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Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Samarkand, Mausoleum Gur-i Amir
Samarkand, Registan, Ulugh Beg Madresa, Ulugh Beg with scholars (astronomers)
With the Nissan Xterra on the way back from Doha, Qatar to Berlin (Nov. 2016) in Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia
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)
Wilhelm (von) Bode, director-general of the Royal Museums in Berlin since 1905, had started early to collect Islamic carpets in Italy. He has the great merit of having initiated an Islamic department at the Berlin Museums. He also inspired the young Friedrich Sarre for the Islamic art history and later won him as director of the newly founded department (1904).