'Mosque – Suq el Khamis' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons

Photo 667/4/503

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The record is made up of 1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print. It was created in Jan-Mar 1956. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Visual Arts.

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Genre/Subject Matter:

View of the ruined mosque at Suq el Khamis [Khamis Mosque], Manama, Bahrain, built during the era of the Umayyad caliph Umar II.

Two minarets along the horizon.

Inscriptions:

Below image, in pen: 'Mosque – Suq el Khamis'

Below image, in pencil: ‘503’

Extent and format
1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print
Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

74 x 50 mm

Condition:

The image is in good condition.

Foliation:

‘503’

Process:

Silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Print

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Original held at
British Library: Visual Arts
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference
Photo 667/4/503

History of this record

Date(s)
Jan-Mar 1956 (CE, Gregorian)
Subjects
Mosques
Places
Bahrain

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'Mosque – Suq el Khamis' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons, British Library: Visual Arts, Photo 667/4/503, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100028716474.0x000005> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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