Ashar Collection

Pulley Bridge, Ashar Creek, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Pulley Bridge, Ashar Creek, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Jaypore Bridge, Ashar Creek, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Jaypore Bridge, Ashar Creek, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Landing stage, Ashar Creek, Basra, Iraq, with boats (water taxis). Date: circa 1918

Airport building, Basra, Iraq
Airport building (Ashar Basrah Airport), Basra, Iraq, opened by the King of Iraq on 25 March 1938. circa 1938

Ashar Creek - Basra, Iraq
Ashar Creek and the Whiteley Bridge - Basra, Iraq - WWI era Date: circa 1917

View across Whiteley Bridge, Ashar Creek, Basra, Iraq. Date: circa 1918

Iraq - Basra - Low Water in the Ashar Creek Date: 1918

District of Ashar, in Basra, Iraq on the Shatt El Arab waterway. Date: circa 1920s

Qashia (Ashar Barracks), Basra, Iraq
Qashia (Ashar Barracks), Basra, Southern Iraq Date: circa 1910s

Ashar Creek and Coffee Shops - Basra, Iraq - WWI era Date: circa 1910s

Coronation of Faisal I of Iraq (1883 - 1933) on the 23rd August 1921 (at 6am in the morning!) depicted on a Christmas Greetings card

Ashar Barracks - Basra, Iraq - WWI era (Ottoman Turkish Barracks) - the Union flag is displayed on the left, denoting this photograph to have been taking after the capture of Basra in 1915 during

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