Ark-i ʻAlīshāh-i Tabrīz, William Sachtleben descending the stairs leading to the top, Tabrīz, Iran, 1891

Item Overview

Title

Ark-i ʻAlīshāh-i Tabrīz, William Sachtleben descending the stairs leading to the top, Tabrīz, Iran, 1891

Date Created

July 18, 1891

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
Photograph of William Sachtleben and others descending the stairs of the Ark-i ʻAlīshāh-i Tabrīz
Ark-i ʻAlīshāh-i Tabrīz, also known as Arg-e AliShāh, Arg-e Tabriz and Masjid AliShāh, is a remnant of a mosque in the center of Tabriz, Iran, built in the Ilkhanate period.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: No. 19. July 18, 1891: Descending the stairs leading up to the top of the ark. Our party of missionaries mainly.
Handwritten on negative: 4409 / 20

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Bicycle touring -- Asia
Mosques -- Iran -- Tabriz

Names

Sachtleben, William Lewis
Allen, Thomas Gaskell
Ark-i ʻAlīshāh-i Tabrīz

Location

Iran--Tabriz

Longitude

38.072487

Latitude

46.288791

Resource type

still image