First World War Postcard of The Blue Mosque, Cairo
1899 - 1919A black and white postcard depicting the exterior of a mosque. The mosque sits in a street and has a very ornate dome and minaret. Opposite the mosque is another building with many windows and awnings that stretches along all that side of the street. At the end of the street is a wooden structure that crosses above it. There is a large tree framing the foreground of the image and several people can be seen walking in the street keeping within the shade of the buildings. The postcard is in good condition although the top edge has been creased. The top edge also has perforations that suggest it was separated from another card. The front is printed with a description of the image, and the reverse has proforma printing.
The Mosque of Aqsunqur or the Blue Mosque is a historic Mamluk-era mosque completed in 1347 and later restored by the Ottomans in 1652, featuring distinctive blue tiles that give it its common name.
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In machine printing on the front “CAIRO. – The mosque Khairbek (blue mosque). On the reverse “POST CARD / EGYPT / L.C. - 151 / LE CAIRE. – La Mosquee de Khaibek (mosquee bleue).”
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