The imam at sana giving audience. Engraving from travel description of arabia and neighboring countries (reisebeschreibung von arabien und anderen umliegenden ländern), published in 1774. The book was an account of the danish funded scientific expedition to arabia and other parts of the middle east during the first half of the 1760s. German matematician and explorer karsten niebuhr was a member of the expedition. Date: 1774.
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