Title

'Shaykh Hamid Pasha', c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes.

Caption

'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...' (Baskale, in south-eastern Turkey?). Some of the men wear bandoliers filled with bullets. From "The Caliphs' Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col. Sir Mark Sykes. [Macmillan & Co, London, 1915]

Date

1915

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F27_021

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,5Mb (4,8Mb) / 16,2in x 11,4in / 4871 x 3405 (300dpi)

Keywords

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