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Colonel T. E. Lawrence in Arab clothing in Wejh
Title and date devised by Library staff., The photograph portraits T. E. Lawrence in Bedouin costumes, probably in Wejh. The coastal city of Wejh was to be the base for attacks on the Hejaz railway during the Arab Revolt., Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.2017.0017, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i242173 ...
Map of the Arabian Peninsula
The map is based on a 19th century commercially produced British map of Arabia (likely circa 1870 or earlier). The slide has been altered by painting over the areas showing Africa, Persia, and the Levant. The area left shows Arabia and the British mandate in Iraq though it excludes British Mandatory ...
Portrait of Abdullah bin Hussein
Portait of Abdullah bin Hussein, commander of the Arab Eastern Army. He played a key role in the guerrilla revolt, in particular because of the besiege of Taif and Medina and of the sabotage of the Hejaz Railway. He was the ruling Emir of Transjordan under the British Mandate from 1921 to 1946, when ...
Portrait of Colonel T. E. Lawrence in Bedouin costume
Thomas Lowell took this photo of Lawrence in Jerusalem, probably in 1918, when he was working as war correspondent in Palestine, during World War I. After the war, he launched the “Lawrence of Arabia” legend, using many images and films he realized when he was following T.E. Lawrence and the Ara ...
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 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 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 ...