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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)
In April 1951, Erich Holm von Prosch, a PhD geologist, traveled to Turkey on behalf of C. Deilmann Bergbau (Bentheim, Germany) to visit various mineral extraction sites in southeast Anatolia (Batman, Maden, Siirt). Details of his visit are not yet known, but thanks to his exact records we know the itinerary or the route. In addition several Turkish mining experts are mentioned on the photos , e.g. Cevat Taşman, Necdet Egeran or Nuh Naci Tilev.
Interesting documents such as his visa application (Doc.1), and more than 150 black and white photos have survived, often labeled on the back by himself.
