Title

Tower of the Forty Martyrs, Ramla, Palestine, c1930s. Artist: Ewing Galloway

Caption

Tower of the Forty Martyrs, Ramla, Palestine, c1930s. This was the minaret of the White Mosque, built in the 13th century. 15th century Muslim tradition had it that forty of the Prophet Mohammed's companions were buried in the mosque. Because of this, it came to be wrongly believed in the West that the tower had been part of a church devoted to the Forty Martyrs of Sebastia, Nablus. A print from Countries of the World, edited by JA Hammerton, volume V, The Fleetway House, London, c1930s.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1930

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C55_030

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,4Mb) / 11,0in x 17,8in / 3287 x 5328 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings religious architecture mosque country tower religion ruins medieval ruin Muslim Islam Islamic Moslem location century outside ruined B&W MONOCHROME OTTOMAN Palestine black & white black and white B W mediaeval Middle Ages Thirteenth Century 13th century The Print Collector photograph Ewing Galloway Tower of the Forty Martyrs White Mosque Galloway Ewing photograph