Lt Col Sir Mark Sykes Collection

Girdi Kurds, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Girdi Kurds, c1906-1913, (1915). Kurdish men, possibly from Girdi Abdulaziz, (Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq)

Map showing Approximate Distribution of Kurdish Tribes of the Ottoman Empire, c1915. Diagram by British writer, soldier and diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes (1879-1919)

Shaykh Hamid Pasha, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Shaykh Hamid Pasha, c1906-1913, (1915). Group portrait of a sheikh and his retinue, in a village...which is situated perhaps two and half miles outside Bashkala

Kurd of Neri, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Kurd of Neri, c1906-1913, (1915). Profile portrait of a Kurdish man from what is now eastern Turkey. From " The Caliphs Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col

Musa Bey el Abbasieh, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Musa Bey el Abbasieh, c1906-1913, (1915). Group of people in Central Asia, probably in what is now Turkey. From Diza we proceeded to Gulanik

Kastamuni Peasant showing Gallic Type, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Kastamuni Peasant showing Gallic Type, c1906-1913, (1915). Man wearing a turban, possibly from Kastamonu, (Turkey). From " The Caliphs Last Heritage

Cavalry Patrol near Erzinjan, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Cavalry Patrol near Erzinjan, c1906-1913, (1915). Mounted men in the valley of Erzinjan in Anatolia, (Turkey). From " The Caliphs Last Heritage

Tosia, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Tosia, c1906-1913, (1915). View of mosque and minarets in...the small town of Tosia, [Turkey?], in which there is nothing remarkable

House near Ayundun, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
House near Ayundun, c1906-1913, (1915). Timber building on stone piers, possibly to prevent rodents. From Istifan we proceeded by horse to Ayundun [Turkey

Boy with a Cross Bow at Sinope, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Boy with a Cross Bow at Sinope, c1906-1913, (1915). Boy using a crossbow, Sinop, (Turkey). From " The Caliphs Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col

Ak Koyunlu Turks, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Ak Koyunlu Turks, c1906-1913, (1915). A group of men in Avrik, (Iraq?): we are the Ak Koyunlu Turks of Uzun Hassan. The Aq Qoyunlu (or Ak Koyunlu), also called the White Sheep Turkomans

The Roman Bridge at Solali, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
The Roman Bridge at Solali, c1906-1913, (1915). Ancient bridge which...stands at the entrance of a short but chasm-like gorge, which leads the Diarbekir Su into the open valleys of the Sus district

Deir Amar, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Deir Amar, c1906-1913, (1915). Women and children outside traditional stone houses in the village of Deir al-Qamar, (Lebanon)

Armenian Priest at Dibneh, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Armenian Priest at Dibneh, c1906-1913, (1915). Portrait of a an orthodox Christian priest in the village of Dibneh, (Iraq)

Yezidi Shaykh of Sinjar, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Yezidi Shaykh of Sinjar, c1906-1913, (1915). Yazidi (or Yezidi) sheikh from Sinjar, (northern Iraq). From " The Caliphs Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col

Ibrahim Pasha, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Ibrahim Pasha, c1906-1913, (1915). From " The Caliphs Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col. Sir Mark Sykes. [Macmillan & Co, London, 1915]

The Western Bend of the Euphrates, c1915. Creator: Mark Sykes
The Western Bend of the Euphrates, c1915. Map of the River Euphrates and surrounding areas. From " The Caliphs Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col

First Mongol Raid (Hulagu), circa 1400 A. D. c1915. Creator: Emery Walker Ltd
First Mongol Raid (Hulagu), circa 1400 A.D. c1915. Map of civilisations in the Middle East during the early 15th century: Byzantine, other Christian states, Bahri Mamluks

Plan of Monastery of St. Anthony, c1915. Creator: Mark Sykes
Plan of Monastery of St. Anthony, c1915. Map of the Coptic Orthodox Monastery of Saint Anthony in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. It is the oldest monastery in the world

El Bedieh, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
El Bedieh, c1906-1913, (1915). Bedouin at the salt wells near Tell- Afar, (Iraq or Syria). The next day we pushed on to El Bedieh, where the Bedawin have sunk wells in a dry wadi

Kal at-el-Nijm, c1915. Creator: Mark Sykes
Kal at-el-Nijm, c1915. Map of the castle of Qal at Najm on the right bank of the River Euphrates, near the town of Manbij, (Syria)....the finest castle I have yet seen

Kal at Ja abar, c1915. Creator: Mark Sykes
Kal at Ja abar, c1915. Map of the fortress and citadel at Ja aber, al-Tabqa city, on the left bank of the Euphrates, (Syria)

Ahmed Agha, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Ahmed Agha, c1906-1913, (1915). Kurdish men with rifles and bullet belts, Shirwan, (eastern Turkey). A little further on we met Ahmed Agha and fifty gunmen

Kurds of Shaykh Sadiks Army, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Kurds of Shaykh Sadiks Army, c1906-1913, (1915). Kurdish men with rifles and bullet belts, Khatuna, (eastern Turkey). From " The Caliphs Last Heritage

Turkish Villagers of Yeni Cheri near Erzinjan, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Turkish Villagers of Yeni Cheri near Erzinjan, c1906-1913, (1915). Group of men from near Erzinjan in Anatolia, (Turkey). From " The Caliphs Last Heritage

Ziaret Ovajik, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Ziaret Ovajik, c1906-1913, (1915). Group of people outside a building in eastern Turkey: we rode to Ziaret, a religious institution partaking of the nature of a hotel for the rich

Turcoman at Chatal Hobak, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Turcoman at Chatal Hobak, c1906-1913, (1915). Elderly man wearing a padded jacket, Central Asia, (Turkey?): On the top of Chatal Hobak I found an encampment of Yederli Turkomans

Koch Kiri Kurd, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Koch Kiri Kurd, c1906-1913, (1915). A Kurdish man from near the Kochkiri mountain, (eastern Turkey?). From " The Caliphs Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col

Lady Sykes, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Lady Sykes, c1906-1913, (1915). Edith Sykes, wife of British writer, soldier, traveller and diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes, riding a horse in the Middle East

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