Jocodus Hondius. "Persicum Regnum" Antique map, London, circa 1625. This bold map gives us the representation of Persia but unlike most maps of the last 500 years the Gulf region is not named "Sinus Persicus" but is titled "Sinus Arabicus," or Arabian Channel. This makes this map a scarce find.....
Unpublished sepia-toned photograph of pilgrims journeying to Mecca, circa 1921, documents the material and spatial realities of the Hajj in the early twentieth century, during a period of geopolitical transition in the Arabian Peninsula following the First World War. The image captures a vast encampment of white tents set against.....
Engraved plate titled View Of The Temple of Mecca and accompanying Plan Of The Temple of Mecca, circa eighteenth century, represents an early modern European visual interpretation of the Kaaba and the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Islam’s most sacred site. Produced for inclusion in eighteenth-century printed works, including editions of.....
Ruscelli, Girolamo. Arabia Felice Nuova Tavola, 1561, engraved map presenting one of the earliest modern cartographic depictions of the Arabian Peninsula during the Renaissance expansion of geographic knowledge. Ruscelli, an Italian humanist and cartographer active in Venice, produced this map as part of the sixteenth century revival and reinterpretation of.....
Arabian American Oil Company. Aramco publications documenting American oil operations in Saudi Arabia record the expansion of U.S. corporate and geopolitical influence in the Middle East during the Cold War. Produced between 1959 and 1960, these materials present the infrastructure, labor systems, and public messaging surrounding Aramco’s operations, particularly the.....
Nineteenth century albumen photographs depicting Bedouin camp life in the Arabian desert during the period when early photography began documenting nomadic societies of the Middle East. European photographers and travelers working across the Ottoman and Arabian regions during the nineteenth century frequently recorded images of desert encampments, tribal leaders, and.....
Early twentieth century photograph documenting the Hajj pilgrimage at Mount Arafat near Mecca, one of the central ritual sites of the annual Islamic pilgrimage required of Muslims able to undertake the journey. The gathering at Mount Arafat, often called the “Standing at Arafat,” forms the spiritual climax of the Hajj.....
Münster, Sebastian. Map of Arabia, Syria, and Mesopotamia published in Cosmographia, 1598, produced by the German humanist scholar whose geographic writings helped revive and popularize world geography in Renaissance Europe. Sebastian Münster, a Hebrew scholar and cosmographer active in Basel, issued Cosmographia in 1544 as the first major German language.....
Albumen photograph, Bedouin cavalry charge, circa 1880, documents mounted warfare practices among nomadic groups in the Arabian desert during the late nineteenth century, a period when Bedouin tribal forces maintained regional influence through mobility, horsemanship, and control of desert routes. The image captures armed horsemen in coordinated motion with swords.....
Lawrence of Arabia press release photo archive, 1962, recording the publicity and production record of Columbia Pictures’ large scale film adaptation of T. E. Lawrence’s wartime role in the Arab Revolt. Released in 1962 and directed by David Lean, the film became one of the defining historical epics of postwar.....
Mêne, Pierre Jules. Arabian Falconer, nineteenth century model later cast by Susse Frères, documents the intersection of the French animalier sculpture movement and nineteenth-century European artistic engagement with Middle Eastern subjects. Mêne, recognized as a leading figure in the animalier tradition, produced detailed studies of animals and equestrian forms that.....
Antique engraving of the Kaaba and Masjid Haram, in Mecca, titled: "De Kabba, of Het Huis Gods Te Mecca," from a Dutch travel account on Arabia and the Middle East, circa 1750. Size: 7.5" x 8." The engraving illustrates at its center the Kaaba and the surrounding domed structures as.....
A bold copper engraved map of Arabia, the Arabian coast, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf by map maker Jacques Bellin, titled: "Carte de la Coste D'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse,"printed in 1740. Size: 11.5" x 10." In the upper right half of the map is the Persian Gulf.....
Saudi Arabian leadership during a formative period of Cold War diplomacy and postcolonial statecraft. Archive of six original silver gelatin black-and-white press photographs depicting Image sizes range from approximately 5.5" x 7.5" to 7" x 9", issued between 1957 and 1974. The photographs portray King Saud, King Faisal, and a......
Mecca is the birthplace of prophet Muhammad and home to the Kaaba, the holiest site, while Medina is the second holiest city, where the Prophet's Mosque is located.Two original steel engravings titled “Medina et Sepulcre du Prophete” and “Temple de la Mecque,” issued in Picturesque Universe (Paris: Firmin Didot, 1847).....
Set of two original albumen prints depicting armed Arab and Bedouin camel riders, published circa 1875, represents late nineteenth-century photographic engagement with tribal identity, martial imagery, and desert life in the Arab world. Produced during a period when European photographers and publishers circulated ethnographic and Orientalist imagery to Western audiences.....
Arabia Eudaemon ex Plinio LibVI, Beautiful original, hand colored, engraved map of the Arabian Peninsula printed in 1710 by Cluverius Brun. (A Ptolomic map. Copper Engraved.) Saudi Arabia. Titled: Arabia Eudaemon ex Plinio LibVI. Condition: General age related toning, vibrant coloring. Size (in inches): Measures approximately 8 1/2" x 12."Overall.....
CHEESMAN, Robert Ernest. In Unknown Arabia, of an expedition to an unexplored tract of Eastern Arabia: Bahrain, Hufuf, Jabrin, OQair. London, Macmillian & Co., 1926. With 67 photo illustrations, 3 maps, including one large folding map of Arabia, 447 pages. First edition travel account of a previous unexplored tract of.....
Abd el-Kader was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion in the mid-19th century and founded the Algerian state. He was An Islamic scholar and Sufi who unexpectedly found himself leading a military campaign, he built up a collection of Algerian tribesmen.....
IRWIN, Eyles. A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red Sea, on the Coast of Arabia and Egypt; and of a Route through the Deserts of Thebais, Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller, in the year MDCCLXXVII, in Letters to a Lady. Dublin: Sleater, Whitestone.....
Two Copperplate Photogravure Book Illustrations depicting a Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Both are original 1926 photogravures. Photogravure were made after photographs by Karl Gröber and were included in the first edition of a book with text and photogravures by Grober, published in 1926. Mecca is Islam's holiest city and.....
Original nineteenth century hand colored photograph of the King's arabian horse. Image size is 7.6" x 9.7." Photograph of the Sultan's white horse. The majestic horse wears an embelished gold and red saddle that matches the gold and red uniform of the groom holding it. Beside the groom is an.....
Collection of 4 Original 19th Century Stereoview Photographs bearing a double 6" x 3" photograph showing scenes from an Arabian Gulf town, Cityscape, Arab Caravan and the ruins at Petra, in Jordan printed late 19th century. In the first photo we see a person resting on the riverbank across from.....
Thomas, Bertram. The South-Eastern Borderlands of Rub' Al Khali. London: Royal Geographical Society, 1929. 24 pages. Includes photographic plates and a large fold-out colour map, measuring approximately). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This outstanding expedition report predates most of Thomas' highly sought.....
Original Photograph of an Arabian Bazaar. Silver Print. Circa 1920. Striking composition of a bazaar with a loosely woven canopy. The canopy casts a beautiful checkered shadow pattern on the bazaar. Several men in white tunics walk through the bazaar as vendors sell clothing and carpets from their tables and.....
