Historical customs, costumes and fashions of the Maghreb. Northwest Africa.
Algeria. Regular infantryman Abdel-Kader, 19th c. More:Caravan in an indoor street of Algier, Algeria. Algeria Jewish graves at Bab el Oued, Algier. Algeria 19th century. Algeria Algeria Maidservant slave in… Read More
Algeria. Maidservant slave in Algiers. Historical clothing. More:Jewish graves at Bab el Oued, Algier. Algeria 19th century. Algeria Caravan in an indoor street of Algier, Algeria. Algeria Bedouin musician. Nubian… Read More
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.
Moors (Spanish moros) are all those Berber tribes living in North Africa
Arabia Algeria. Moorish merchant. Historical clothing. More:Algeria. Arabic of the plain clothing. 19th Century Berber woman from Algeria, c. 1900. Algeria Medieval Arab Moorish robes in 13th century. Middle Ages… Read More
Arab Algeria. Arabic of the plain. Historical clothing. More:The Colossi of Memnon. Colossal Statues in The Plain… Ancient Caravan in an indoor street of Algier, Algeria. Algeria The celebrated plain… Read More
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 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 by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche
A Libyan farmer on a threshing machine and a wandering merchant.
