'Al-Hautah: Capital of the Lahej District, showing the Sultan's Palace'. Photographer: Unknown

Name: 'Al-Hautah: Capital of the Lahej District, showing the Sultan's Palace'. Photographer: Unknown
Author: Frederick Mercer Hunter (author)

İsim	'Al-Hautah: Capital of the Lahej District, showing the Sultan's Palace'. Photographer: Unknown
Yazar	Frederick Mercer Hunter (author)
Basım Tarihi:	1873/1877
Basım Yeri	- Qatar National Library
Konu	Ethnographic heritage \| more \| less
Tür	Resim
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar	1 albumen print
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	81055/vdc_100023400730.0x000001_ar \| 81055/vdc_100023400730.0x000001_en \| T.11308/15
Kayıt Numarası	81055%2Fvdc_100023400730.0x000001_dlme
Lokasyon	British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Tarih	1873/1877
Notlar	Genre/Subject Matter:This photograph shows an urban topographical scene in the capital of Lahej, about 30 miles (45 km) from Aden, which is referred to here as Al-Hautah (also: al Hota, al Hawtah) but is probably the town known today as Lahej/Lahij.Despite being surrounded by desert ‘to within three or four miles’ of the town, in this volume Frederick Mercer Hunter describes the town itself as being surrounded by cultivation, in particular of ‘red and white jowarî, sesame, vegetables, grass, and a little cotton’ as well as ‘date-palms, and badâm or wild almond trees’ (p. 155). So fertile was the landscape around the town, that the British bought some land near it in order to grow vegetables for the garrison at Aden (p. 68).As recently as 1872–73, the Ottoman Turks had made their presence felt in Lahej: according to Hunter, the eldest brother of the Sultan, Abdullah bin Mohsin, had ‘intrigued with the Turks, and invited them to occupy their fortified house at Al-Hautah’. In response, the Government of India decided to occupy the Lahej territory to ‘support the Lahej Sultan’. The stand-off lasted until the end of the year, when the Ottoman troops withdrew. The fortified house in question is the structure visible in the background on the left of the image.An excavated area and tumble-down walls take up most of the foreground, while a number of several-storeyed, crenellated structures occupy the horizon behind low-brick-walled enclosures. In the right lower corner of the image bricks can be seen stacked in a sequence of chevrons alongside some flat slabs, forming a rectangular paved area.In the middle-ground, toward the left of the image in the right foreground, are a donkey and five laden camels. Two figures stand on raised ground alongside the camel furthest to the right; the figure on the right appears to be wearing white, European-style clothing. \| 1 albumen print \| Dimensions:170 x 231 mm [portrait]Format:1 albumen print pasted to backing paper and mounted, folded, between pp. 166–167Materials:Silver printing-out paper, albumen printCondition:The print is unevenly hand-cut. There is significant toning at all edges, extending inwards towards the central fold. Some tracing marks are evident along the left-hand and lower edge.Some dark spot staining originating in the printing phase are evident throughout.Foliation:No folio number noted. [15]Process:Albumen print \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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'Al-Hautah: Capital of the Lahej District, showing the Sultan's Palace'. Photographer: Unknown

Yazar Frederick Mercer Hunter (author)

Basım Tarihi 1873/1877

Basım Yeri - Qatar National Library

Konu Ethnographic heritage | more | less

Tür Resim

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Fiziksel Boyutlar 1 albumen print

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 81055/vdc_100023400730.0x000001_ar | 81055/vdc_100023400730.0x000001_en | T.11308/15

Kayıt Numarası 81055%2Fvdc_100023400730.0x000001_dlme

Lokasyon British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers

Tarih 1873/1877

Notlar Genre/Subject Matter:This photograph shows an urban topographical scene in the capital of Lahej, about 30 miles (45 km) from Aden, which is referred to here as Al-Hautah (also: al Hota, al Hawtah) but is probably the town known today as Lahej/Lahij.Despite being surrounded by desert ‘to within three or four miles’ of the town, in this volume Frederick Mercer Hunter describes the town itself as being surrounded by cultivation, in particular of ‘red and white jowarî, sesame, vegetables, grass, and a little cotton’ as well as ‘date-palms, and badâm or wild almond trees’ (p. 155). So fertile was the landscape around the town, that the British bought some land near it in order to grow vegetables for the garrison at Aden (p. 68).As recently as 1872–73, the Ottoman Turks had made their presence felt in Lahej: according to Hunter, the eldest brother of the Sultan, Abdullah bin Mohsin, had ‘intrigued with the Turks, and invited them to occupy their fortified house at Al-Hautah’. In response, the Government of India decided to occupy the Lahej territory to ‘support the Lahej Sultan’. The stand-off lasted until the end of the year, when the Ottoman troops withdrew. The fortified house in question is the structure visible in the background on the left of the image.An excavated area and tumble-down walls take up most of the foreground, while a number of several-storeyed, crenellated structures occupy the horizon behind low-brick-walled enclosures. In the right lower corner of the image bricks can be seen stacked in a sequence of chevrons alongside some flat slabs, forming a rectangular paved area.In the middle-ground, toward the left of the image in the right foreground, are a donkey and five laden camels. Two figures stand on raised ground alongside the camel furthest to the right; the figure on the right appears to be wearing white, European-style clothing. | 1 albumen print | Dimensions:170 x 231 mm [portrait]Format:1 albumen print pasted to backing paper and mounted, folded, between pp. 166–167Materials:Silver printing-out paper, albumen printCondition:The print is unevenly hand-cut. There is significant toning at all edges, extending inwards towards the central fold. Some tracing marks are evident along the left-hand and lower edge.Some dark spot staining originating in the printing phase are evident throughout.Foliation:No folio number noted. [15]Process:Albumen print | more | less

Parçası Olduğu British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers