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Water cisterns in Kteifa, town at the outskirts of Damascus. According to the author the cisterns provided water to the inn of the city and were also used as water troughs for domestic animals.
Preparation of wine at Aleppo, Syria.
Soldiers and guilds parade during the festivities which customarily took place when an Ottoman prince was born. The author had occasion to watch such a parade during his stay in Aleppo.
The lunar eclipse which the author watched during his stay at Mosul. In the foreground a mullah explains to a Western European, possibly the author himself, the high importance of this phaenomenon to Muslims.
Game of Persian cricket at a public square in Isfahan, as watched by the author.
Preparation of lime for construction purposes, Persia.
A prisoner is executed by torture on the orders of Shah Abbas in Persia. On the right, a Portuguese merchant turns his head away from the horrendous sight.
Prisoners executed by torture in Persia. On the left, a woman is killed after the executioner has placed a rabid cat under her clothes. At the centre, prisoner tortured with hot irons.
Rock-cut Persian mausoleum at Çehel-minar near Şiraz, southwestern Iran.
Pearl fishing outside Bahrein at the Persian gulf.
Ruy Freire de Andrade, 17th-century Portuguese naval commander and colonist, throws into a boiling cauldron the new-born baby of a family native to the Persian gulf islands.
The mausoleum of Muslim saint Shah Alam in Ahmedabad, India.
Preparation of palm wine, known as tari in Hindi and as tadi to British colonists, out of coconuts.
Celebration at the streets of Visapur, India, for the wedding of the daughter of the local governor.
Local costumes of Agra, India.
Woman bandit on the route from Agra to Delhi.
Carriage typically used by affluent merchants of India.
Celebration of the feast of Huli in Kabul. The feast, a remnant of pagan cults, lasted the two days of the full moon of February. On the second day, the inhabitants of Kabul would gather at the central square and destroy a gigantic effigy made especially for this festivity. The feast closed as a child, symbol of the new-born god, shot his arrows at the giant's heart.
Death of an Indian fakir on the shores of Ganges river.
Acrobats performing on the street at the city of Amer, India.
A woman is thrown into her husband's funeral pyre, India.
View of the mausoleums of Qutb Shahi dynasty at Golkonda, India.
Title page. Archaeological excavations at the temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae, conducted by the team of Western European archaeophiles who eventually pillaged all of the reliefs and sculptures of the temple.
Landscape at Figaleia. In the background, the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae.
The interior of the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae.
Costume of vivandière (woman sutler) inspired from Greek vases and architectural features of ancient temples.
Costume of grenadier, specialized infantry soldier, inspired from Greek vases and architectural features of ancient temples.
Costume of shepherdess inspired from Greek vases and architectural features of ancient temples.
Costume of shepherd inspired from Greek vases and architectural features of ancient temples.
Bridal costume inspired from Greek vases and architectural features of ancient temples.