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'View of Al Bilad fort from the south, Samhan hills in the background, a mosque in front.' [51r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 b&w photographic print, pasted into volume. It was created in 1906-1907. It was written in English. 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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con-Dai nine a forx./ builti on a slight eminence^ and a few spacious
mosques
of which
t-he co
lumns are
sxill
st/andine;.
4 These co~
i lumns and
a few
"Dombstones
w±zh
Muhammedan
inscrip-
"Dions in
/k ^ Ctt fh /li ^c S J
uir* ''fix*. ) Cc hwv(X ~i ,
the burying grounds West and Ivorth of the town are all the traces
remaining from which the age may be guessed- Uf the tombs men-
tioned that of
AL Malik Ibrahim
bin Muizaffir, who
according to tra
dition was the
first Arab Gover
nor of Lhufar, is
in good repair;
the stone is oJT
marble and every
word of the ins
cription can be
clearly read
although the date
of decease was
710 Jiiri or 600
years ago.- This
tomb is near Hubat If miles from the sea, at the K.E. corner of
the ruins, where there was a village up to a few years ae-o,.
S lx^CL^> lx~ ih*.
Morth
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The image, on folio 51r, shows a 'view of Al Bilad fort from the south, Samhan hills in the background, a mosque in front'. Ruins are clearly visible in the fore- and middleground.
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Below image, in red ink: 'View of Al Bilad fort from the south, Samhan hills in the background, a mosque in front.'
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- 1 b&w photographic print, pasted into volume
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions:
100 x 125 mm
Format:
Black and white photographic print pasted into volume.
Condition:
Fading and small creases throughout. One long crease right of centre from upper to lower edge.
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- IOR/R/15/1/397, f 51r
- Title
- 'View of Al Bilad fort from the south, Samhan hills in the background, a mosque in front.'
- Pages
- 51r:51v
- Author
- Unknown
- Usage terms
- Public Domain