Primary Sources & Family Archive

The Evidence

Photographs, documents, objects and traces scattered across four continents — surfacing slowly, recognised by nobody except the family that made them.

Photographs & Street Scenes
Cairo street scene, colourised, c.1915
Sharia Kamel Pasha de l'Opera, Cairo
Colourised · c. 1915
Australian War Memorial photograph J03507
AWM Photograph J03507 — Cairo
Australian War Memorial · c. 1915
Cairo store at Grand Majestic Hotel, 1934
Pohoomull Brothers — Grand Majestic Hotel, Cairo
Street photograph · 1934
Cairo store detail
Oriental Jewellers — Cairo Storefront
Detail · 1934
Two men outside the Luxor/Cairo store
Two Men at the Luxor & Cairo Store
Family photograph · Undated
Interior of Salon Oriental, Algiers
Salon Oriental — Pohoomull Brothers, Algiers
11 Rue Bab Azoun · J. Geiser, phot.
Grand Bazaar storefront, Tenerife
Pohoomull Brothers Grand Bazaar, Tenerife
Colourised · Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Pohoomull Brothers store on Kingsway, Malta
Oriental Stores — Kingsway, Malta
Sepia photograph · Valletta
Khiani Mansion, Hyderabad Sindh
The Khiani Mansion
Hyderabad, Sindh · Still standing
Advertisements & Documents
Pohoomull Brothers advertisement in The Sphinx, 1922
Advertisement in The Sphinx Magazine
Cairo · December 9, 1922
Full page of The Sphinx magazine
The Sphinx — Full Page
Magazine page · 1922
The Sphinx magazine page with advertisement
The Sphinx — Advertisements Page
Cairo · 1922
Pohoomull Bros Apollo Bunder advertisement
The House of Treasures — Bombay
Apollo Bunder · Near Gateway of India
Pohoomull Brothers brochure, Bombay
Indian Treasure House of Oriental Arts
Brochure · Watsons Annexe, Bombay
Pohoomull Brothers depot list poster
Depot List — Indian Merchants
Poster · Santa Cruz, Tenerife
Pohoomull Brothers silverware and ivory catalogue
Indian Silver Ware & Ivory Catalogue
Product catalogue · Undated
Esplanade Police Court document
Esplanade Police Court — Bombay
Legal document · 1917
Sindhi Khudawadi script
The Sindhi Script — Khudawadi
The encryption that made everything possible
The First Internet — Manila to Algiers, 1909
Registered letter from Manila to Algiers, 1909
Registered Letter — Manila to Algiers
79 Escolta, Manila · February 22, 1909
Reverse of 1909 letter with stamps
Reverse — Philippine Stamps & Postmarks
Manila → Marseille → Algiers · 1909
Philatelist display of the 1909 letter
Lettre Recommandée — Route Rare
French philatelist collection
Objects — Textiles, Jewellery & Garments
The cream silk coat from Pennsylvania
The Cream Silk Coat
1920s · Found in Pennsylvania
Blog post about the coat and its Pohoomull Bros label
The Coat & Its Label — Winter Palace
Estate sale discovery · Pohoomull Bros, Luxor
Pohoomull Bros Cairo coat label closeup
Label — Pohoomull Bros, Cairo
Gold on navy · Original tag intact
Cairo coat with green silk lining
Embroidered Coat — Interior Lining
Green shantung silk · Cairo label
Embroidered silk coat worn by model
Embroidered Silk Coat
Pohoomull Brothers · Museum quality
Shisha mirror work coat
Shisha Mirror Work Coat
Sindhi embroidery · Japanese silk
Vintage Pohoomull Bros silk embroidered robe
Vintage Silk Embroidered Robe
Online listing · $200
Pohoomull textile vest
Textile Vest
Pohoomull Brothers · Undated
Museum listing for 1920s silk coat
1920s Silk Indian Souvenir Coat
Devore listing · Museum quality
1945 gold ruby emerald pin, $9,700
French Gold Ruby & Emerald Pin
c. 1945 · Durland & Co · $9,700
Reverse of gold pin showing Pohoomull marking
Pin Reverse — Pohoomull, Le Caire
Engraved hallmark · Cairo workshop
Academic Foundation
Claude Markovits - The Global World of Indian Merchants
The Global World of Indian Merchants
Claude Markovits · Cambridge University Press · 2000
Markovits page documenting the Khiani family
Markovits on the Khiani Family
Page detail · Founding & astrologer story
Markovits page listing Pohoomull branches
Branch List — 22 Cities by 1911
Markovits · Directory entry documentation

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