Algeria. Regular infantryman Abdel-Kader, 19th c.
Algeria. Regular infantryman Abdel-Kader.
Tag: Maghreb
Historical customs, costumes and fashions of the Maghreb. Northwest Africa.
Algeria Maidservant slave in Algiers.
Algeria. Maidservant slave in Algiers. Historical clothing.
Zouave soldier from Algeria, ca. 1900. French infantry. Elite troops.
The members of historical infantry units called themselves Zuaven. The name goes back to the Kabyl tribe of the Zuauas in the Zuaua district (Zuavia) in the Algerian province of Constantine, who already provided mercenary troops at the time of the Ottoman Empire who were famous for their bravery.
Moor from Algeria. Berber tribe. More d’Alger c. 1840.
Moors (Spanish moros) are all those Berber tribes living in North Africa
Arabia Algeria. Moorish merchant costume.
Arabia Algeria. Moorish merchant. Historical clothing.
Algeria. Arabic of the plain clothing.
Arab Algeria. Arabic of the plain. Historical clothing.
Jewish maid of Algiers costume.
Arabia, Algeria. Jewish maid of Algiers. Historical clothing. From the book: Mœurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde, d’après des documents and authentiques et les voyages des… Read More
Algerian women in their house-clothes, 19th century.
Algerian women in their house-clothes Source: “Full Peoples Gallery in images of all nations” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche, Meissen, 1840. Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785 -1863) was a German bookseller, publisher… Read More
Moorish nomads. Berber from Algeria, North Africa.
Moorish nomads. Berber from Algeria, North Africa by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche
Libya merchant and farmer in c. 1840
A Libyan farmer on a threshing machine and a wandering merchant.