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Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Tinmal, Atlas, Morocco, Great Mosque, 12th century (Almohads), severely damaged in the strong earthquake on September 8, 2023.
Samarkand, Registan, Ulugh Beg Madresa, Ulugh Beg with scholars (astronomers)
Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia: driving with my Nissan XTerra from Doha, Qatar to Berlin in Nov. 2016
King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (ITHRA), Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Camels in Shahaniyya, Qatar before the race
'Imperial Days' in Constantinople, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Mehmed V in the carriage, 1917
Nemrud Dağı, Eastern Turkey (1988)
Iznik plate with Panther, wearing a bell on a chain, 16th c., Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), Doha, Qatar
Camel ride next to the Pyramids (in the background Agfa advertisment): photo album documenting a Mediterranean trip (1928)
Haile Selassie (1892-1975) was ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia and Eritrea) until 1974. The quite rare unoffical photo (probably at the airport) was taken by Erich Holm von Prosch during his visit there.
An interesting article was published in the 'Spiegel' in 1954 on the occasion of his state visit to the Federal Republic of Germany. To the article