Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 162. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0062 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953648 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 162. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0062 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953648 BIB-ID: 2346533 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 154. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0054 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953430 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 154. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0054 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953430 BIB-ID: 2346521 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 155. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0055 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953442 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 155. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0055 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953442 BIB-ID: 2346522 Show less
Architecture, Architecture--Iraq, Minarets, Minarets--Iraq, History
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 156. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0056 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2195348x BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 156. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0056 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2195348x BIB-ID: 2346525 Show less
The Shammar are a tribal confederation made up of three main branches: the Abdah, the Aslam, and the Zoba. Dhari ibn Tawala was the chief of the... Show moreThe Shammar are a tribal confederation made up of three main branches: the Abdah, the Aslam, and the Zoba. Dhari ibn Tawala was the chief of the Aslam Shammar, a group that also nowadays counts most of his members between Arabia and Iraq. He met John Philby in November 2017, in Zubayr, where the leading tribes leaders had been invited to discuss their involvement in the Arab Revolt. "Dhari was the pivot of the whole arrangement, the link between the desert and the sown [...]" (Philby, John, Heart of Arabia, London, Constable, 1922, p. 238). Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 107. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0007 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21806676 BIB-ID: 2328342 Philby, H. St. J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger), 1885-1960. Heart of Arabia. London, Constable, 1922. Show less
Philby, H. St. J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger) , 1885-1960, History, History
Sheikh Ibrahim of al-Zubayr participated in the organization of the Arab Revolt, helping Sergeant John Philby in putting together the leading tribe... Show moreSheikh 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 inclusion of Ibrahim, Shaikh of Zubayr, as the guide, philosopher and friend of all parties concerned." (Philby, John, Heart of Arabia, London, Constable, 1922, p. 238). The author also points out that "In him the British cause has a friend who has never wavered in his allegiance [...]" (Ibid., p. 239). Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 107. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0008 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21806822 BIB-ID: 2335870 Show less
Philby, H. St. J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger) , 1885-1960, History
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... Show moreTogether 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-Zubayr where is introduced to the Sheikh Ibrahim by Lieutenant A.H. Roberts: "[...] by nightfall I was deposited at the door of the Assistant Political Officer of Zubair, Lieutenant A. H. Roberts, with whom I proceeded at once to the Shaikh's residence, whither we had been bidden for dinner" (Philby, John, Heart of Arabia, London, Constable, 1922, p. 239). He chose to live in Arabia and became special adviser of Ibn Saūd and supported him in the negotiate with the British, during the Arab Revolt (1917-1918), and later on with the United States, once petroleum was discovered at the end of the 1930s. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 109. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0009 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21840374 BIB-ID: 2336407 Philby, H. St. J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger), 1885-1960. Heart of Arabia. London, Constable, 1922. Show less
British--History, British--Middle East--History--20th century, History
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 111. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0011 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21840428 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 111. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0011 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21840428 BIB-ID: 2336420 Show less
British--History, British--Middle East--History--20th century, History
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number is 112. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0012 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2184043x BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number is 112. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0012 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2184043x BIB-ID: 2336421 Show less
The map is based on a 19th century commercially produced British map of Arabia (likely circa 1870 or earlier). The slide has been altered by... Show moreThe map is based on a 19th century commercially produced British map of Arabia (likely circa 1870 or earlier). The slide has been altered by painting over the areas showing Africa, Persia, and the Levant. The area left shows Arabia and the British mandate in Iraq though it excludes British Mandatory Palestine. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 101. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24466943 BIB-ID: 2141110 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 150. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0050 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2195172x BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 150. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0050 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2195172x BIB-ID: 2346462 Show less
Architecture, Architecture--Iraq, British--History, British--Middle East--History--20th century
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 151. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0051 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953181 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 151. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0051 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953181 BIB-ID: 2346513 Show less
Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh ibn al-Mustaḍīʼ bi-Amr Allāh , 1158-1225, Islamic architecture, Mausoleums, Mausoleums--Iraq, Caliphs, History
The mausoleum takes its name by Sitt Zumurrud Khatun, mother of the Abbassid Al-Nasir li-Din Allah . The tomb was built in 1199 and it is... Show moreThe mausoleum takes its name by Sitt Zumurrud Khatun, mother of the Abbassid Al-Nasir li-Din Allah . The tomb was built in 1199 and it is considered one the oldest of Baghdad. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 152. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0052 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953314 BIB-ID: 2346518 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 146. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0046 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21951330 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 146. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0046 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21951330 BIB-ID: 2346410 Show less
British--History, British--Middle East--History--20th century, Group portraits, History
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 147. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0047 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2195138x BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 147. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0047 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2195138x BIB-ID: 2346411 Show less
British--History, British--Middle East--History--20th century, Group portraits, History
In this photograph the Western officer that is pictured in the image HC.HP.2013.0001-0047 has been painted away. The traces of this editing are... Show moreIn this photograph the Western officer that is pictured in the image HC.HP.2013.0001-0047 has been painted away. The traces of this editing are visible in the sofa wrinkles. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 148. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0048 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21951433 BIB-ID: 2346412 Show less
British--History, British--Middle East--History--20th century, Group portraits, History
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 149. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0049 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21951512 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 149. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0049 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21951512 BIB-ID: 2346451 Show less
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... Show morePortait 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, as described in Seven Pillars of Wisdom. He was King of Syria from 1918-1920 and later King of Iraq from 1921-1933. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 104. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21806214 BIB-ID: 2328324 Show less