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Royal Scots Dragoon Guards & Gulf War TankA charge by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiners & Greys) and a Commanding Officers Tank of the same regiment in action during the First Gulf War in Iraq. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Hanging Gardens BabylonAllegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife Amyitis, who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces & used water from the Euphrates River
HMS Sedgefly, river gunboat, Mesopotamia, WW1HMS Sedgefly, a British river Fly-class gunboat, on the River Tigris in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1918
Iraq - Tomb of Husayn Ibn Ali at KarbalaKarbala (Karbala al-Muqaddasah) in Iraq - the Tomb/Shrine of Husayn ibn Ali - a holy site of Shiah Islam. It stands on the site of the grave of Husayn ibn Ali, the second grandson of Muhammad
The Maidan (Square) at Kirkuk, Iraq. Kirkuk is the purported site of the tomb of the prophet Daniel. Date: circa 1910s
Irish soldier in a trench, Mesopotamia, WW1A soldier with the Royal Irish Fusiliers (Faugh-a-Ballagh) in a trench in Mesopotamia (now Iraq), teases a Turkish sniper by raising a pith helmet on his rifle during the First World War
Emir Faisal at Wejh (now in Saudi Arabia)Emir Faisal (1883-1933) at Wejh (now in Saudi Arabia) during the First World War. He later became Faisal I of Iraq. He directed the Arab revolt against the Ottomans in 1916
Hanging Gardens / BabylonAllegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife Amyitis, who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces & used water from the Euphrates River
Babylons lion. Lion decorated the Processional Wal (Ishtar Gate). 575 BC. Pergamon Museum. Museum Island. Berlin. Germany
Two biplanes with resting crew, IraqTwo biplanes in the desert with their crew resting and drinking, somewhere in Iraq
Two biplanes with ground support vehicles, IraqTwo biplanes with ground support vehicles in the desert, somewhere in Iraq
BP employee opening the flow valvesA British Petroleum employee opens the flow valves of an oil plant in the Middle East (likely to have been in Iraq or Iran)
The Arch of Ctesiphon - IraqThe gigantic vaulted hall (the Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, an ancient Parthian city located southeast of modern Baghdad. It is traditionally recognised as the palace of Khosrow I
Bell Picnics in IraqGERTRUDE M L BELL English traveller picnicking with King Faisal of Iraq, (seated, second right) in 1922
Brit. Troops Moved by AirBritish Sikh forces of occupation moved by air to crush the Kurdish insurrection
Cylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cuneiform. Clay. Describes the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of King Nabonidus by Cyrus the Great
WW2 - A Kurdish Company of the Iraq Levies: these local men who accompanied the British forces and collaborated with them in their attack on Rashid Alis troops at Habanniya Aerodrome
Standard of Ur Babylonian artThe Standard of Ur. 2600 -2400 BC. Peace panel. Babylonian art. Mosaic. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum. Proc: IRAQ. Ur
Handley Page Halifax VI RG815 Mercury of the RAFHandley Page Halifax VI, RG815, Mercury of the RAF Empire Radio School, Debden, prior to its 25, 000-mile tour of Palestine, Iraq, India, Burma, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand in 1946
Mesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Iraq. Late PrehMesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer. Iraq. Late Prehistoric period. 3100-3000BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Neo-Sumerian. Statue of Gudea. Girsu, Iraq. 2120 BC. CuneifoMesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian. Ruler Gudea of state of Lagash. Diorita statue. From Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneiform inscription. Detail. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France
King Faisal I of IraqKing Faisal bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi (Faisal I) of Iraq (1885-1933)
The Standard of Ur. 2600 -2400 BC. War panel. Babylonian art. Mosaic. UNITED KINGDOM. London. The British Museum. Proc: IRAQ. Ur
Shrine of Husayn ibn Ali - KarbalaKarbala (Karbala al-Muqaddasah) in Iraq - the Tomb/Shrine of Husayn ibn Ali - a holy site of Shiah Islam. It stands on the site of the grave of Husayn ibn Ali, the second grandson of Muhammad
Gertrude Bell: The Uncrowned Queen of MesopotamiaMiss Gertrude Bell pictured in the Illustrated London News - described as a Staff Political Officer in Mesopotamia (Iraq) on the eve of the Cairo Conference to discuss the future of Mesopotamia
American Mission Hospital, Basra, Iraq, WW1American Mission Hospital, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916
Sheik Ajil al-Yawer of Shammar, head of a large Bedouin Arab tribe in Iraq. Date: circa 1920
ILN cover - Kuwait and its ruler, 1961Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring the ruler of Kuwait, H. H. Sheikh Sir Abdullah As-Salim As-Sabah with telegrams of support from Kuwaiti citizens
Bridge over the River Khasa at Kirkuk, Iraq Date: circa 1910s
Tigris River, Iraq - The Tomb of the Prophet Ezra at Al-ʻ Uzair. The present buildings (depicted here), which unusually comprise a joint Muslim and Jewish shrine
The Cairo ConferenceThe Conference at Cairo to discuss Mesopotamia (Iraq) in 1921 attended by Winston Churchill, King Faisal of Iraq, Sir Percy Cox, Gertrude Bell
The Maidan at Kirkuk, IraqThe Maidan (town square or meeting place) at Kirkuk, Iraq Date: circa 1910s
Turriff-Burden advertisement - Iraq oil pipelinesAdvertisement for Turriff-Burden Ltd of Brentford, UK, who supplied 315 miles of pipeline for the Iraq Petroleum Company in the 1960s. Date: 1961
British troops on the way to Baghdad, Mesopotamia, WW1British troops by the Tigris, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), on the way to Baghdad during the First World War. Date: 1916
Narrow street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1A narrow street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918
Tours to Mesopotamia (Iraq) with Thomas Cook & SonCover illustration for Tours to Mesopotamia (Iraq) under the management of Thomas Cook & Son Ltd, showing a group of three men brewing mint tea in a Middle Eastern street scene
Biplane with crew and arabs in the desert, IraqA biplane in the desert with crew and arabs, somewhere in Iraq
View of a fully armed train, IraqView of a fully armed train with the number 29 painted on its side, on a railway track somewhere in Iraq. Date: circa 1920
British soldiers walking past a train, IraqThree British soldiers walking past a train, somewhere in Iraq
Jude the ApostleSAINT JUDE THE APOSTLE (also known as Thaddeus): he spread the Good Word in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) but when he went to Persia he was put to death
Lady tulip, Tulipa clusiana. Silkscreen botanical illustration by Elsie Katherine Dykes from William R. Dykes Notes on Tulip Species, Herbert Jenkins Ltd. London, 1930
Iraq-Kuwait tensions 1961Page from The Illustrated London News with an article written by Cyril Falls on the tensions in Kuwait arising over Iraqi claims to sovereignty over the oil-rich state
Iraq threat to Kuwait, 1961Page from The Illustrated London News, 8 July 1961 reporting on the tensions in Kuwait after the Iraqi leader General Kassem had claimed Kuwait should be part of Iraq
Gertrude Bells Aeroplane & Arrival
Gertrude Bell on Horseback - Baghdad, Iraq
British troops in action against Turks near Kirkuk, WW1British troops of the 7th North Staffordshire Regiment, 39th Infantry Brigade, 13th Division, in action against the Turks at an outpost near Kirkuk, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War
Two biplanes in the desert, IraqTwo biplanes side by side in the desert, somewhere in Iraq
Six biplanes lined up in the desert, IraqSix biplanes lined up in the desert, somewhere in Iraq