19 Jul 2002

The Islamic Gallery: Photos and Artwork
Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (DILP), Spring Lake Park, MN, USA
Self-description: "The DILP [est. Jul 1997 - ed.] is an effort to digitise important Islamic resources and make them available to the masses through the Internet. Ultimately, we aim to explore possibilities of bringing this digitised material together in a comprehensive Islamic Study Database."
Site contents: CALLIGRAPHY : Calligraphy Galore - Names of Allah & His Messenger, verses of the Holy Qur'an, etc. The Bismillah Collection; The Story of Bismillah; Ahlul Bayt Calligraphy - Calligraphy related to the Members of the Prophet's Household. SACRED SITES : The Ka'bah Collection - Images of the Holy Kaaba, Maqam Ibrahim, Hajar al-Aswad, Zamzam, etc. as well as the first Qibla - Masjid al-Aqsa; The Makkah Collection - Images of holy sites in Makkah (other than The Kaaba Collection); The Madina I Collection - Images of the Holy Prophet's mosque (Masjid an-Nabawi) - Madina; The Madina II Collection - Other mosques and historic places in and around Madina; The Kufa Collection - Images related to Imam Ali and his companions in Kufa, Najaf, and other parts of Iraq; The Baqi Collection - Images of Jannat al-Baqi (Madina); The Karbala Collection - Images of the shrines of the martyrs of Karbala, Moosayab, and other parts of Iraq (other than Najaf and Kufa); The Damascus Collection - Images related to Imam Husayn and Sayyida Zaynab in Damascus, Syria; The Kadhmayn Collection - Images related to Imam Musa al-Kadhim and Imam Muhammad al-Jawad al-Taqi; The Mashad Collection - Images related to Imam Ridha in Mashad as well as other holy sites in Iran such as Qum & Jamkaran; The Samarra Collection - Images related to Imam Ali al-Hadi al-Naqi, Imam Hasan al-Askari and Imam al-Mahdi. SCHOLARS [under construction] : Ayatullah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khui; Ayatullah Ruhullah Khomeini; Other Scholars.
[A large scale collection of well annnotated B&W and colour online images. Unfortunately, most of the images are very grainy. - ed.]
URL http://www.al-islam.org/gallery/photos/images.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.al-islam.org/gallery/photos/images.htm
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* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30