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The Middle East Centre Archive is committed to improving access to the photographic collections entrusted to its care. To this end photo galleries are being created to enable online viewing of images.

For copyright reasons only images that can be published can be put online. As work progresses in digitising suitable collections more galleries of images will be created.

The images in the photo galleries are displayed at a low resolution. Higher resolution images for publication are available from the Middle East Centre Archive. Prices for images and publication fees are advertised on our Photographic Resources webpage. To order copies please contact Debbie Usher

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Gertrude Bell Photo Gallery: Mesopotamia/Iraq c1909-1920s

Images of Mesopotamia/Iraq mainly showing archaeological remains including images of Babylon, Assur, Hatra, Mosul as well as including views of Baghdad.

Charles Butt Photo Gallery: Jordan 1969 and 1981

Images mainly of Amman, Petra, Jerash and Ajlun.

Charles Butt Photo Gallery: Oman 1967-1978

300 images of Oman arranged in 12 themed photo galleries covering Agriculture, Boats and Coast, Buildings and Landscapes, Camel Races, Charles Butt, Flowers and Nature, Food, Military, Oil and Technology, Parades and Displays, People and Sultan Qaboss.

Charles Butt Photo Gallery: Saudi Arabia 1984

Images of Saudi Arabia in 1984.

Humphrey Bowman Photo Gallery: The Hajj, Arabia pre 1914

Images of the Hajj prior to 1914 including pictures of the Mahmal or Holy Carpet, pilgrims arriving at Jeddah, Mecca, Medina and mount Arafat.

Violet Dickson Photo Gallery: Gulf, 1960s

Images of a visit by Violet Dickson to desert camps at Nariyeh in 1968 including images of truffle hunting in the Gara Plain.

George Edwards Photo Gallery: North African Campaign, 1941-43

George Edwards Album 1 No. 228 - Evening on the Nile

Photographs from various stages of the North African Campaign of World War Two including images from Egypt, Libya, Syria and Palestine taken by a member of the Royal Engineers, 1941-43.

Christopher Gandy Photo Gallery: Middle East including North Africa, 1940s to 1970s

Photographs of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Persia, Yemen and also of Libya, Tunisia and Morocco, taken by a diplomat posted to the region between the 1940s and 1970s.

Jerusalem and East Mission Photo Gallery: Holy Land, late 19th/early 20th century

Magic lantern slides of the Holy Land, some of which were published by Vester & Co., mainly consisting of portraits of people from various places including Nazareth, Bethlehem, Mount Carmel and Jerusalem.

Norman Mayers Photo Gallery: Arabia c1926

Images of Jedda, c1926, including 4 images of Ibn Saud.

Reginald Monckton Photo Gallery: Palestine and Transjordan 1920s

Images originally published as American Colony magic lantern slides (unknown author) in the 1920s including images of the River Arnon, River Jordan, scenes around the dead sea, Bethany, Jaffa, Bedouin, women at Neby Musa and Sir Herbert Samuel

Charles Pirie Photo Gallery: Oman 1966

Images of Oman in 1966 covering Muscat, Nizwa and Sohar and including subjects such as a tribal delegation going to see the Sultan, Muscat and Nizwa forts, Sultan’s Armed Forces soldiers and outpost, market scenes and the Oman coastline.

Sir George Rendel Photo Gallery: Saudi Arabia 1937

Images from Sir George Rendel's visit to Saudi Arabia in 1937 including photographs of Hofuf, Riyadh, Amir Saud and his sons, Badia Palace, Dareyah, Duwadmi, Qai'iya and the Shafa hills.

Carpenter Scholes Photo Gallery: Persia 1890s