File:Palmyrasheikh.jpg

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Sheikh of Palmyra.

Albumen photograph from the 19 thcentury (Circa 1875) titeled: "The Sheik of Palmyra", most probably a studio portrait. The Sheikh of Palmyra was a popular figure with western travellers in Syria. Travel through the desert to Palmyra, invloved negotiations and special arrangements for the safety of travellers which involved the Sheikh of Palmyra and other leaders ofthe Bedouin tribes along that route. The small settled group of Bedouins served as hosts and guides for the adventurist tourists who ventured to Palmyra in those years.(http://mideastimage.com/)
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  • Source titele: The Sheikh of Palmyra by Felix Bonfils 1831-1885
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Félix Bonfils  (1831–1885)  wikidata:Q2915801
 
Félix Bonfils
Alternative names
Maison Bonfils, F. Bonfils et Cie (studio name)
Description French photographer and architectural photographer
Date of birth/death 8 March 1831 Edit this at Wikidata 1885 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, France Alès, France
Work period especially from 1867 to his death (1885)
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Ottoman Empire, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine
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creator QS:P170,Q2915801

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