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 ...
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 ...
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (15), signed and titled in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0089, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24469634, BIB-ID: 2537281
The photograph shows stores in the old commercial street in Port Said. People looking at the camera and shop signs in French and English are portrayed., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is signed and titled in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.008 ...
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (1181) in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0125, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24472141, BIB-ID: 2537324
The photograph shows one of the long sides of the sarcophagus, adorned with bas-relief carvings, depicting Alexander the Great routing the Persians during the Battle of Issus., Title from item, date and author devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled in the negative. In this print the orig ...
The photograph shows one of the long sides of the sarcophagus, adorned with bas-relief carvings, depicting Alexander and the Macedonians hunting lions., Title from item, date and author devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled in the negative. In this print the original background has been ...
The photograph shows one of the short sides of the sarcophagus, adorned with bas-relief carvings, depicting Abdalonymus - the who was made king of Sidon by Alexander - hunting a panther., Title from item, date and author devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (84) in the ne ...
The photograph shows one of the short sides of the sarcophagus, adorned with bas-relief carvings, depicting Alexander in a battle., Title from item, date and author devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (85) in the negative. In this print the original background has been re ...
The photograph shows one of the short sides of the sarcophagus, adorned with bas-relief carvings, depicting the Persian governor reclined on the throne, transmitting orders before the departure of a coachman., Title from item, date and author devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and nu ...
