1908 - 1920

A photograph of an American tourist in Syria in 1870. The American Flag is hoisted over his caravan.

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A poster announcing the arrival of the Syrian Reverend Barakat to preach about Christianity in the United States in 1896.

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The Hijaz Railway Station in Damascus during World War I.

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The Russian Consul General is given a private tour of the Orontes River in Hama, a town in the Syrian interior, by the Syrian Gr

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Crowds gathered on Victoria Bridge in Damascus in the 1870s.

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British troops passing through Damascus in October 1918.

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Ottoman troops marching through Damascus before the end of World War I in October 1918.

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A military band at the Qanawat Train Station in Damascus, awaiting the arrival of Jamal Pasha, the new Military Governor of Otto

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New 08-2005: Syrian schoolchildren in New York during World War I, in 1914.

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Nuri Ibish, a youth leader and politician in Syria, during a football match in Damascus in 1910.

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King Faysal of Syria in Homs in 1919.

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Subhi al-Omari, a deputy for Damascus and police commander

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A picture of third-class train passengers in Syria in 1908.

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Ex-King Faysal of Syria in August 1920, pictured in Europe.

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Queen Hazima, Queen of Syria in 1918-1920.

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Shukri al-Asali (1868-1916), the editor of al-Qabas newspaper in Damascus.

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Nazim Pasha, the Ottoman Governor of Damascus, with Mahmud Abu al-Shamat, and Ahmad Pasha al-Sham'a, the Syrian advisor in the I

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Rushdi al-Sham'a, one of the Arab deputies in the Ottoman Parliament.

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Subhi al-Omari, one of the officers in the Arab Army of Sharif Husayn in 1916-1918.

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A Syrian businessman in the United States decides to go back to "Damascus Turkey" after Sultan Abdul Hamid granted the Ottoman c

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Naziq al-Abid, the pioneer woman activist in Syria, pictured in military uniform on the day of the Battle of Maysaloun on July 2

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Prime Minister Rida Pasha al-Rikabi, in a very rare photograph in Western suite, different from his usual military uniform.

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Prince Sa’id al-Jaza’iri, the Damascus-based Algerian notable

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Subhi al-Omari, an officer the Arab Army of Sharif Husayn, pictured in official uniform

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King Faysal in a very rare photograph, with children of the royal family in 1920.

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