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Saudi Arabia: Caught in Time 1861 - 1939
This book of early photographs of Saudi Arabia from 1861 to 1939 is uniquely wide-ranging in its historical scope and contains much previously unpublished material collected from private and public archives in Europe and across the Middle East. It includes pictures taken by General Mohammed Sadek Bey, the first photographer ever to work in Mecca and Medina.
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144 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1988
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January 13, 2016
رائع هذا الكتاب وجميلة تلك الصور خصوصًا الجانب العمراني الموثق في المصور فيما يخص الحجاز وهي صور توثيقية قديمة جدًا
February 4, 2013
I had to make a page for this book. I tried to fix the typo in the date, but can't figure out how to do it. The exact title is Saudi Arabia Caught in Time, 1869-1939.
Another photographic study of 'old" Arabia covering the work of Arabist pioneer rbistg photogrphers Col Muhammad Sadek, Pascal Sebah, Gen. Ibrahim Rif'at, Dr. Christian Snouk Hurgronje, Jules Gervais-Courtellemont, Capt. Sir Harry St. John Philby, Capt. William Shakespear, Gertrude Ball, and others.
Ball is another one of those women "travellers" I'd never heard of and would like to know more about. According to the book, she took a degree in Modern History from Oxford and then headed to Syria and by 1911 had covered all of Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq. Interested in archaeology, urban, archaeology, and politics she documented all of her trips with her journals and camera. In 1913, she was commissioned by the British War office and the Royal Geographical Society to visit the central province of Arabia to map the region and study it's archaeological sites. Upon reaching Ha'il she was more or less taken prisoner and held under house arrest and was finally released with the help of Turkiyah, the former concubine of Sultan Abdul Hamid who had been sent to spy on her, but instead befriended her. During the World War I Arab Revolt (1917-1818) TE Lawrence depended primarily on her reports.here There is much more to say about Ball.
Finally, the book gives a overview of Arabian political turmoil in the late 19th and early 20th century, the fall of the Rashids and Ottoman empire, tribal intgrigue and fighting, and the rise of the House of Saud.
The photographs, the olest taken in 1869, give us a splendid though limited view of old Arabia. I especially enjoyed the work in Chapter 3 which includes a stunning portrait of Saad bin Abdul Rahmann od Saud, the son of Ibn Saud. I wish more portraits were included in the collection.
I'd love to see a larger collection of material and history (there probably is, but I havent seen it). As an introduction to early photography in Arabia, this is a real teaser.
Another photographic study of 'old" Arabia covering the work of Arabist pioneer rbistg photogrphers Col Muhammad Sadek, Pascal Sebah, Gen. Ibrahim Rif'at, Dr. Christian Snouk Hurgronje, Jules Gervais-Courtellemont, Capt. Sir Harry St. John Philby, Capt. William Shakespear, Gertrude Ball, and others.
Ball is another one of those women "travellers" I'd never heard of and would like to know more about. According to the book, she took a degree in Modern History from Oxford and then headed to Syria and by 1911 had covered all of Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq. Interested in archaeology, urban, archaeology, and politics she documented all of her trips with her journals and camera. In 1913, she was commissioned by the British War office and the Royal Geographical Society to visit the central province of Arabia to map the region and study it's archaeological sites. Upon reaching Ha'il she was more or less taken prisoner and held under house arrest and was finally released with the help of Turkiyah, the former concubine of Sultan Abdul Hamid who had been sent to spy on her, but instead befriended her. During the World War I Arab Revolt (1917-1818) TE Lawrence depended primarily on her reports.here There is much more to say about Ball.
Finally, the book gives a overview of Arabian political turmoil in the late 19th and early 20th century, the fall of the Rashids and Ottoman empire, tribal intgrigue and fighting, and the rise of the House of Saud.
The photographs, the olest taken in 1869, give us a splendid though limited view of old Arabia. I especially enjoyed the work in Chapter 3 which includes a stunning portrait of Saad bin Abdul Rahmann od Saud, the son of Ibn Saud. I wish more portraits were included in the collection.
I'd love to see a larger collection of material and history (there probably is, but I havent seen it). As an introduction to early photography in Arabia, this is a real teaser.
December 7, 2015
كتاب خفيف استمتعت بالصور القديمه القيمه لمناطق من المملكة العربية السعودية، توثيق جميل.
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