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Beihan
Photograph of Beihan
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Officers mess Wadi Harib
Black and white photograph of the British army officers' mess at Wadi Harib, Yemen
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Photograph of Himyaritic script on rocks in Yemen
Photograph of Himyaritic script on rocks on the road between Mukayras and Al Bayda in Yemen
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Photograph of Muhammad al-Badr with royalist militia in Yemen in the early 1960s during the North Yemen civil war
Photograph of Imam Muhammad al-Badr (1926-96), the last king and Zaidi Imam of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom, with a group of supporters in Yemen during the conflict with republican forces following the September Revolution.
A typed caption on the back provides the names - Standing, from left to right: Muhammed Muhsin, Sharaf Mutahar, Muhammad Husayn, Abdulrahman Yahya, Imam Muhammad al Badr (1926-96), Abdullah Husayn and Ahmad Husayn. Sitting, left to right: Yahya Husayn and Abdullah Hasan.
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Photograph of the tomb of the Grand Sanusi, at Jaghbub, north of Tobruk
Photograph taken by John Carter of the tomb of Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (1787–1859), known as 'the Grand Sanusi' and founder in 1837 of the Islamic Order of the Sanusiya. He settled at Jaghbub in 1855 and died here four years later. His grandson, King Idris of Libya, was born at Jaghbub.
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Photograph of view from Lawdar to Zara, Yemen
Small black and white print, taken by John Carter in the early 1960s, captioned 'Looking west from Lodar to Zara with Sultan Salih bin Audhali's palace at Zarah on the far side of the orange trees.' Lodar (Lawdar) is a town in the Abyan Governorate in south-west Yemen, with Zara located about 1 km to the west. Sultan Salih was deposed on the creation of the People's Republic of Yemen in 1967.
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View of Beihan, Yemen
View of a guest house in Beihan with Sheriff Hussain's house and tower on right