Iraq Collection (page 3)

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

View of Shatt El Arab Waterway, Basra, Iraq, WW1
View of Shatt El Arab Waterway, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Route of British Troops, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Route by which British troops entered Basra, Iraq, on 22 November 1914, in the early stages of the First World War, photographed about two years later. circa 1916

Serai, old Turkish Headquarters, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Serai, old Turkish Headquarters, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Remains of old British Residence, Magill, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Remains of the old British Residence, Magill, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Red Cross Hospital Ship, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Red Cross Hospital Ship, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Paddle boat with war gifts, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Paddle boat with war gifts, Basra, Iraq, going up the River Tigris to the Front, during the First World War. circa 1916

Ottoman Bank Square Coffee House, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Ottoman Bank Square Coffee House, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Beil Naura Officers Hospital, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Beil Naura Officers Convalescent Hospital, Basra, Iraq, with orange trees in fruit, during the First World War. circa 1916

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

Motor Boat Dry Dock, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Motor Boat Dry Dock, 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

German Workshop at Magill, Basra, Iraq, WW1
German Workshop at Magill, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

German House, Basra, Iraq, WW1
German House in Basra, Iraq, where British Forces landed on 22 November 1914. circa 1916

Customs House and reclaimed roads, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Customs House and reclaimed roads, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Crane at Magill, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Crane at Magill, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Civil and Telegraph Office, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Civil and Telegraph Office, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Christmas mail going to the Front, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Christmas mail going to the Front, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Camel Unit, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Camel Unit, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Bomb Store, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Bomb Store, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Bellum Creek, Shaiba, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Bellum Creek, Shaiba, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

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

PO Companys Oil Tank, Basra, Iraq, WW1
PO Companys Oil Tank, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

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

Shatt El Arab Waterway, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Basra, Iraq - view from Lychs Verandah, HMS Odin in the Shatt El Arab Waterway. circa 1916

Women and children of Mosul, by Richard Carline
Women and children of Mosul, washing on the banks of the Tigris River, watercolour by Richard Carline, aerial artist, just after the First World War. 1919

A topical page from The Graphic, entitled "The mystic city of Mosul
A topical page from The Graphic, entitled " The mystic city of Mosul." Asking if " a settlement with the Turks is in sight

Baghdad, Iraq - Entrance to the Al-Kadhimiya Mosque
Date: early 1950s

Gertrude Bell in Iraq
Gertrude Bell, English traveller, picnicking with King Faisal of Iraq (seated, second right) in 1922. Date: 1922

Market at Az Zubayr, Iraq
Market 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

The Citadel, Baghdad, Iraq - WWI Xmas card
A rather unusual Christmas Greetings postcard, featuring a World War One era soldier (serving on the Mesopotamian front) in patriotic pose before an inset view of The Citadel, Baghdad, Iraq

Arab porters in Iraq carrying long planks of wood through a palm grove. Date: 1910s

Interior of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilanis tomb, Baghdad, Iraq
The interior (entrance) of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilanis tomb, in his madrasa in Babul-Sheikh, Rusafa on the east bank of the Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq Date: circa 1930s

Maude Bridge, Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1918 and named after Sir Frederick Stanley Maude. This photograph dates from circa 1930. Date: circa 1930

Old gun, Abu Khazama, in Baghdad, Iraq
Old gun, known as Abu Khazama, outside the citadel in Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1917

Arab porters in Main Street, Baghdad, Iraq. circa 1917

Arab hut, Iraq. circa 1930s

Hardware Shop, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1920s

Iraq War Most Wanted Playing Cards - fan of all the Spades, with the face of Saddam Hussein (c.1937-2006) as the Ace of Spades. circa 2003

Mesopotamia. Michaux stone or Kudurru. Late Kassite period. 1
Mesopotamia. Babylonial. Michaux stone or Kudurru. Late Kassite period found near Baghdad. 11th Century BC. Marduk-nadin-ahhe reign. 2n Dynasty of Isin. National Library. Paris. France

Mesopotamia. Kudurru (stele) of Shitti-Marduk. Nebuchadnezza
Mesopotamia. Kudurru (stele) of Shitti-Marduk. Limestone. Inscription. Cuneiform. Nebuchadnezzar I (1124-1105 BC) reign. Elamite campaign. From Sippar (Abu Habba). Babylonian

Cuneiform tablet depicting beer allocation. 2351-2342 BC. From Girsu. Uruinimgina King. British Museum. London

Obelisk of king of Assirya Adad-Nirari III (810-783 BC) insc
Obelisk of king of Assirya Adad-Nirari III (810-783 BC) worshipping divine emblems and inscribed with cuneiform characters. Erected for the Assyrian king Adad, from Sabaa, Yemen

Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II. Statue
Ashurnasirpal II. King of Assyria (883-859 BC). Statue. 865 BC. From the Temple of Ishtar Sharrat-niphi, Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. The Throne Room of Nebuchadnezzar II. Reconstructed facade. Dated in 580 B.C. Its 56 meters facade was decorated with colored glazed bricks as shows the composition

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate. Aurochs. Perg
Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C

Royal Game of Ur. Early Dynastic III Period. 2600-2400 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Statue of a winged lion with human head. Nimrud
Colossal statue of a winged lion with a human face. 865-860 BC. From Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

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