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| Keywords: Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Jordan, April 1921 - File 01.tif en Photographs show meetings between Arab Bedouin and British officials around April 17-27 1921 at Amir Abdullah ibn Hussein's camp at Amman Jordan During these meetings British High Commissioner Herbert Samuel proclaimed Amir Abdullah as the ruler of Transjordan under British protection Among the persons depicted are Amir Abdullah John D Whiting possibly Sheik Sultan of the Belka Sultan ibn 'Ali id Diab ul 'Adwan Amir Shaker bin Zeid future Regent of Transjordan Bedouin chief Auda Abu Tayi Sheik Majid Pasha el Adwan Herbert Samuel British civil administrator Wyndham Deedes British diplomat Albert Abramson T E Lawrence Lawrence of Arabia and possibly Iraq civil administrator Gertrude Bell Also shown are horse racing an airplane landing at Abdullah's camp Circassian leaders Abudullah's bodyguard on camels and Herbert Samuel reading his proclamation of Abdullah as leader of Transjordan Reproduction Number LC-DIG-ppmsca-15304 digital files of original photos LC-DIG-ppmsca-15305 digital files of album pages Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication Access Advisory For reference access please use the digital images in the online catalog to preserve the fragile original items Notes Photographs were created by the photographers of the American Colony Photo Department located in Jerusalem Founded in the late 1890s by Elijah Meyers the photo agency was headed during its heyday ca 1903-1933 by Lewis Larsson whose staff photographers included Erik Lind Lars Lind Furman Baldwin and G Eric Matson It transitioned into the Matson Photo Service around 1940 with photography by Matson Hanna Safieh Joseph H Giries and others John D Whiting contributed periodically to the work of both agencies The images in this album were probably taken by Lewis Larsson and/or Eric Matson For more information see http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp matpc and http //www loc gov/rr/print/coll/629_whiting html Some caption information for these photographs based on information from matching negatives in the G Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection LC-M32-1942 LC-M32-1952 LC-M32-1951 LC-M32-1954 LC-M32-1956 M32-1957 and LC-M32-50280-x Album unpaginated album page numbers supplied by Library staff Pages 1-2 and verso of each page are blank One unattached photograph was found with the album and is stored with it Photograph is a portrait of a Jordanian man in traditional dress Blind stamp Hagop Berberian Amman Stamped on verso Copyright reserved By appointment to H M the King photographers Hagop Berberian Son More information about the events and people depicted in the album are available in the John D Whiting Supplementary Archive Box 1 LOT title devised by Library staff John D Whiting's diaries correspondence and other materials are located in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division Papers of John D Whiting Forms part of Visual materials from the papers of John D Whiting Library of Congress Transfer; Manuscript Division; 2006; DLC/PP-2006 051 29 Subjects Samuel Herbert Louis Samuel --Viscount --1870-1963 Lawrence T E -- Thomas Edward --1888-1935 Abdullah --King of Jordan --1882-1951 Deedes Wyndham Henry --Sir --1883-1956 Shākir ibn Zayd --Prince son of Zayd ibn Fawwāz Amir of Ṭāʾif --1885-1934 Bell Gertrude Lowthian --1868-1926 Jordan--History--1919-1946 American Colony Jerusalem --People--1920-1930 British--Jordan--Amman--1920-1930 Arabs--Jordan--Amman--1920-1930 Bedouins--Jordan--Amman--1920-1930 Circassians--Jordan--Amman--1920-1930 Tribal chiefs--Jordan--Amman--1920-1930 Meetings--Jordan--Amman--1920-1930 Camps--Jordan--Amman--1920-1930 Government officials--Jordan--Amman--1920-1930 Biplanes--Jordan--Amman--1920-1930 Proclamations--Jordan--Amman--1920-1930 April 17-27 1921 http //www loc gov/pictures/item/mpc2010001545/PP/resource/ Whiting John D John David 1882-1951 photographer Larsson Lewis photographer Matson G Eric Gästgifvar Eric 1888-1977 photographer other versions Wikimedia Levant - GLAM PD-Jordan 1921 Herbert Samuel and Amir Abdullah meetings | ||||