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Portrait of Faisal bin Hussein
Portait of Faisal bin Hussein, the commander of the Arab Northern Army during the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire. He spent most of the war in Hejaz and he enjoyed a particularly close relationship with T. E. Lawrence, as described in Seven Pillars of Wisdom. He was King of Syria from 1918-19 ...
Portrait of Harry St. John Philby
Together with T.E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell, Sergeant John Philby was a key player in the Arab Revolt. Like Lawrence and Bell, he was first of all an Arabicist and an explorer, especially known for his accounts Heart of Arabia (1922) and The Empty Quarter (1932). In 1917 Philby arrived in al-Zubay ...
Portrait of Sheikh Ibrahim of al-Zubayr
Sheikh Ibrahim of al-Zubayr participated in the organization of the Arab Revolt, helping Sergeant John Philby in putting together the leading tribe chiefs. In his book Heart of Arabia, Philby says that "[...] the desert alliance in this sector [i.e. Mesopotamia] was formally completed with the inclu ...
Portrait of two Chaouia women from the Aures Mountains
The photograph portraits two Berber women of the Chaouia people in their traditional dresses and ornaments., Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is signed with blind stamp. Pencil caption on the verso of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0001-0003, 2-D Graphic ...
Tribesmen, a group portrait
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 127., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0027, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2189887x, BIB-ID: 2337817
Tribesmen, a group portrait
Title and date devised by Library staff, Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0025, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21898856, BIB-ID: 2337815
Tribesmen, a group portrait
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 126., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0026, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21898868, BIB-ID: 2337816
Two Bedouins tribesmen in front of their tents
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 122., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0022, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2184267x, BIB-ID: 2336483
Two horses in front of a tent of the encampment
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 132., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0032, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21912385, BIB-ID: 2344651
Two men and a woman on the doorway in a street of an Arab village
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 137., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0037, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21939421, BIB-ID: 2345438
Two men in their everyday work
The place where the photograph was taken is likely to be either Barsa or al-Zubayr. One of the clobbers is looking right into the camera. The photographer established here a direct relationship with his subject; this approach, typical of modern street photography, highlights the different attitude o ...
Two men standing on the doorway in a street of an Arab village
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 136., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0036, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21939330, BIB-ID: 2345434