Freya Stark was an Anglo-Italian explorer and travel writer. Her father was British. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the... Show moreFreya Stark was an Anglo-Italian explorer and travel writer. Her father was British. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan. She was one of the first non-Arabs to travel through the southern Arabian Desert. In 1934, Stark sailed down the Red Sea to Aden intending to trace the frankincense route of the Hadhramaut, the hinterland of southern Arabia. She published her account of the region in three books, The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut (1936), Seen In The Hadhramaut (1938) and A Winter in Arabia (1940). The shrine in the photograph could be located either in Tarim or Seiyun. Title and date devised by Library staff. Later print. Main Heritage Office General HC.HP.2020.0022 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2611852x BIB-ID: 2745833 Show less
Women, Women--Asia, Central--Portraits, Mausoleums, Mausoleums--Uzbekistan--Photographs, Islamic architecture, Islamic architecture--Asia, Central
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2013.0014-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21978700 BIB-ID: 2352573 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2013.0014-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21978700 BIB-ID: 2352573 Show less
Women, Women--Portraits, Clothing and dress, Clothing and dress--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
The photograph is a typical example of woman dressed in "Turkish style", that is, veilded in a semi-transparent yashmak. Title and date devised by... Show moreThe photograph is a typical example of woman dressed in "Turkish style", that is, veilded in a semi-transparent yashmak. Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (785). Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0074 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23694385 BIB-ID: 2523837 Show less
