Jalali.-A class of Mohammedan Faqirs who take their name from their founder Sayyid Jalal-ud-din a pupil of Bahawal Haqq the Suhrawardiyya saint of Multan.
Jalali. Mohammedan Faqir. Sufi Muslim ascetic. Suhrawardiyya saint.
Tag: Pictures of Indian Natives
Typical Pictures of Indian Natives. Being reproductions from specially prepared hand-colored photographs wit descriptive letterpress by F. M. Coleman. General Manager of the Times of India.
Auguste Racinet. The Costume History Hardcover – Illustrated, November 4, 2015
by Françoise Tétart-Vittu (Author)
Racinet's Costume History is an invaluable reference for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and a rich source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in clothing and style.
Native Californian clothing at the end of the 18th century.
The engravings depicting Californian native people, taken from the Encyclopedia of Travels by Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, a five-volume work published in Paris in 1795-1796.
Chief Dakota, Mandan squaw costumes
Bartlett’s Classic Illustrations of America: All 121 Engravings from American Scenery, 1840 (Dover Fine Art, History of Art). Extremely rare engravings after illustrations of mid-19th-century America by eminent English artist. … Read More
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
India. The carpenters of Bengal. A Group of Sutars.
The carpenters of Bengal. Besides ordinary work in wood, they carve conch-shells into bracelets, make images of the gods, and paint religious pictures.
Botokuden. Indians from south-east Brazil.
Bartlett’s Classic Illustrations of America: All 121 Engravings from American Scenery, 1840 (Dover Fine Art, History of Art). Extremely rare engravings after illustrations of mid-19th-century America by eminent English artist. … Read More
The Sinhalese dress in a sarong, which is formed of a long piece of cloth.
The Sinhalese men dress in a comboy (sarong or amude), which is formed of a long piece of cloth, sewn together at the two ends.
A Bombay (Mumbai) merchant. The Persians in India.
Many Persian families who have settled permanently in India and to some extent have adopted the dress of their new compatriots.
A Jewish priest from Bagdad. The Sassoon family in India.
There are a considerable number of Jews in Bombay, and the richest family in all India, The Sassoon, are Bagdad Jews.
Brahman Lady. Indian women who wear the most brilliant costumes.
Indian women who wear the most brilliant costumes. It is against the custom of the higher castes to be photographed at all, and none are more so than Hindus.
