addis Adbeba, Ethiopia.

Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948 Leader Of India s Campaign for Home Rule MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, woman from the Karieng tribe, hill tribe in Burma, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a...

The 1st Prince Gong (Gong Qinwáng; Wade-Giles: Prince Kung, 11 January 1833-29 May 1898), commonly known in his days as the Sixth Prince), was born Yixin of the Aisin-Gioro clan (the Manchu imperial clan of the ruling Qing Dynasty). He was in charge of governing China in the 1860s and 1870s. He is remembered for being an advocate of maintaining strong ties with Westerners and his attempts to modernise China. He was popularly nicknamed 'devil number six' in Chinese, in reference to his frequent contacts with Westerners (the 'foreign devils'). He was posthumously granted the character of Zhong (meaning 'loyal') so his official title became Loyal Prince Gong or Gong Zhong Qinwáng.

Molodaia mongolka. | Library of Congress

Great lords and Burmese officials, Burma, Myanmar. Southeast Asia. Drawing by Morin. Travel to the kingdom of Ava, 1855 by Colonel Sir Henry Yule (1820-1889) Le Tour du Monde 1860

Pio of Pietralcina.

Koboto Santaro; Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909); Japan; 1863; Albumen silver print

This image of a Howling or Whirling Dervish dates to 1903. A dervish is a member of any of various Muslim ascetic orders, some of which perform whirling dances and vigorous chanting as acts of ecstatic devotion.Dervishes are known for their worship rituals which require adervishto spin very fast causing his clothing to fan out in a circle. The men wear large circular skirts to capitalize on this effect.

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

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Chinese babas from the Strait Settlements and Chinese cobbler from Singapore, China, 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia

Self -portrait as the apostle Paulus, Laurens Lodewijk Kleijn (attributed to), c. 1865 - c. 1900 glass wet collodion negative portrait, self-portrait of artist

Valley of Ossau, Basses-Pyrénées, France , 1920-1921 - Charente, Gironde, Basse -Pyrénées, Hautes Pyrénées - Fernand Cuville (French - Vallée d' Ossau , Basses-Pyrénées , France). Woman, costume, Christianity, embroidery, portrait, jewelry, hairstyle , headgear, Human beings, clothing, religion, France, valley of Ossau, valley of Ossau other Ossalis costume

Germany/India/Singapore: Parsees from Bombay and Singapore, Munchner Bilderbogen, Braun & Schneider, 1861-1890

Zapotec woman of south Mexico

The word Nautch is an anglicized version of nac, a word found in Hindi and Urdu and several other languages of North India, derived from the Sanskrit, Nritya, via the Prakrit, Nachcha. A simple and literal translation of Nautch is 'dance' or 'dancing'. The culture of the performing art of Nautch rose to prominence during the later period of Mughal Empire, and the East India Company Rule. Over a period of time, the Nautch traveled outside the confines of the Imperial courts of the Mughals, the palaces of the Nawabs and the Princely states, and the higher echelons of the officials of the British Raj, to the places of smaller Zamindars, and other places. Some references use the terms Nautch and Nautch girls to describe Devadasis who used to perform Hindu ritual and religious dances in the Hindu temples of India. However, there is not much commonality between the Devadasis and the Nautch girls. The former performed dances in the precincts of the Hindu temples to please the temple deities,

A Tibetan woman, c1910. Artist: Unknown

The Swahili people are a Bantu ethnic group and culture found on the coast of East Africa. The Swahili people mainly reside on the Swahili Coast, in an area encompassing Zanzibar archipelago, coastal Kenya, the Tanzanian coast and northern Mozambique. The name Swahili is derived from the Arabic word Sawahil, meaning 'coastal', and they speak the Swahili language.

Anefo photo collection. 11th Pasar Malam in The Hague. An Eastern dance. June 24, 1969. The Hague, South Holland

Macarius II, the Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna (1835-1926) by Russian Photographer /Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1900s/Phototypie/Russia/Portrait

Agwan Dordji (or Dordjiev) - Lhasa, Tibet - Tibetan Leader, Resistance, circa 1905

Bali is home to most of Indonesia's small Hindu minority with some 92% of the island's 4 million population adhering to Balinese Hinduism, while most of the remainder follow Islam. Bali is the largest tourist destination in Indonesia, and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leatherwork, metalwork and music.

Old vintage photo of Mohandas Gandhi during satyagraha campaign 1914 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

The word Nautch is an anglicized version of nac, a word found in Hindi and Urdu and several other languages of North India, derived from the Sanskrit, Nritya, via the Prakrit, Nachcha. A simple and literal translation of Nautch is 'dance' or 'dancing'. The culture of the performing art of Nautch rose to prominence during the later period of Mughal Empire, and the East India Company Rule. Over a period of time, the Nautch traveled outside the confines of the Imperial courts of the Mughals, the palaces of the Nawabs and the Princely states, and the higher echelons of the officials of the British Raj, to the places of smaller Zamindars, and other places. Some references use the terms Nautch and Nautch girls to describe Devadasis who used to perform Hindu ritual and religious dances in the Hindu temples of India. However, there is not much commonality between the Devadasis and the Nautch girls. The former performed dances in the precincts of the Hindu temples to please the temple deities,

Nautch Girl Dancing with Accompanying Musicians, Calcutta, India, 1900

The Greek Patriarch. 1940, Israel

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

Asia. India. Fakir priest. Engraving, 19th century.

Uganda - Tribal King Rukidi III (ruled 1929 - 1965) - seated in his opulent throne, surrounded by leopard and cheetah skins and wearing a hat with an Osprey feather. Date: circa 1930s

Njoya, King of Bamum

Ourga, Mongolia a lama , 1913 - Mongolia - Stéphane Passet - (July 6-25) (French - Ourga , Mongolie Un lama). Buddhism, religious habit, costume, yurt, Buddhism of Tibetan rite, exists in high definition, portrait, man, Religion, clothing, HD, human beings, Ourga, type of lama

Head-dress of Matóki Society-Blood, c1927. Half-length portrait of Indian in costume, Alberta, Canada.

Known to the central Siamese as the Lao States at the turn of the 20th century, the northern region of what is now Thailand was an independent region known as the Lanna kingdom. The main city, Chiang Mai, was built in 1296 by King Mengrai. The city was abandoned in 1776 91 due to Burmese invasions, but became an acknowledged part of Siam around the same time. The north was linked to Bangkok only by river, a journey which could take some six months, until in 1922, a railway was completed which connected Bangkok and Chiang Mai.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, regent of Cheribon on Java and man from the island of Rias, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

An old moullah of the mosque of Chh-Zindé ", aus dem Buch" through the Russian Turkestan "..

Jewish New Year - with prayer shawl & Bible

Portrait of a Holy Man in the Tajikistan mountains.

A man sitting on Hemis festival at Hemis Gompa Ladakh ; Jammu and Kashmir ; India

The Samaritans of Nablus (Shechhem). A Samaritan smoking the narghileh, photograph, 1900-1920

King Lear, Shakespeare

The kingdom of Laos existed from the 14th to the 18th centuries, then split into three separate kingdoms. In 1893, it became a French protectorate, with the three kingdoms, Luang Prabang, Vientiane and Champasak, uniting to form what is now known as Laos. The country briefly gained independence in 1945 after Japanese occupation, but returned to French rule until it was granted autonomy in 1949. Laos became independent in 1954, with a constitutional monarchy under King Sisavang Vong. Shortly after independence, a long civil war ended the monarchy, when the Communist Pathet Lao movement came to power in 1975.

hunter of the North, Siberia, the Far East, of Russia

Prêtres Grecs , Priests. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

One of the big chiefs who attended the ceremony wearing a wonderful head-dress made from a lion's mane. The corporation of Ras Tafari as King of Kings and lion of Judah at Addis Ababa. November 8, 1930.

Grigoriy Efimovich Rasputin (1871-1916) centre. Russian mystic and 'holy man' who exercised influence over Nicholas II and the Tsarina, seated between Colonel Loma (left) and Prince Putianin

Description: Chief Mpama. Yao Tribe. africa

Druze sheikh 1900, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Feast of Tabernacle Avram's booth Yehia holding the symbolic palm branch, myrtle & citron sprigs or citron fruit, 1939, Israel

Dervishes of different orders - Constantinople (Istanbul). 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 na

A Dragoman - a multilingual Interpreter, translator and official guide between Arabic and Persian countries and consulates / vice-consulates of European / Christian powers. Thus came to play crucial role in Ottoman Empire politics. Date: 1910s

New Sultan Enthroned During Muslim Feast of Aid El Kebir :Moroccans celebrated Aid el Kebir last week, but without the feasting and rejoicing which usually accompanies the year's greatest feast.Instead their leaders attended the enthronement of the new Sultan, 64-year-old Sidi Mohammed Moulay ArafaRecently the Berber tribesmen, led by El Glaoui, 77-year-old Feudal Overlord of Marrakesh, rose against the 44-year-old Sultan, Sidi Mohammed Ben Youseff. August 25, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper).

The 14th Dalai Lama (Religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo Dondrub, 6 July 1935) is the 14th and current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are the most influential figure in the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, although the 14th has consolidated control over the other lineages in recent years. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, and is also well known for his lifelong advocacy for Tibetans inside and outside Tibet. Tibetans traditionally believe him to be the reincarnation of his predecessors and a manifestation of the Buddha of Compassion. The Dalai Lama was born in Taktser, Qinghai and was selected as the rebirth of the 13th Dalai Lama two years later, although he was only formally recognized as the 14th on 17 November 1950, at the age of 15. He inherited control over a government controlling an area roughly corresponding to the Tibet Autonomous Region just as the nascent People's Republic of China wished to reassert

Palestine, a Moslem Muslim chief. Sheek i.e., Sheikh of the Palestine desert ca. between 1909 and 1919.

Rabbi Shlomo, reading the Torah, seated in his home, close up. 1934, Israel

Scenes in India during the Second World War IB1875

Studio portrait of bishop , Bishops. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin 1872 to 1916 1872-1916 Russian mystic

During the late 19th century, all the territory stretching from Dien Bien Phu in the south to the Chinese frontier in the north formed an autonomous region called Sipsongchutai, or Twelve Tai Principalities’. It was ruled over by a hereditary White Tai prince from his capital at Lai Chau and paid tribute, at one time or another, to Siam, Vietnam or China, and sometimes to all three. At this time the White Tai chieftain was Kham Sing, known to the Vietnamese as Deo Van Seng. He ruled over Sipsongchutai from his capital at Lai Chau, but was old and tired, so real power had already passed to his eldest son, the fiercely independent Kham Hum, known to the Vietnamese (and to the recently arrived French) as Deo Van Tri. Neither Deo Van Seng nor Deo Van Tri wanted to submit completely either to Bangkok or to Hanoi, preferring to pursue the delicate balancing act between the two that had for long years allowed continuing autonomy. But times were changing fast, maps being drawn and frontiers

Mahatma gandhi, solapur, maharashtra, india, asia, 1927 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

Eliade, in the Himalayas in 1930; There he practiced yoga for six months.

The monastery of Esphigmenou, Greece , 1918 - Greece - Fernand Cuville - (September) (French - Le monastère d' Esphigmenou , Grèce). Religious habit, religious personality, Christianity, portrait, monastery, man, Clothing, personality, religion, human beings, Turkey, Esphigménou, portrait of the old monk

Native princes of Orissa

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