The collection documents the expedition made by Henry René d'Allemagne, archivist and paleographist at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris, to Central Asia and Turkestan, on behalf of the French Ministry of Education, in 1898. The mission—touching Kiev, Odessa, Vladikavkaz, Tbilisi, Baku, Kra ...

Collection of portraits related to the history of Aden. Portraits of Arabic people, of the Sultan of Zanzibar and photographs of the visit of Prince Seif al-Islam al-Hussein, son of the King of Yemen Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869–1938), to Paris on 18 February 1938., Title and date devised b ...

Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2020.0008, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26064832, BIB-ID: 2745934

Photograph showing pilgrims performing the "Circling" (Tawaf), consisting in circling the Kaaba on foot seven times, reciting a prayer during each circuit. It signifies the unity of God and man., Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0024-0001, 2-D Graph ...

Title and date devised by Library staff. Dry stamp "Frith's Series"., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0053-0020, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26472909, BIB-ID: 2830033

Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0032-0008, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26357963, BIB-ID: 2814193

Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0032-0009, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26357975, BIB-ID: 2814194

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 ...

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 164., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0064, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21953739, BIB-ID: 2346539, Published in Arthur Henry Roberts, "Bedouin Tragedy" in Asia and the Americas, vol. 31, 1931, p. 357.

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 ...

During World War I, Saud (r. 1908–1920) was allied with the Ottoman Empire, which supplied the Rashidis with weapons and troops to fight against Ibn Saud, the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia. After the Ottoman defeat in World War I, Saud ibn Abdulaziz Al Rashid attempted to gain favor with ...