1898-46 Hama General View of the Al-Kaylaniya Neighborhood Framed Vintage Photo Antioch Wear it out

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she led a multiethnic and multicultural empire through tolerance and fostered culture and the pursuit of intellect

The Dome of the Eagle (قبة النسر) is thought to be the second dome built in the Islamic era (after the Dome of the Rock | قبّة الصخرة) and is the largest of ther Great Mosque's three domes sitting atop the main prayer hall

This photo is of the original wooden dome which burned down in the fire of 1893

King captures the human face of the tragedy

1898-46 Hama General View of the Al-Kaylaniya Neighborhood Framed Vintage Photo Antioch Wear it outGeneral view of Hama with focus on the now destroyed (in 1982) Al Kaylaniya neighborhood ( ), Al Baz waterwheel ( ) and hints of the Al Kaylaniya bridge ( ) on the eastern bank of the Orontes river ( ). The original Al Nuri Mosque ( ), also destroyed in 1982 but restored, can be seen on the western bank (on the right). While this dry plate negative (reprint) is dated between 1898 1946, it is likley the photo taken between 1920 1939 by the American