Description

  • This photograph from the Abdul-Hamid Collection in the Library of Congress shows the Imperial Military Middle School in Ṣan'ā', Yemen. Sultan Abdul-Hamid II (1842-1918) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1909. The Abdul-Hamid Collection consists of 1,819 photographs in 51 large-format albums dating from about 1880 to 1893. An avid collector and promoter of photography, the sultan appears to have conceived the work as a portrait of his empire for a Western audience, intended to highlight the empire's modernization. Well-known Ottoman commercial photographers such as Abdullah Frères, Sébah & Joaillier, and Phébus took the bulk of the photographs. Turkish military photographer Ali Riza Pasa and the Photographic Unit of the Imperial School of Engineering also contributed numerous images. Abdul-Hamid presented a copy of the survey to the Library of Congress in 1893 or 1894. He gave another, almost identical copy, to the British Museum (now in the British Library).

Date Created

  • Around 1880 CE - 1893 CE

Language

Title in Original Language

  • Façade de l'école préparatoire militaire 1re section à Sanaa

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Physical Description

  • 1 photographic print : albumen

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