Sheik Collection

Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan of the Naim tribe of Oman. Date: 1953

Sheik Ajil al-Yawer of Shammar, head of a large Bedouin Arab tribe in Iraq. Date: circa 1920

The Shah of Bahrain's New Yacht
H H Sheik Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872-1942) was ruler of Bahrain from 1932 until his death. This yacht was presented to him by the Bahrain Petroleum Company

Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, India
The 16th century tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Palm trees of Sheik Abaddeh, Antinopolis, Egypt, c.1880 s

Sheik Khalil Danaf of The Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhrah), an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel

Bedouin arab sheiks of Egypt, 1820s, one on horseback. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Algeria - Sheiks and Goums - open-air festival
Sheiks (local leaders) and Goums (mounted contingents of Arab or Berber horsemen) at a large open air festival. 1912

RUDOLPH VALENTINO / BANKY
RUDOLPH VALENTINO Italian-American romantic film idol with Vilma Banky in The Son of the Sheik Date: 1895 - 1926

Boeing 727-29C HZ-HE4 (msn 19987 / Line Number 634), owned by Sheik Hassan Ena, at London Heathrow Airport. First flown on 11.09.68 and delivered new to Sabena on 01.10.68

The Sheik of Muscat, Oman and his right hand man - note his curved dagger. Date: 1933

Bektashi Dervish at Tangiers, Morocco. Founder of the Bektashi order was Hajji Bektash Wali (1209 - 1271) - is today a renowned figure in the history and culture of both Ottoman Empire

Thessaloniki, Greece - Tomb of Sheikh Musa Baba. Date: circa 1910s

Scouts playing tug of war
Pulling Together. Native Scout visitors and boys of the 1st Khormaksar Troop in a tug of war at Sheik Othman, Aden. 1950s

Yemen - Sheikh Othman, Aden - " Where the Gardens are"

The Desert Song by O Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein and F Mandel
The Desert Song by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein and Frank Mandel, with music by Sigmund Romberg, at the Casino Theatre, New York, on 30th November 1926

Banky and Valentino in The Son of the Sheik
Vilma Banky (1901-1991) and Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) in the Silent Film, The Son of The Sheik, 1926. Date: 1926

Nude Blond & Sheik
Symbolic or pornographic? Two white doves hover above a blonde wearing only a string of pearls & high heel mules while flirting with a sheik who might want her for his harem. Date: circa 1950

Rudolph Valentino with his Dogs 1926
RUDOLPH VALENTINO film actor, exercising his two dogs. His tragic early death resulted from peritonitis after an emergency operation for appendicitis and gastric ulcers

Mohammed Ben Bouaziz Ben Gana
A fine portrait of Mohammed Ben Bouaziz Ben Gana - one of the most important Algerian Arab Sheikhs - much decorated by Western powers, particularly the French, to whom he was a Satrap

Street view with Sheikh Said Tomb, Aden
Street view with Sheikh Said Tomb, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1930s

Perfume label, Eau de Cologne, Arabian Sheik, Chicago, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Buildings at Asni, near Marrakech, Morocco
Buildings in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains at Asni, near Marrakech, Morocco (Douar and Kasbah of Si Adg Bouk Dir Cheik). Date: circa 1920s

Godfrey of Bouillons Castle, Kerm esh Sheikh, Jerusalem
Godfrey of Bouillons Castle, Kerm esh Sheikh (Sheikhs Vineyard), Jerusalem. It is named after a medieval Frankish crusader who died in 1100. Date: 1920s

The Chief of a Guerilla Band - Moroccan Rebellion
The Chief of a Guerilla Band standing in the entrance to his tent during the Moroccan rebellion (uprising against Sultan Abdelhafid) in 1911

Greetings from Egypt - Pharoah Statue and Sheik on a Mule
Greetings from Egypt - featuring inset photographs of a Pharoah Statue and a Sheik on a white mule. Date: circa 1910s

Bedouin Chieftain on Horseback with long lance
Bedouin Chieftain (on Horseback with long lance) originating from the vicinity of Gaza in traditional costume. Date: circa 1910s

Rudolph Valentino / Sepia
RUDOLPH VALENTINO Italian-American romantic film idol as The Sheik Date: 1895 - 1926

Syria - Aleppo - Dervish Tekke (Meeting House) - Sheikh Bakr. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273)

Ottoman Empire - Dervish Sheikh. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

A Bektash Dervish Sheikh (Baba) wearing the traditional twelve-pointed wheel (the twelve imans). Founder of the Bektashi order was Hajji Bektash Wali (1209 - 1271)

Middle Eastern Dervish Group
Rifai Dervishes - a Dervish order founded by Shaykh Sayyid Ahmad ar-Rifai (1119-1182). Traditional Dervish order found with a marked prescence in Syria, Egypt, Kosovo and Albania

Lebanon - Druze Sheikh
Druze - 1000 year old religion - also called Druse, Duruz, Duroz and the Tawhid Faith. 750, 000 to 800, 000 adherants today in Syria, Lebanon and Israel

Mohammed Ben Bouaziz Ben Gana - at a reception
Reception for the French Minister for Public works at the house of Bach Agha Ben Ganab. One of the guests is Mohammed Ben Bouaziz Ben Gana - one of the most important Algerian Arab Sheikhs - much

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