Iraq Collection (page 2)

Two biplanes in the desert, Iraq
Two biplanes side by side in the desert, somewhere in Iraq

Six biplanes lined up in the desert, Iraq
Six biplanes lined up in the desert, somewhere in Iraq

Crashed biplane with crew resting in the desert, Iraq
A crashed biplane in the desert with resting crew, somewhere in Iraq

The Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq, aerial view Date: circa 1920s

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

Market Place - A Quarter of Baghdad, Iraq. Date: 1910s

Queen Mary Theatre, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Queen Mary Theatre, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Betaween Avenue, Baghdad, Iraq
Betaween (Battaween) Avenue, Baghdad, Iraq. circa 1950s

Baghdad, Iraq - Saadoun Avenue (now Saadoun Street). Date: circa 1960s

WW2 - Paratroop Tribesmen of the Iraq Levies in their traditional tribal costumes before going on leave from the R.A.F. station where they are training

The Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, Iraq
Interesting view (from the rear) of the gigantic vaulted hall (the Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, an ancient Parthian city located southeast of modern Baghdad, Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq - Firdos Square
Baghdad, Iraq - The Firdos ( The Firdaws ) Square - a rather stark illustration of British Colonial City planning/development

Archways at Az Zubayr, Iraq
Archways at Az Zubayr is a city in and the capital of Al-Zubair District, part of the Basra Governorate of Iraq. The city is just south of Basra. The name can also refer to the old Emirate of Zubair

Sabians or Star Worshippers - Iraq
Sabians or Star Worshippers - at the Baghdad Medical Mission, Iraq. A name given by the Shemitic peoples to those who worship the spiritual beings in the universe;

Gate of Ishtar, Babylon, Iraq, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque (Masjid Al-Kazimiyyah) or Al-Kadhimayn Shrine (Ḥaram Al-Kazimayn) - a Shi'ite Islamic mosque and shrine located in the Kadhimayn suburb of Baghdad, Iraq

Iraqi Minister of Development Mohammad Ghussein & colleagues
The Iraqi Minister of Development Mohammad Ghussein, colleagues and their spouses at the Department of Development - Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1950s

An Arab Cafe in Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1910s

Ziggurat Shrine, Iraq where the ancient Assyrians worshiped. Flat toped Ziggurat can be seen in with its shrine in the centre standing within a sacred enclosure, at Ur of the Chaldees in Mesopotamia

Artefacts from the excavation from Tel-El-Obeid excavation in Ur of the Chaldean, which were on show in the British Museum

Battle of Arbelas or Battle of Gaugamela - Jose del Castillo
Battle of Arbelas or Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC). Combat between Alexander the Great and the Persian King Darius III. Painting by Jose del Castillo (1737-1793). Detail

Agatha Christie and husband, reportage photograph on doorstep. From an article, Up the Rebels! - And Others'by Ericus

Aerospatiale SA. 330L Puma PA-12
Prefectura Naval Argentina - Aerospatiale SA.330L Puma PA-12 (msn 1591), seen at Yeovil, after repatriation to the UK from the Falkland islands

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani's tomb, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1918

Sheikh Omar's tomb and mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
Sheikh Omar Al-Sahrawardi tomb and mosque, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: 1910s

Tomb of Sheikh Maruf Karkhi, Baghdad, Iraq
Tomb of Sheikh Maruf Karkhi (Abu Mahfuz Maruf Ibn Firuz al-Karkhi, c.750/760-c.815-820), in the Moslem Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1920

General Maude's grave, Baghdad, Iraq
Grave of Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Maude, North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, and died at Baghdad in November 1917

General Atomics RQ-1A Predator (Tier II) 94-0565
United States Air Force - General Atomics RQ-1A Predator (Tier II) 94-0565, at Nellis Air Force Base for the Golden Air Tattoo, on 26 April 1997. (Shot down over Iraq before 2003) Date: 1997

Iraqi Desert Police, mounted on camels. Date: circa 1920s

The Arch of Ctesiphon - Iraq
The 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. Date: circa 1910s

Sitt Zumurrud Khatuns Tomb. This is the most famous mausoleum in Baghdad. It is situated in the western sector of Baghdad not faraway from the main railway station.Erroneously ascribed to Sitt

Page from Britannia & Eve by Katharine Woolley reporting on the great excavations carried by her and her husband Leonard at Ur in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). Date: 1929

British soldiers disembarking at Basra, Iraq
1923

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

Woman of Baghdad in everyday dress of botanical-print robes, harem pants and sandals. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Woman of Baghdad in formal dress. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

ILN cover - Golden head-dress of Queen Shub-ad
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing a photograph of a reconstruction of a 5000 year-old head dress found at Ur, Iraq, in the royal Graves at Ur excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley. 1928

Royal Lyre, Ur, Mesopotamia
Royal Lyre, Ur, an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia (Iraq)

Rein-ring and Mascot from Queen Shub-ads Chariot, Ur, an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia (Iraq)

Ram caught in a thicket, Ur
Ram caught in a thicket Ur, an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia (Iraq)

Gold helmet of Meskalamdug, Ur
Gold Helmet of Meskalamdug, Ur, an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia (Iraq)

Gold dagger in ornate golden sheath, Ur
Gold dagger in an ornate golden sheath, from Ur, an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia (Iraq)

British Navy attacking Turkish forces, River Tigris, WW1
British Navy attacking Turkish forces on the River Tigris, First World War. 1914-1918

HMS Crocus, British sloop, at Basra, Iraq
HMS Crocus, British Arabis class sloop, at Margil jetty, Basra, Iraq. Date: circa 1923

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

Waterway, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Waterway in Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Wards in Beil Naura Hospital, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Wards in Beil Naura Hospital, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

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

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