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Photograph of destroyed buildings. Photograph of destroyed buildings and people walking in the street beside them.
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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.
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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]."
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Photograph of King Faisal being welcomed into Aleppo Photograph of crowds of people in the streets, welcoming King Faisal into Aleppo.
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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.
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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.
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Photograph of King Faisal in Aleppo, 1920 Photograph of King Faisal in Aleppo, 1920
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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.
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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.
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Photograph of Nabih Al-Azmah in Jerusalem in 1916 Damaged framed photograph of Nabih Al-Azmah - standing by car, second from left, in Jerusalem in 1916, with a delegation sent by Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din to meet with Jamal Pasha.
Two notes are written on the back of the photograph. The first:
During World War I: A delegation from Imam Yahya Hamid al-Din, Imam of Yemen, during his visit to the commander of the Fourth Army, Jamal Pasha, in Jerusalem, accompanied by Sheikh -----
The second:
Imam Yahya Hamid al-Din's delegation during his visit to Jamal Pasha in Jerusalem in 1916, with Nabih al-Azma appearing second from the left.
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Photograph of people and a horse and cart on a tree-lined road.
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Photograph of Sanjakdar, Damascus.
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Photograph of the Barada river quays, Damascus.
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Photograph of the Haremlik courtyard at Al-Azm Palace, taken from the Great State Hall. Damascus.
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Photograph of the interior of an Arabic bath, Damascus.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Photographs of destroyed and damaged buildings.
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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.
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Postcard and photograph depicting Damascus, after a bombing.
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Postcard depicting a water-seller in Egypt.
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Postcard depicting the Citadel in Cairo.
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Postcard depicting the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha (or Aqsunqur Mosque), Cairo.
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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.