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 Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0042, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2195110x, BIB-ID: 2346397

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 115., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0015, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21842528, BIB-ID: 2336476, Published in Arthur Henry Roberts, "Bedouin Tragedy" in Asia and the Americas, vol. 31, 1931, p. 354.

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 165., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0065, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21953855, BIB-ID: 2346545

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.

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 ...

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 in Hejaz and he enjoyed a particularly close relationship with T. E. Lawrence. He was King of Syria from 1918-1920 and later King of Iraq from 1921 to 19 ...

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 in Hejaz and he enjoyed a particularly close relationship with T. E. Lawrence. He was King of Syria from 1918-1920 and later King of Iraq from 1921 to 19 ...

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 in Hejaz and he enjoyed a particularly close relationship with T. E. Lawrence. He was King of Syria from 1918-1920 and later King of Iraq from 1921 to 19 ...

Together with T.E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell, Sergeant John Philby was a key figure in the Arab Revolt. Like Lawrence and Bell, he was, first and foremost, an Arabicist and an explorer, best known for his works Heart of Arabia (1922) and The Empty Quarter (1932). In 1917, Philby arrived in al-Zuba ...

Sheikh Ibrahim of al-Zubayr participated in organizing the Arab Revolt, assisting Sergeant John Philby in bringing together the leading tribal chiefs. In Heart of Arabia, Philby states that '[...] the desert alliance in this sector [i.e., Mesopotamia] was formally completed with the inclusion of Ibr ...