Arabian Collection

Map of the Ancient Persian Empire, encompassing Greece to the north west, Arabia to the south east, Egypt and Libya to the south west and deep in the Caucasus in the north east. Date: 1798

Map of Ancient Egypt. Date: 1814

George Stubbs (1724-1806). Whistlejacket (c. 1762)
George Stubbs (1724-1806). English painter. Whistlejacket (c. 1762). Oil on Canvas. National Gallery. London. England. UK

Two Arab Falconers from Saudi Arabia
A very beautiful postcard, depicting two Arab Falconers from Saudi Arabia. One has three of his birds (Peregrine Falcons?) sitting on his arm, shoulder and head! Date: circa 1910s

Emir Faisal at Wejh (now in Saudi Arabia)
Emir Faisal (1883-1933) at Wejh (now in Saudi Arabia) during the First World War. He later became Faisal I of Iraq. He directed the Arab revolt against the Ottomans in 1916

Scheherazade by T Mackenzie
This drawing depicts a scene in the legend of The One Thousand and One Arabian nights. Queen Scheherazade is telling a story to King Shahrayar

Arabian-Byzantine coin. Coin. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

ECLIPSE
Great-grandson of Darley Arabian, raced 1769-1770 in 18 races, all of which he won. His skeleton is preserved in the Royal Veterinary College

Exotic dancer by Rene Bull
A stylised illustration by Rene Bull (1872-1942) showing a scantily clad exotic dancer in a beautiful garden hanging with fruits

Lady Anne Blunt, traveller in Arabia and the Middle East
Lady Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth (1837-1917), English traveller in Arabia and the Middle East, buyer and breeder of Arab horses. circa 1860s

Scenery for Aladdin, Pollocks Toy Theatre, with two rounded arches opening onto a seascape. Date: late 19th century

Medina, Saudi Arabia - Hajj Pilgrimage - Sacred Carpet
Medina, Saudi Arabia - Hajj Pilgrimage - The Guard of Honour and Custodians of the Sacred Carpet Date: circa 1905

Stages of the pearl fishery industry in the Persian Gulf. Date: 1902

Pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf
The Pearl Fishery in the Persian Gulf. Sidi-Arab diver with pince-nez. The Mosquito Fleet at anchor. The divers at work below. Apparatus used by the divers. Date: 1881

ARABIAN NIGHTS / ALADDIN
Aladdin whispers into the ear of his attentive red genie. Date: 1922-3

Mecca, Saudi Arabia - Court of the Ka aba: overall view. Date: circa 1905

Saudi Arabia - A Farm in Wadi Najran. Date: 1976

Tours to Mesopotamia (Iraq) with Thomas Cook & Son
Cover illustration for Tours to Mesopotamia (Iraq) under the management of Thomas Cook & Son Ltd, showing a group of three men brewing mint tea in a Middle Eastern street scene

Tunisia - Arab Bazaar
Tunisia - an Arab dealer sitting in his shop, surrounded by his wares (pretty much everything you can imagine) including drapes, rugs, pots, a stuffed baby crocodile, swords, guns

Magic Carpet Airborne
The Magic Carpet, favoured transport system of the Arabian Nights

Fisherman and Djinn
The fisherman inadvertently rubs the lamp he has found, and is amazed by the apparition of the djinn (genie)

Cessna 550 Citation II HZ-a1 (msn 550-0116), of the Arabian International Services Company, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1981

Thistle species
Showy Mexican scarlet thistle, Erythrolaena conspicua, Arabian cotton thistle, Onopordum arabicum, and blue-flowered carthamus, Carthamus caeruleus

M. Orr / Ali Baba
Ali Baba counted forty of them from his vantage point up a tree

GEBER Either the Arabian alchemist of the 8th to 9th centuries or the 14th century Spanish alchemist who wrote under the same name

Aladdin and his Lamp
Aladdin holds the lamp

M Orr / Aladdin Buys Lamp
New lamps for old

Al-Shumaisi Hospital (now the King Saud Medical Centre), Riyadh - Saudi Arabia. Date: circa 1950s

Farming in Buraydah, the capital of Al-Qassim Region in north-central Saudi Arabia in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula. Date: circa 1950s

Bedouin woman with face tattoos outside her tent, Syria
Portrait of middle aged Bedouin woman with face tattoos outside her tent in the Syrian desert in Syria. She looks directly at the camera Date: 2005

Courtyard of the Dolls, Real Alcazar, Seville, 18th century
Courtyard of the Dolls, Patio de las Munecas, in the Royal Palace or Real Alcazar in Seville, Andalucia, Spain, 18th century. Cortile dell Alcasar di Seviglia

Princess Leila Bederkhan in Arabian Nights at Chez Vous
Oriental Nights at Chez Vous, the night club and restaurant at the Excelsior Palace Hotel on the Venice Lido. Princess Leila Bederkhan in an " Arabian Nights" number. Date: 1927

Hawker Siddeley HS-125 series 1B D-CKCF (msn 25105) of Condor Flugdienst. Became G-AYRY with McAlpine Aviation in December 1970, then HZ-FMA with Saudi Arabian Carpets, later stored - WFU

Bedouin men in tent in Syrian desert, one plays a rababah
Two Bedouin men in tent in Syrian desert. Both sit on a carpet. One of them plays a rababah, or rebab, a goat skin string instrument Date: circa 1995

Portrait of middle aged Syrian Bedouin woman with tattoos
Portrait of middle aged Bedouin woman with face tattoos in Syria. She looks directly at the camera Date: 2005

Arab man on grey Arabian horse
A young Arab man sits in the saddle of his grey Arabian horse, Petra, Jordan. The man wears a keffiyeh, or kufiya headdress Date: circa 1985

Arab flute player, Jordan
Arab flute player makes music during a horse race in the desert near Petra, Jordan. He wears a dagger - Janbiya - on his leather belt Date: circa 1995

Grand Arabian Bazar, Tunis, Tunisia - Perfume Shop (Boutique de Parfumier), also selling numerous and multiple Tourist items, curiosities and knick knacks, including traditional fabric

Native Street Store - Maala Village, Aden, Yemen Date: circa 1910s

Arabians Arab Arabs Arabian Middle East Trade
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Arabian musician playing the Rababa Date: 1898

Arabian grocer's shop, Cairo, Egypt Date: 1898

Arab Bazar, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. Also pictured on image 13924865. Date: circa 1909

Mameluke Galop, Victorian sheet music - Arab warrior on horseback Date: circa 1850

Actor Conrad Veidt
German actor Conrad Veidt, shortly to appear as Diasar the Magician in the film The Thief of Baghdad'. Date: circa 1939

Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II HZ-AFK (msn 239), of Saudi Arabian Airlines, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1983

Mausoleum of Saladin (1138-1193). First, marble coffin (empt)
Saladin (real name Sala? al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) (1138-1193). The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Mausoleum of Saladin. Two Cenotaphs

STORY OF THE FISHERMAN
I am only going to grant you one favour, and that is to choose the manner of your death ! - the fisherman is alarmed by the djinn he has released from the jar

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