Digital Archive of the Middle East

Items

• Photograph of farewell to King Faisal
  Photograph of King Faisal of Syria (and later Iraq) shaking hands with a man in a suit and fez, captioned in ink 'Farewell to Brother Faisal', and possibly showing the King leaving Aleppo. Prince Faisal and the man next to him are both wearing a keffiyeh (ghitra) and an agal.
• Photograph of four members of the Conference of the National Party in Yemen (?) sitting at a dinner table.
  Photograph of four men sitting at a dinner table with plates, glasses and flowers. Handwritten text on the back says: "[first 2 words illegible] Members of the Conference of the National Party in Yemen: Abdulqader al-Sheikh, myself, [last 2 names illegible]."
• Photograph of King Faisal being welcomed into Aleppo
  Photograph of crowds of people in the streets, welcoming King Faisal into Aleppo.
• Photograph of King Faisal being welcomed into Aleppo
  Photograph of crowds of people in the streets, on balconies and on rooftops, welcoming King Faisal into Aleppo.
• Photograph of King Faisal in Aleppo, 1920
  Photograph of King Faisal being welcomed into Aleppo on 8 March 1920, the day after his proclamation as King of Syria by the Syrian National Congress.
• Photograph of King Faisal in Aleppo, 1920
  Photograph of King Faisal in Aleppo, 1920
• Photograph of King Faisal in Aleppo, 1920
  Photograph of King Faisal being welcomed into Aleppo on 8 March 1920, the day after his proclamation as King of Syria by the Syrian National Congress.
• Photograph of men sitting in rows in a hall.
  Photograph of men sitting in rows in a hall. A flag with a crescent moon and three stars hangs from the ceiling.
• Photograph of people and a horse and cart on a tree-lined road.
• Photograph of Sanjakdar, Damascus.
• Photograph of the Barada river quays, Damascus.
• Photograph of the Haremlik courtyard at Al-Azm Palace, taken from the Great State Hall. Damascus.
• Photograph of the interior of an Arabic bath, Damascus.
• Photograph of the shrine of Sheikh Muhyiddin Al-Arabi, in the Sheikh Muhyiddin Mosque, Damascus.
  Muḥyīddīn Abu Abdullah Mohammed Ibn Ali Ibn Mohammed Ibn Arabi, a Sufi mystic, lived 1165–1240. His tomb sits inside Salimiyya Takiyya in as-Salihiyya, Damascus.
• Photograph of Yusuf al-Azmah, Za’eem (Brigadier) and Syrian Minister of Defence, in military uniform.
  Photograph of Yusuf al-Azmah, Za’eem (Brigadier) and Syrian Minister of Defence, in military uniform. He is the uncle of Nabiyah and Adel Al-Azma. The photograph has stamped and handwritten text on the back.
• Photographs of a group of men in suits and fezzes.
  Two photographs of a group of men in suits and fezzes, standing in front of a large door.
• Photographs of destroyed and damaged buildings.
• Photographs of the Telegraph Tower, Marjeh Square, Damascus
  Two photographs of the Telegraph Tower in Marjeh - or Shouhada (Matryrs') - Square in Damascus. One photograph is a close-up of the tower, erected in the early 1900s to celebrate the completion of the telegraph line between Damascus and Hajj sites in the Ottoman Empire, while the other one shows a more general view of the square.
• Postcard and photograph depicting Damascus, after a bombing.
• Postcard depicting a water-seller in Egypt.
• Postcard depicting the Citadel in Cairo.
• Postcard depicting the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha (or Aqsunqur Mosque), Cairo.
• Postcard illustration of historical Damascus
  Postcard taken from an engraving by Lemaitre and Lalaisse of 'The reception of a Venetian ambassadors in Damascus in 1511', published in 'Historia de Turquia' (1840) by Joseph Marie Jouannin and Jules Van Gaver. The original painting, possibly by Bellini or his pupils, hangs in the Louvre.
• Postcard of 12th century mosaics on Baybars' mausoleum in Damascus.
  Postcard of 12th-century mosaics on the mausoleum of the Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars (1223/1228 – 1 July 1277). The mausoleum is located in the Zahiriyya Library, or Madrasa al-Zahiriyya, an Islamic library in Damascus. The mosaic depicts a building supported by columns and trees at the sides. Mounted on card with handwriting in ink on the front and pen drawings on the back.
• Postcard of al-Darwishiya Street, Damascus.
  Postcard of al-Darwishiya Street with people, horses and vehicles, and a mosque at the end. Buildings with awnings line the street.