Basrah Collection

Basra, Iraq - The Rafidain Bank on Strand Road. Date: circa early 1950s

Basra Date Association Headquarters - Iraq. Date: circa 1930s

Old Basrah Times Office, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Old Basrah Times Office, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Children in a street, Basra, Iraq
Children in a street in Basra, Iraq. Date: circa 1918

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

Kora Creek - Basra, Iraq, WWI era Date: circa 1910s

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

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

Indian soldiers in Basrah during WWI
Indian soldiers at the seaport base of the army in Mesopotamia, about to go up the Tigris. Date: 1918

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

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

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

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

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