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Grand Hotel, Tripoli Libya 1930s

A Hotel label from the Grand Hotel, Tripoli Libya 1930s

Letter to Agatha Christie in Amouda, Syria

A letter sent from the “Banque de Syrie et du Grand Liban” (Deir Ezzore branch) sent to the wife of archeologist Max Mallowan (Agatha Christie, famous British author). The back of the envelope is stamped in Qamishli, amouda and Hassakeh. Aghatha lived in a house built by her husband in Chagher Bazaar close to Amouda (Syria) where archaeological explorations were done and then moved to Tel Brak on the Jaghjagh river for more exploration over the Tel by her husband. They made frequent trips to Hassetche [Hassake] and Qamishli for picking up their mail and food shopping

Yemen Land Rover – 1950s

Member of Deir Ezzore Darak (Dragoon) in 1926

Darak of Ddeir Ezzor Darak is a corruption of the word Dragoon, the horse mounted cavalery employed by most European states since the seventeenth century, and evolved into paramilitary force responsible for internal security. They were introduced in Syria by the French mandate to ensure security in the countryside and smaller towns, where police [al-Shurtta] was lacking.