Moorish robes in 1276.
Spain. Arab Moorish robes from the year 1276. (From Lapidario of D. Alonso the Wise.) España. Trajes arabes del ano 1276. (Del Lapidario de D. Alonso el Sabio.)
Source: Galería del Arte Decorativo: Enciclopedia Universal de Trajes, Armas, Muebles, Arquitectura, Útiles Domésticos y Ornamentación de Todos los Tiempos. Editor: J. Aleu Fugarull, Barcelona 1824.
Arab merchant.
Marchant Arabe
Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world.
Inhabitant of Mount Lebanon
Habitant du mont Liban.
Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world.
Arabian girl
Jeune fille Arabe.
Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world.
Girl from Syria
The picturesque native costume is excellently displayed in this picture.
From the book: Living Races of Mankind. A popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts, and ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world, by Henry Neville Hutchinson (1856-1927), John Walter Gregory and Richard Lydekke. Published by Hutchinson & Co. Paternoster Row, London 1902.
Arab caravan in the Sahara.
Simoom, Arabic: سموم samūm, is the local term for a sand storm in the North African-Arab region. Originating from the Arabic word translated means poison wind. This already indicates the danger that is attached to this kind of sandstorm. The simoom is partly dust-laden and a very hot desert wind.
From “Full Peoples Gallery in images of all nations” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche, Meissen, 1840.
Berber from Algeria, North Africa. Moorish nomads.
From “Full Peoples Gallery in images of all nations” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche, Meissen, 1840.
Costumes from Moorish
Gallery: Les nations. Album des Costumes De Tous les Pays. Par Alexandre Lacauchie.
Paris. Maison Martinet. Haute Cœur frères 41, Rue Vivienne et 146, Rue de Rivoli 1850s.
Ar Ruku, or Inclination.
From the book: “The life of Muhammad the prophet of Allah”, by E. Dinet and Sliman ben Ibrahim; illustrated by E. Dinet.
The Almee. Painted by Charles Bargue
French Almée synonymous with belly dancer. Was the name of a class of courtesans or female entertainers in Arab Egypt.
Arabian Noble
Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world.
Arab plucking a thorn from his foot.
Painted by Leon Bonnat. Bedouin in traditional burnous.
Arab woman
From the book: Living Races of Mankind. A popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts, and ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world by Henry Neville Hutchinson (1856-1927), John Walter Gregory and Richard Lydekke. Published by Hutchinson & Co. Paternoster Row, London 1902.