Arabian Collection (page 8)

The Book of Calila and Dimna. Arabian translation by Ibn al-Muqaffa, civil servant of the Abassid court. Illustration

Judar and His Brother. From Playhour (1957)

Ali Baba. From Playhour (1958)

Richard Burton (Leighton
RICHARD BURTON Traveller in Arabia and translator of the Arabian Nights and other exotic texts. Date: 1821-1890

The hunchback story-teller of Damascus. Reciting in a Coffee

The Arabian nights Aladdins wonderful lamp. Date 1888

Arabian nights. Date 1888

Eastern scene - Egyptian Mosque in moonlight
Two eastern types, standing by a Mosque in Egypt, bathed in moonlight Date: circa 1930s

Eastern scene - Arab man and camel
Eastern scene - an arab man walking his camel past the domes of a town in the fading evening light. Date: circa 1930s

Arabian Tableware and dining scene. Date: 1904

Arabian wedding carriage transporting the bride
An Arabian wedding carriage transporting the bride - Cairo, Egypt Date: 1905

Camel Caravan
A camel caravan in Oman - only in the heart of the Arabian Gulf do the caravan bells still sound regularly. The huge, noble camels stride in peace among oven-hot rocks. Date: 1930s

General Chauvel and troops riding through Damascus
General Sir Harry Chauvel (1865-1945) of the Australian Imperial Force, escorted by a squadron of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment as bodyguard

Sinbad the Sailor carried high above the earth by the Roc. 20th century

South Arabian Cubs and Scouts
A group of South Arabian Cubs look round at the camera at a Scouting social event in Aden, Yemen. circa 1966

Sir Richard Turnbull inspecting Scout quadrangle
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout for Scouts Arabia, inspects the quadrangle of the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. circa 1966

Council of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association
Members of the Council of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association sitting in the audience at the Annual General Meeting in Aden, Yemen. 1965

Officials inspecting Scout headquarters
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout of Aden, led by the Chief Commissioner, Mr J.J. Greene O.B.E. inspecting the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association. circa 1966

South Arabian Boy Scouts Association AGM
Officials standing to speak on the panel of the Annual General Meeting of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. Left to right are Rao Sahib Muthaua M.B.E

Mr A. R. Girgrah arriving at Scout HQ
Mr A.R. Girgrah (Minister for Education and President of the Council) arrives at the official opening of the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden, Yemen. circa 1966

Miss Clelia Matania, dressed in the costume of an Arabian dancer. She was the daughter of the Spheres special artist, Matania. 1934

Mr Mohamed Othman Shabel, building contractor for the South Arabian Boy Scout Headquarters, proudly displays his Thanks Badge in Aden, Yemen. circa 1966

Scout Headquarters in Aden
View of the main entrance to the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden, Yemen. circa 1966

From Aladdin by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme

MAPS / INDIA 1908
Map of India Date: 1908

Aladdin New Lamps 1933
" New lamps for old" : the old merchant makes his way along the street. 1933

Cooks Tours in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, 1931-32
Cover illustration for Cooks Tours in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, showing a group of three men brewing mint tea in a Middle Eastern street scene

A man and Woman of Saudi Arabia. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Arabian Merchant - promotional card
Promotional postcard for an Algerian merchant selling items from across North Africa and the Middle East. English Spoken !

Dancing at an Arabian Marriage - Algeria
Dancing at an Arab Wedding - Algeria

Belly Dancer - Algeria

Gwader, Pakistan
View of Gwader, located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea

Arabian Dervish - Egypt
Arab Dervish from Egypt. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Phyllis and Jack Dare in Arabian costume
The actress and singer Phyllis Dare (1890-1975) with her elder brother Jack. They are dressed in costume for an Arabian Nights Ball

Arab Woman with fine earrings - Egypt
Arab Woman with fine crescent moon-shaped earrings - Egypt

Saudi Arabian Bedouin man. The fascinating aspect of this card is that it was produced in Japan

Port Said, Egypt - Arabian Cafe

St Johns Square - Malta, showing Arab influence on the architecture, a small florists booth/kiosk and a traditional British letterbox, bearing the insignia of Queen Victoria

Egypt - Cairo - The Citadel and village
Arabian Village set under the imposing walls of the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt

Tunisia - Fritters sellers
Arab sellers of fritters, Tunisia

Arabian street Cafe scene - Cairo, Egypt. Men sit and drink and chat on the street and in the alcove recess behind the coffee / tea stall

Cairo, Egypt - Family and Donkey
Cairo, Egypt. A beautiful postcard depicting a woman and her child sitting on a donkey (being led by her husband)

Arabian Script
Apart from its practicality, the Arabs developed the art of calligraphy to supreme heights, using it to ornament buildings and objets d art

Arabian Camel Caravan
An Arabian camel caravan, some of the men are armed against bandits, on a remote desert road

Owen Jones Arabian 34
Designs from a copy of the Koran in the Mosque El Barkookeyeh, founded in 1384

Owen Jones Turkish 37
Designs from the Dome of the Mosque of Soliman I, and from the Yeni D jami, all at Constantinople

Flying on a Horse
The prince returns secretly by night to carry away the daughter of a foreign king; they flee on a magical flying horse

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