Title from items, date devised by Library staff. Handwritten titles "Uppfarten från sjön" (The driveway from the lake) and "Daln / f. D. Slaf /... Show moreTitle from items, date devised by Library staff. Handwritten titles "Uppfarten från sjön" (The driveway from the lake) and "Daln / f. D. Slaf / hall" and numbers (18.11) in ink on the mount and later manuscript note on the verso of the print "Smedslättsgården 1957 B. Lundberg". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0015-0011 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26369709 BIB-ID: 2815304 Show less
Photographs show Ali Nasir Muhammad, at the time Chairman of the Presidential Council of South Yemen both in Aden in 1978 and in 1980 in Sana'a;... Show morePhotographs show Ali Nasir Muhammad, at the time Chairman of the Presidential Council of South Yemen both in Aden in 1978 and in 1980 in Sana'a; People's Democratic Republic of Yemen's Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1978 Muhammad Saleh Muti; President of the Yemen Arab Republic Lieutenant-Colonel Ibrahim al-Hamdi in 1976 and in 1977. Date from items, title devised by Library staff. Agency stamp with the name of the photographers and descriptions on the verso of the prints. Main Heritage Office General HC.HP.2017.0352 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2543391x BIB-ID: 2558886 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (17). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.26833... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (17). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.26833-0016 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23717324 BIB-ID: 2526897 Show less
The photograph show the Qatar Monetary Agency building in Doha. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and... Show moreThe photograph show the Qatar Monetary Agency building in Doha. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (18). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.26833-0017 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23717348 BIB-ID: 2526899 Show less
Qatar. Wizārat al-Iʻlām. Idārat al-Maṭbūʻāt wa-al-Nashr., History
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (8). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.26833... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (8). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.26833-0008 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23717154 BIB-ID: 2526879 Show less
Qatar. Wizārat al-Iʻlām. Idārat al-Maṭbūʻāt wa-al-Nashr., History
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (22). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.26833... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (22). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.26833-0020 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23717464 BIB-ID: 2526913 Show less
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... Show morePortait 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 1918-1920 and later King of Iraq from 1921-1933. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 105. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001.0005 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21806226 BIB-ID: 2328325 Show less
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... Show morePortait 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 he became king of the independent nation of Jordan. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 106. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21806238 BIB-ID: 2328326 Show less
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward) , 1888-1935, History
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... Show moreThomas 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 Arab forces. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 102. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21805921 BIB-ID: 2327314 Show less
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... Show morePortait 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 1918-1920 and later King of Iraq from 1921-1933. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 103. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21806007 BIB-ID: 2328318 Show less
The photo is part of the Archives of Dār al-Ṣayyād Publishing House. Photograph n. 221. Mosques, Qatar. Title and date from item. Main Heritage... Show moreThe photo is part of the Archives of Dār al-Ṣayyād Publishing House. Photograph n. 221. Mosques, Qatar. Title and date from item. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2015.0010-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23333510 BIB-ID: 2497574 Show less
ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn , 1807?-1883, History
Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine, also known as al-Jazairi, was an Algerian commander and a political leader who fought in North Africa, Syria, and... Show moreAbdelkader ibn Muhieddine, also known as al-Jazairi, was an Algerian commander and a political leader who fought in North Africa, Syria, and Lebanon against the French. In 1860, during the civil war between Druzes and Maronites of Mount Lebanon, sheltered large numbers of Christians from the massacres. For the respect that the Abdelkader used to show to his prisoners, he was admired not only by his people but also by the Europeans. Prince Albert Edward wanted to meet him during his stay in Damascus and it is probably on that occasion Francis Bedford took his portrait. Title and date from item. The photograph is signed, captioned, dated and numbered 103 in the Day & Son series. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2014.0026-0009 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21719123 BIB-ID: 2319578 Show less
Philby, H. St. J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger) , 1885-1960, History, History
Sheikh Ibrahim of al-Zubayr participated in the organization of the Arab Revolt, helping Sergeant John Philby in putting together the leading tribe... Show moreSheikh 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 inclusion of Ibrahim, Shaikh of Zubayr, as the guide, philosopher and friend of all parties concerned." (Philby, John, Heart of Arabia, London, Constable, 1922, p. 238). The author also points out that "In him the British cause has a friend who has never wavered in his allegiance [...]" (Ibid., p. 239). Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 107. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0008 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21806822 BIB-ID: 2335870 Show less
Philby, H. St. J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger) , 1885-1960, History
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... Show moreTogether 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-Zubayr where is introduced to the Sheikh Ibrahim by Lieutenant A.H. Roberts: "[...] by nightfall I was deposited at the door of the Assistant Political Officer of Zubair, Lieutenant A. H. Roberts, with whom I proceeded at once to the Shaikh's residence, whither we had been bidden for dinner" (Philby, John, Heart of Arabia, London, Constable, 1922, p. 239). He chose to live in Arabia and became special adviser of Ibn Saūd and supported him in the negotiate with the British, during the Arab Revolt (1917-1918), and later on with the United States, once petroleum was discovered at the end of the 1930s. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 109. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0009 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21840374 BIB-ID: 2336407 Philby, H. St. J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger), 1885-1960. Heart of Arabia. London, Constable, 1922. Show less
Title and date from item. The photograph is signed, captioned, dated and numbered 119 in the Day & Son series. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP... Show moreTitle and date from item. The photograph is signed, captioned, dated and numbered 119 in the Day & Son series. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2014.0026-0025 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21798461 BIB-ID: 2321256 Show less
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... Show moreThe 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 Palestine. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 101. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24466943 BIB-ID: 2141110 Show less
In this picture the subject is posing for the photographer, looking into the camera. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 142. Main... Show moreIn this picture the subject is posing for the photographer, looking into the camera. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 142. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0042 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2195110x BIB-ID: 2346397 Show less
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... Show morePortait 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 1918-1920 and later King of Iraq from 1921-1933. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 104. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21806214 BIB-ID: 2328324 Show less
Photograph album documenting the British campaigns in Afghanistan during the so-called Great Game. Most of the photographs portray British troops,... Show morePhotograph album documenting the British campaigns in Afghanistan during the so-called Great Game. Most of the photographs portray British troops, officers, camps, views of cities, ruins, pieces of artillery, antiquities, Buddha statues, and landscapes. Most of the photographs were taken by professional photographer John Burke. Burke first served in India as an apothecary assistant in the Royal Artillery. He left the army in 1861 to join William Baker, a retired sergeant who had started a photographic studio in Peshawar. Together they formed Baker and Burke Studio (1867–72), the first commercial studio in that region. In 1873 he established his firm, Burke & Co. (1873-1900) with studios in Peshawar, Rawalpindi, and Lahore. Thanks to his military background, Burke was able to accompany most of the British military campaigns in Afghanistan from the late 1860s to 1897. Out of this experience, he published a series of commercially produced albums collectively known as the Afghan War Album. As seen in this album, probably compiled by an officer or an amateur who collected loose prints, in addition to military subjects, Burke also produced views of landscapes and archaeological sites, as well as pictures of imperial offices and pageants, bazaars, mosques, and palaces in Lahore. 1878-79: The second Infantry Brigade (General Tytler) in the Afghan Campaign 1878-79 at Safed Sang ; The 2nd Infantry Brigade in Neemla [Nimlah] Bagh ; Officer Army Medical dep. with Khyber field force in Afghan campaigns Safed Sang [Ali] Masjid [Fort] 1879 ; Jumrood Fort ; Group of Natives Khyber Pass. ; Ali Musjid. Panorama. ; 1,2 Fort and Plain of Dakka. Panorama. ; 3, 4 Fort and Plain of Dakka. Panorama. ; 32,33 View of British Camp from South Hill Picquet. Panorama. ; 34, 35 View of British Camp from South Hill Picquet. Panorama. ; 13,14 City of Jellalabad from Piper’s Hill. Panorama. ; 15 City of Jellalabad from Piper’s Hill. Panorama ; Bridge over Cabul River Jellalabad. ; Part of City of Jellalabad. ; Main Street of Jellalabad from Cabul Gate. ; Cabul Gate Jellalabad. ; Sirkari [sic] Bagh. ; Piper’s Hill Picquet. ; General Hospital. Jellalabad. ; 52,53 British Camp Sufed Sung. Panoramic view ; 54 British Camp Sufed Sung. Panoramic view. ; View at Gundamuk looking towards Jugdulluck. ; View at Gundamuk. ; View of Bridge over River at Sufed Sung. ; View of S. & M. Camp sheving [sic] Cavalry Brigade Camp. ; Sapper and Miner’s Camp and old Cantonments 1842, Gundamuk. ; Artillery and Cavarly awaiting arrival of Yakoob Khan. ; Yakoob Khan’s Tent and Guard of Honour of H.M.’s 17th Regt., Sufed Sung. ; 44th Hill and Monument. ; Group of Bactrian Camels. ; Buddhist Sculptures found near Jellalabad. -- 1879-80: 19,20 Kabul from Upper Bala Hissar. ; 1,2 Bala Hissar and Palace. ; Residency (Front View). ; Back View ; Residency shewing [sic] Gate and Scaffold. ; Shah Shoujah’s Old Palace, Bala Hissar. ; Sapper and Miner’s Bastion Sherpur. ; Officers, General C. Gough’s Brigade. ; Officers 4th Goorkhas. ; Company 4th Goorkhas. ; Gun in Action. 6/8 R.A. ; Grave and Stone, J. H. Porter, Principal Medical Officer. Graveyard Kabul. ; Jamrud ; Bala Hissar Kabul. ; sowar ; Ali Musji [sic] ; Candahar, ; Captured Guns, Kabul. Title and date from item. The first 48 photographs are 27 x 20 cm, 5 are panoramas and 14 are smaller. Photographs have typescript or manuscript titles on the mount, under the print. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2014.0029 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22091506 BIB-ID: 2364005 Show less
Sketchbooks illustrate travels and excursions done in Egypt and Sudan by the British lady Florence Attwood Mathews, the second daughter of British... Show moreSketchbooks illustrate travels and excursions done in Egypt and Sudan by the British lady Florence Attwood Mathews, the second daughter of British writer and doctor James John Garth Wilkinson (1812 – 1899). The contents of the sketchbooks stretch over the period 1898–1916, with particular emphasis on January–March 1898 and November 1913–July 1914. Volume I largely tracks Attwood-Mathews’s Nile cruise in early 1898, when she travelled on the post steamer Amenartas from Cairo to Khartoum. She was interested in the ongoing Mahdist War and the British involvement in it: one watercolor portrays six British military officers from various regiments travelling on board the Amenartas, while another shows a boat towed behind the post steamer with troops on board. Similarly, in Volume II, Attwood-Mathews chose to paint a couple of landscapes as much for their role in the conflict as any aesthetic appeal. A vista of two hilltops viewed from the Nile is described as follows: “Where the battle of Toski was fought, under these hills”. Meanwhile, the view from her hotel balcony in Khartoum is accompanied by the following caption: “Sand dunes where our troops lay the night before the battle of Omdurrman [sic]”. Atwood-Mathews’ interest in the Mahdist War continued after the end of the conflict in 1899, as evident from the many newspaper clippings pasted into Volume I, the latest dated 1916. Most of these are concerned with the events of the war and the people involved in it and include general reports (“The Soudan Crisis”, “Sirdar’s speech to the troops”), political coverage such as Sir Reginald Wingate’s succession as Governor-General of Sudan, as well as several “Romance of the Sudan” stories concerning Joseph Ohrwalder, a Roman Catholic priest held captive by Mahdists for ten years. Two of the three photographs pasted into the sketchbook show Mahdist leaders captured by British-Egyptian forces; Attwood-Mathews identifies them as Emir Abu Zeid, Emir Mahmoud, Emir Yunis al-Dikaym, and Osman, Khalifa Abdallahi’s son. The third photograph depicts a ‘plane above an Egyptian crowd. Interspersed with the watercolors, clippings, and photographs are numerous signatures, cartes-de-visite, and occasional inscriptions of British military and administrative figures based in the Nile region, including Sir Archibald Hunter, British Army General and Governor of Omdurman; Colonel E. S. Stanton, the Governor of Khartoum; the Governor-General of Sudan Sir Reginald Wingate; G. E. Matthews, Governor of the Upper Nile Province; Colonel Colin Scott-Moncrieff; and James Henry Butler Pasha, soldier and Governor of the White Nile Province. Clearly, Attwood-Mathews had both interest in and access to many of the key British colonial figures established in Egypt and Sudan in the early 20th century. However, she was undoubtedly also intrigued by the history and culture of the region in general, as evident in the collection of signatures by Egyptologists, including Howard Carter, E. A. Wallis Budge, Ernest A. T. Wallis, and A. H. Sayce. While many watercolors in Volume I depict landscapes painted from the deck of the Amenartas, there are also views of the pyramids of Giza, streets in Cairo, Nag Hammadi, and Khartoum, the Sidi Arif Mosque in Sohag, windmills and feluccas spotted along the river, as well as several studies of the everyday life of local Egyptians and Sudanese. The watercolors in Volume II, predominantly dated between late 1913 and early 1914, show a similar range in subject matter. Sunrise and sunset panoramas of the landscape near Abu Girgeh, Nag Hammadi, Denderch, and Khartoum dominate. However, there are street views of Cairo, Aswan, and Khartoum, two studies of the ancient Egyptian temples of Wadi es-Sebua and Amada in their original location prior to the relocation in 1964 due to the Aswan Dam project, as well as two pleasant portraits of local boys in Khartoum. Also included in Volume II is a loosely inserted watercolor (253 × 177 mm), dated December 1905, depicting locals at the waterfront in Beni Hasan. Title and date devised by Library staff. Sketchbooks with a contemporary beige cloth, beige closure strap, brush holder to top edge of rear boards. All watercolours with pencilled captions on the adjacent leaves. Ticket of London-based artist’s equipment shop L. Cornelissen & Son to rear pastedowns. Volume I has 4 hieroglyphs and a central design of a scarab with spread wings hand-painted to front board; it is housed in a dark blue flat back cloth box. It consists of 38 full-page watercolours, numerous autographs, mounted cartes-de-visite, letters, newspaper clippings, 3 photographs; also with 5 loosely inserted items: 2 sketches, 1 letter, 1 envelope, and 1 autographed paper slip. Volume II has 16 full-page watercolours, 2 portraits, and 1 sketch. Main Heritage Display General HC.GM.2017.0003.01 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24384240 BIB-ID: 2555496 Show less