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 ...

The photograph is a studio portrait of Mulla Abboud al-Karkhi, a popular Iraqi poet. His satirical verses, composed in the colloquial Iraqi dialect, complaint about the bitterness of the reality, of the alternations of politics, of the iniquities from which the Iraqi society and women in particular ...

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 ...

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 ...

Album collecting 24 of the 28 plates engraved after the drawings by Francis Smith as an illustration to the account by Lord Baltimore printed in 1768. Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, was an English nobleman. He lived in Istanbul between 1763 and 1764. He travelled to the East in the company ...

Title and date from item. Kodacolor II negative housed in a plastic envelope. The transparency comes with its contact print on a proof sheet. Series "Radoubage et Calfatage Oct. 1981, Clichés V. Aïtzegagh", sleeve 2, n. 28., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0139, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25 ...

Title and date from item. Kodacolor II negative housed in a plastic envelope. The transparency comes with its contact print on a proof sheet. Series "Radoubage et Calfatage Oct. 1981, Clichés V. Aïtzegagh", sleeve 2, n. 24., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0135, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25 ...

Title and date from item. Kodacolor II negative housed in a plastic envelope. The transparency comes with its contact print on a proof sheet. Series "Radoubage et Calfatage Oct. 1981, Clichés V. Aïtzegagh", sleeve 2, n. 25., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0136, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25 ...

Title and date from item. Kodacolor II negative housed in a plastic envelope. The transparency comes with its contact print on a proof sheet. Series "Radoubage et Calfatage Oct. 1981, Clichés V. Aïtzegagh", sleeve 2, n. 26., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0137, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25 ...

Title and date from item. Negative housed in a plastic envelope. Transparency comse with its contact print on a proof sheet. Series "Radoubage et Calfatage Oct. 1981, Clichés V. Aïtzegagh", sleeve 5, n. 61., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0171, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25038734, BIB-ID: 2 ...

Title and date from item. Kodacolor II negative housed in a plastic envelope. The transparency comes with its contact print on a proof sheet. Series "Radoubage et Calfatage Oct. 1981, Clichés V. Aïtzegagh", sleeve 3, n. 30., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0141, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25 ...