Ark-i ʻAlīshāh-i Tabrīz, seen from the SW, Tabrīz, Iran, 1891

Item Overview

Title

Ark-i ʻAlīshāh-i Tabrīz, seen from the SW, Tabrīz, Iran, 1891

Date Created

July 17, 1891

Date

1891-07-17

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.
View of William Sachtleben and another man (Thomas Allen?) standing in front 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

Handwritten on negative: 4498 / 12
Text from negative sleeve: No. 11. July 17, 1891. View of the ark from the south-west. The large cracks are caused by earthquakes.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Sachtleben, William Lewis
Ark-i ʻAlīshāh-i Tabrīz

Location

Iran--Tabriz

Longitude

38.071339

Latitude

46.290379

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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