'Die H̱amīdijjah (von Othman Pascha erbautes Regierungsgebäude)'. Photographer: al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār
1781.b.6/4
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The record is made up of 1 photographic print. It was created in 1888. It was written in German. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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This street view outside the ‘Hamidiyah’, a two-storey building, described in the title as a government building constructed by Governor General Othman Pascha (cf. 1781.b.6/6; 1781.b.6/8), features many individuals in the foreground as well as a further multi-storeyed building on the right of the image. Awnings at the ground-floor level of the building on the right indicate that these may have been storefronts.
The subject of this photograph is probably the same building identified in the drawing of a view inside the Masjid al-Haram (1781.b.6/2) as ‘front-side of the Hamidiyah’, indicating that the building – and therefore the viewpoint in this photograph – was probably situated south of the mosque.
The style of the building is neo-classical with domed arches at the main portico as well as long square-shuttered windows on both floors. It was likely constructed during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II (1876–1909) and was therefore relatively new at the time that this photograph was taken. To each side of the main entrance are iron railings and two gas-lamps.
The negative has had hand-work applied, creating a drawing-like quality.
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IV
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‘Die H̱amīdijjah (von Othman Pascha erbautes Regierungsgebäude).’
A circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- 1888 (CE, Gregorian)
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'Die H̱amīdijjah (von Othman Pascha erbautes Regierungsgebäude)'. Photographer: al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, 1781.b.6/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023619120.0x00002b> [accessed 24 April 2024]
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- 'Die H̱amīdijjah (von Othman Pascha erbautes Regierungsgebäude)'. Photographer: al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār
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- 6r
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- al-Sayyid, ʻAbd al-Ghaffār
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