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Al-Iskandariyah (governate)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

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Le Fort Pharos (ruines), 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/9
Scope and Contents

261 x 199 mm. A view showing the broken and crumbling walls of Fort Pharos.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Le Mont-de-Piere, Maison Sursok (ruines), 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/30
Scope and Contents

263 x 197 mm. A view looking along a street (exact location unknown) towards the harbour, with largely intact residential houses lining the road. Maison Sursok is in the foreground, a fire-gutted shell outside of which lies mounds of rubble and debris.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Le nouveau Bazar (ruines), 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/48
Scope and Contents

262 x 199 mm. A view showing the ruins of the New Bazaar. Exact location unknown.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Le palais de M. le Comte Zizinia (ruines), 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/22
Scope and Contents

262 x 196 mm. A view from the road looking towards the decorated arches and columns of the palace. Exact location unknown, but possibly at the western end of the Boulevard Ismail near L'Okelle Sciorbagi.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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L'Eglise des Lazaristes (ruines), 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/47
Scope and Contents

261 x 198 mm. A view looking along the gutted interior of the church of the Lazarists.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Les batteries de Ras-el-Tin démantelées, 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/7
Scope and Contents

264 x 197 mm. A view looking seawards over the wrecked battlements with overturned cannons, shells and Egyptian corpses lying in the foreground.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Les batteries de Ras-el-Tin démantelées, 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/8
Scope and Contents

261 x 197 mm. A view looking over the battlements towards the Inner Harbour with cannon in the foreground and steam and sailing ships at anchor in the Harbour beyond.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Les batteries du Fort Ada démantelées, 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/12
Scope and Contents

262 x 196 mm. A close-up of overturned cannons and mortars lying among the rubble of Fort Ada.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Les batteries du Fort Pharos démantelées, 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/10
Scope and Contents

262 x 199 mm. A view looking down on the battlements of Fort Pharos with cannons and mortars in the foreground. Fort Ada, to the west, can be seen in the distance.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Les batteries du Fort Pharos démantelées, 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/11
Scope and Contents

263 x 197 mm. A view showing the battlements of Fort Pharos. In the background can be seen the breakwater connecting Fort Pharos with the mainland, with part of the town and New Port beyond.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Les maisons Nubar Pacha et Chiek Ibraim (ruines), 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/24
Scope and Contents

262 x 199 mm. A view looking towards the gutted house of Nubar Pasha on the right with the ruins of the mosque of Sheik Ibrahaïm at the left (with the minaret still standing). A view taken from the Place de la musque du Cheik Ibraïm, first west of the Great Square.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Les ruines du Phare, 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/6
Scope and Contents

262 x 197 mm. A view showing a section of the ruined battlements at Fort Pharos, with mortars standing among the rubble and the base of the lighthouse visible in the background.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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L'Hotel d'Europe (ruines), 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/25
Scope and Contents

261 x 199 mm. A view showing the ruins of the hotel which stood at the western end of the Great Square.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lieut. E. Trotter, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/226
Scope and Contents

161 x 116 mm. A view showing Lieut. Edward Trotter standing in front of tents at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandria.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lieut. F. Hervey-Bathurst, Lieut. Hubert Crichton, Lieut. E. Seymour, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/227
Scope and Contents

169 x 95 mm. A view showing three Grenadier officers standing at the entrance to a tent at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandria.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lieut. Sidney Clive, Mess President, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/225
Scope and Contents

160 x 116 mm. A view showing Lieut. (later Lt General Sir) Sidney Clive in the camp at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandira, with soldiers and tents in the background.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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L'Okelle de Mont-Sinaï (ruines), 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/28
Scope and Contents

262 x 197 mm. A view looking along a street towards the ruined block of buildings. Exact location unknown.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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L'Okelle neuve (ruines), 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/21
Scope and Contents

262 x 198 mm. A view looking along a street of ruined houses in L'Okelle neuve which lies between the Grand Square and the New Port waterfront.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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L'Okelle Sciorbagi (ruines), 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/23
Scope and Contents

262 x 198 mm. A view looking across a paved roadway towards the ruins of a block of houses. Exact location unidentified but the archway at the right of the print probably belongs to the Zizinia Palace.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Panorama d'Alexandrie [i.e. Alexandria], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/7
Scope and Contents

277 x 221 mm. General view looking over the rooftops towards the west harbour. Photograph by Zangaki.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Relieving sentries, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/228
Scope and Contents

80 x 80 mm. A view showing a detachment of sentries marching to take up their posts.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ruine de l'Okelle Francaise (rue Franque), 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/13
Scope and Contents

263 x 198 mm. A view looking along a paved street with several of the houses reduced to rubble. Exact location unidentified, but probably somewhere in the area of the French Consulate between the New Port and the Great Square. Okelle was a term used in Alexandria to define a large block of houses.

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Camp, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/221
Scope and Contents

153 x 113. A view showing soldiers in the Sidi Gabr camp with tents in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'The Grenadiers at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandria'.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Camp, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/222
Scope and Contents

170 x 95 mm. A view showing tents of the Grenadiers at Sidi Gabr with buildings in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'The Grenadiers at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandria'.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Waterfront, Alexandria [Al-Iskandarīyah], 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/8/6
Scope and Contents

245 x 200 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1950 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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