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Lot Number
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119
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Title
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF SAUDI ROYALTY & OTHERS, MOSTLY ASSEMBLED ON DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS WITH SHEIKH KAMAL ADHAM
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Year Published
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1940
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Description
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180 silver prints (most approx. 150 x 195mm., or the reverse; 33 smaller: 65 x 90mm., or the reverse), some with agency or other stamps on the reverse, preserved in two modern albums, occasional creases or wear to edges
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Lot Note
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A large and important collection of rare private and press photographs of Saudi royals and leading figures in the Saudi government and administration, mostly taken while on diplomatic missions with Sheikh Kamal Adham, Director of Saudi Intelligence and brother-in-law of King Faisal. These photographs appear to have been collected by Salih Badawi a Saudi government official and personal aide to Sheikh Kamal Adham. The images were taken mostly in Cairo, and others in London, New York and Makkah. The collection includes photographs of HRH Prince Faisal, HRH Prince Saud Salman and HRH Prince Khalid bin Abdulaziz. One of the earliest photographs shows Prince Faisal at the January 1946 UN assembly in London; another set of images were taken during the late 1940s at assemblies of the Arab League in Egypt, many probably from 1945. Other figures include Sheikh Hafiz Wahba (ambassador to the United Kingdom), Abdul Rahman Azzam (first secretary-general of the Arab League) and Mohammed Amin al- Husseini (Grand Mufti of Jerusalem). Many images appear to be unknown or unpublished.
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Estimated Price
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GBP 40,000.00 - 50,000.00( USD 62400.00 - USD 78000.00)
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Actual Price
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GBP 75,650.00 ( USD 118014.00)
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