Basra Collection (page 2)

Az Zubayr, Iraq - The marketplace
Az Zubayr, a town in the Basra Governorate in Iraq. The name is also sometimes written Az Zubair, Zubair, El Zubair, or Zobier. Postcard of the marketplace Date: circa 1910s

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

Street scene in Basra, Mesopotamia (Iraq), WW1
Street scene in Busra, Mesopotamia (now Basra, Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

A family of Iraqi civilians seek the help of a soldier
Digital photograph: A family of Iraqi civilians seek the help of a soldier serving with No 2 Company, 1st Battalion The Irish Guards to locate their other child caught up in the panic caused by

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

Camels ready for embarkation, Basra, Iraq. circa 1918

City of Newcastle steamship, Margil Wharf, Basra, Iraq
City of Newcastle, Ellerman-Hall Line steamship, at Margil Wharf, Basra, Iraq. Date: circa 1933

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

Iraq - Basra - Bridge over the Khora Creek Date: 1918

Iraq - Basra - Strick Scott Creek. Date: 1918

WWI - Iraq - Mesopotamian Front - Basra - Government House on the Shatt al-Arab river. Date: circa 1917

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

Al-Hariri of Basra (1054-1122). Arab erudite
" Al-Hariri of Basra (1054-1122). Arab erudite and poet. " The Maqamat" (The Assemblies of al-Hariri), characteristic genre of the medieval arabic literature

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

Fuel Market, Basra, Iraq - WWI era
Fuel Market, Basra, Iraq - a British officer is being ferried down the Shatt al Arab waterway (which eventually feeds out into the Persian Gulf) in some style Date: circa 1917

The Strand - Basra, Iraq, WWI era Date: circa 1910s

Shatt al-Arab - Basra, Iraq - also known as the Arvand Rud (River) - the waterway leading out into the Persian Gulf. Date: circa 1910s

Date Palms, Basra, Iraq
Date Palms in Basra, Iraq - 40 miles from the Garden of Eden (or the alledged site of the Garden of Eden). Date: 1906

Shipping on the Shatt al-Arab - Basra, Iraq - the waterway which eventually leads out into the Persian Gulf. Date: circa 1910s

Captured Ottoman Turkish Guns - Iraq, WWI
Captured Ottoman Turkish Guns - Basra, Iraq, WWI Date: circa 1917

Ottoman Turkish Map of Southern Iraq
Ottoman Turkish Map of the southern province of Iraq and the territory which is now Kuwait, The area depicted focusses on Basra and the Shatt al-Arab region leading out into the Persian Gulf

The Whiteley Bridge - Basra, Iraq, WWI era Date: circa 1910s

The Strand - Post and Telegraph Offices - Basra, Iraq Date: circa 1910s

Paddlesteamer on the Shatt al-Arab
A paddlesteamer on the Shatt al-Arab, Basra, Iraq Date: circa 1910s

Ordnance Depot - Basra, Iraq, WWI
The Ordnance Depot on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (which leads out to the Persian Gulf) at Basra, Iraq - WWI Date: circa 1917

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

Supply and Transport Depot, Basra, Iraq - WWI era
Supply and Transport Depot on the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (which eventually feeds into the Persian Gulf) at Basra, Iraq - WWI era Date: circa 1917

Refuelling in Basra
British. French and Dutch vehicles being refuelled at Basra, Iraq, following their arrival from at Basra airport. The Royal Air Forces were stationed near the town. Date: 1930s

HMS Espiegle at Basra, Mesopotamia, WW1
Deck view of the British sloop HMS Espiegle at Basra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War, around the time the port was captured by Anglo-Indian forces. 1915

Gondolas at canal side, Basra, Iraq
Gondolas and ancient cannons at the canal side in Basra, Iraq, known as the Venice of the Middle East

Anglo-Arabian Gathering
Ibn Saud, Sir Percy Cox and Miss Gertrude Bell at Basra, Iraq (Mesopotamia) 1917

Great Arab Rulers visit the British Residence at Basra
Ibn Saud, Sir Percy Cox, Miss Gertrude Bell

Basra Captured Wwi
The Union Jack flag is hoisted in Basra, Mesopotamia, after its capture by Anglo-Indian forces on November 21, 1915

Basra under British Military Rule, 1916
Photograph showing locals repaving mud roads with stone and cement, under the gaze of a British Military Engineer, 1916

Ships at Basra
European ships exchanging salutes in the harbour of Basra

Camel Caravan Iraq 1979
A camel caravan trekking south for the winter months, south- west of Basra, Iraq

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