Sheikh Collection

H H Sheikh of Kuwait Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
The 10th Monarch of Kuwait (between 1921-1950), H H Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1885-1950) - pictured in October 1933 firing the anti-airplane machine guns - mounted on the rail for demonstration

Auda abu Tayi, Sheikh of the Howaitat - Gertrude Bell

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

ILN cover - Kuwait and its ruler, 1961
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring the ruler of Kuwait, H. H. Sheikh Sir Abdullah As-Salim As-Sabah with telegrams of support from Kuwaiti citizens

Sitta sp. nuthatch
Plate 40 from a bound volume called Indian Birds Colouredd. Artrist probably Sheikh Zayn al-Din, possibly compiled by Lady Impey

WW1 - The German Kaiser, Wilhelm II (1859-1941) meets the Shaykh al-Islam (Urguplu Mustafa Hayri Efendi 1867-1922) (Elder of Islam, Master of Islam)

Dr. Wendell Phillips
Wendell Phillips (1921 - 1975), American archaeologist and oil magnate who led some of the first archaeological expeditions in the areas that are part of modern-day Yemen and Oman

Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II A6-HHZ (msn 164), of Sheikh Zayed - President of the United Arab Emirates, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1978

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125-600B HZ-KA5
Hawker Siddeley HS.125-600B HZ-KA5 (msn 256049), of Sheikh Kamal Adham. Date: circa 1980

Learjet 25XR HZ-SMB (msn 25-073), of Sheikh Salem Bin Laden, at Luton Airport. Date: circa 1982

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani's tomb, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1918

Sheikh Omar's tomb and mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
Sheikh Omar Al-Sahrawardi tomb and mosque, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: 1910s

Tomb of Sheikh Maruf Karkhi, Baghdad, Iraq
Tomb of Sheikh Maruf Karkhi (Abu Mahfuz Maruf Ibn Firuz al-Karkhi, c.750/760-c.815-820), in the Moslem Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1920

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

DESERT TOMB
The grave of a Muslim saint and distinguished desert sheikh. Date: 1930s

Gates Learjet 25XR HZ-SMB (msn 25-073), of Sheikh Salem Bin Laden, (a half-brother of the infamous Osama), at London Heathrow Airport, in July 1987. Date: 1987

The worlds largest single oilfield: Kuwait and its fabulously rich ruler, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. The discovery of oil has brought immense wealth to Kuwait

Village chief or sheikh with beads, Palestine, Israel
Vintage early 20th century photograph - village chief or sheikh with beads

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

Dance of the whirling Dervishes of Mawlawi Tawagozi. Sufi Dervishes in tall hats dance in a circle to accompaniment by musicians on drums, psaltery and sistrum. Ballo dei Dervisch Mewlewi

Sheikh of Qatar shakes hands Lord Home
Sheikh Ahmad of Qatar shaking hands with Lord Home the Foreign Secretary after arriving in England on 4 July 1961 as the guest of the British government for an official visit. Date: 1961

Mounted bodyguard to the Sheikh of Bornu with
Mounted bodyguard to the Sheikh of Bornu along with Kanembu lancer and Munga archer, Kanem-Bornu Empire, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Sheikh on horseback, Sudan Plains, East Central Africa
Sheikh (head of tribe or village) on horseback, Sudan Plains (then part of the British Empire), East Central Africa. Date: 1922

Dassault Falcon 50 HZ-SM3 (msn 165), belonging to Sheikh Idriss, at Luton Airport. Date: circa 1980s

Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
The 16th century Tomb of Sufi Saint Sheikh Salim Chisti at Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. One of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in India circa 1910s

Young people in fancy dress
An undated photograph showing young men and women in a variety of fancy dress, including a Victorian lady, a Pierrot, a sheikh and an enigmatic young man sporting a kilt with paint brush sporran

Interior of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilanis tomb, Baghdad, Iraq
The interior (entrance) of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilanis tomb, in his madrasa in Babul-Sheikh, Rusafa on the east bank of the Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq Date: circa 1930s

Statue of Ka-Aper... Egyptian art
Ka-aper lcalled Sheikh El-Beled. ca. 2465 BC. Work also known as The Headman of the Village, though his real activity was priest assistant. Sycamore wood. Egyptian art. Old Kingdom

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

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

East Africa - Eritrea - Sheikh Mohammed Arei - Local Chief. Date: circa 1930s

Statue of Sheikh el-Balad representing Ka-aper. Old Kingdom
Statue of Sheikh el-Balad representing Ka-aper, the chief lector priest. Old Kingdom. 5th dyansty. Saqqara Necropolis. Egyptian Museum. Cairo. Egypt

Group of Bedouins with their tent, Holy Land
Group of Bedouins, including a Sheikh (right), with their tent, Holy Land. Date: 1920s

Lebanon - Druze eating a meal
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
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

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

Mohammed Ahmed, The Mahdi
Mohammed Ahmed (Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah), known as The Mahdi (meaning the messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith), a Sufi sheikh of the Samaniyya order in the Sudan, north east Africa

Tomb / Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam, Multan, Pakistan
Multan, Punjab Province, Pakistan - The Tomb/Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam (12511335) - who belonged to the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order. Date: 1907

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

Torbat Heydarrieh Ghotbed-Din Heydar - Iran
Torbat-e Heydarieh (Zava, Zaveh), Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran - The tomb of Qotboddin Heydar (Qutb ad-Din Haydar) (?-1221) a Persian Sufi saint and Malamati-Qalandari Sheikh

Aleppo, Syria, - Military Hospital & Theological College
Aleppo, Syria, - Cheik et Bakr Quarter, Military Hospital & Theological College. Date: circa 1910s

Iran. Isfahan. Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque. 17th century. Reigh of Shah Abbas I. Safavid dynastry

Sheikh Loftollah Mosque. Dome. Isfahan. Iran
Islamic Art. Safavid era. Sheikh Loftollah Mosque. Built in 1598 during the reign of Abbas I and completed in 1602 in time of Sheikh Lotfollah

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

Marriage contract (ketubbah) between Abraham, son of Mussa and Yahya Salem al-Cohen al- Araqi, and Rumiyyeh, daughter of Abraham Salem al-Sheikh al-Levi. Sana a, Yemen, 1794

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

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