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 ...

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 ...

Title from item; date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0013, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24099600, BIB-ID: 2537351

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