Image: Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Transjordan, April 1921

Description: 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.
Title: Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Transjordan, April 1921
Credit: https://www.loc.gov/resource/matpc.04758/
Author: American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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