Iraqi Collection (page 3)

Ramadi - the Standard of the Dulaim

A view of Baghdad, Iraq

Kadhimiya - Baghdad, Iraq
Kadhimiya (al-Kazimiyyah) - a town located in what is now a northern neighbourhood of Baghdad, Iraq

Gertrude Bells House in Baghdad, Iraq

Al-Qurnah - Iraq - Temptation Square - Garden of Eden
Al-Qurnah (Qurna) is a small village in southern Iraq northwest of Basra, within the town of Nahairat. Qurna (Arabic for corner)

Baghdad, Iraq - Date Palm Picking Date: circa 1910s

Bread Bazaar, Mosul, Iraq. Date: circa 1910s

Bridge across the Tigris River, Baghdad, Iraq
A pontoon bridge across the River Tigris in Lower Baghdad, Iraq on a very windy day! It appears that preparations are being made for a celebration or festival as the bridge is adorned with rushes

Serai Street - Kirkuk, Iraq Date: circa 1910s

Borsippa, Iraq - The ziggurat - Tower of Babel
Borsippa, Iraq - The ziggurat, or " Tongue Tower" - identified in the Talmud and Arab culture with the Tower of Babel. Date: circa 1920

IRAQ. Babylon. Gate of Ishtar (580 BC). Rebuilt. Babylonian art. Neo-Babylonian Art. Architecture

Turkish Ottoman Obelisk / Memorial, Kut, Iraq
Turkish Ottoman Obelisk/Memorial at Al-Kut, Iraq - built prior to the re-occupation by British Forces during the Mesopotamian Campaign in September 1915 (during World War One)

Tomb of Imam Ali, Najaf, Iraq
Najaf is renowned as the site of the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib (also known as Imam Ali ), the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad whom the Shia consider to be the righteous caliph

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

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

President Abdul Mohammed Arif of Iraq
President Abdul Mohammed Arif (wearing suit) arrives for his first press conference after becoming president of Iraq, following a coup

Pontoon Bridge over the Tigris at Mosul, Iraq
Temporary pontoon bridge over the Tigris at Mosul, Iraq, connecting to a more solid construction further across the flow. The view is from Mosul toward the long low Tell Mound marking the site of

Site of the Garden of Eden, Iraq
Traditional site of the Garden of Eden on the River Tigris, Iraq

Mosul, Iraq - Iraqi man with his giant Cornichon
Iraq - Mosul, a man stands proudly with his giant Cornichon (gherkin), weighing a whopping 22 kgs!

Baghdad, Iraq - Suq al-Ghazl Minaret of the Khulafa Mosque
Baghdad, Iraq - The 700-year old Abbasid Suq al-Ghazl Minaret of the Khulafa Mosque (Jami al-Khulafa), the oldest minaret in the city

Female soldier Y Company, Princess of Waless Royal Regiment
Digital photograph: A female soldier serving with Y Company, The 1st Battalion, Princess of Waless Royal Regiment, is one of a platoon of soldiers to visit a local Iraqi Police Training facility as

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

WWI - Christmas Greetings card - Mesopotamian Campaign of the MEF (Mesopotmaina Expeditionary Force), featuring a list if the major battles (as bars on a medal - right) and a charming poem (left)

Giorida della Valle
Sitti Maani Gioerida della Valle, Iraqi wife of Roman traveller Pietro della Valle - for the whole romantic story, see the account in the Magasin Pittoresque - circa 1630

Gioerida della Valle
Sitti Maani Gioerida della Valle Iraqi wife of Roman traveller Pietro della Valle : their romantic story is told in Magasin pittoresque, 1841 ? circa 1630

Puabis Diadem and Headdress from the Royla Graves at Ur, Iraq - excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley. Date: 1928

Khafaje Statuary - Sumerian and Akkadian. Khafajah or Khafaje (ancient Tutub) is an archaeological site in Diyala Province (Iraq). It was part of the city-state of Eshnunna. Date: 1932

Hunting scenes Assyrian relief
Hunting scenes of Ashurbanipal. Assyrian art. Relief on rock. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum. Proc: IRAQ. NINEVEH. Kuyunjik. Nineveh. Palace of Ashurbanipal

Dividing the Finds - Iraq - Archaeology - Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell looking out into the desert - Iraq

The Naqibs House, Baghdad, Iraq

The Standard of the Anazeh

King Faisal I of Iraq among the Dulaim

Sir Hugh Bell in Gertrudes Sitting Room - Baghdad, Iraq
Sir Hugh Bell (1844-1931) in Gertrude Bells (1868-1926) Sitting Room - Baghdad, Iraq

The River Tigris, Iraq

Building the Baghdad Railway, Iraq
The Baghdad Railway (German: Bagdadbahn ), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey

The Baghdad Railway, Iraq
The Baghdad Railway (German: Bagdadbahn ), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey

Baghdad Railway Station, Iraq - WWI era Date: circa 1917

Tigris River, Iraq - The Tomb of the Prophet Ezra at Al-E
Tigris River, Iraq - The Tomb of the Prophet Ezra at Al-Uzair. The present buildings (depicted here), which unusually comprise a joint Muslim and Jewish shrine

Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, Iraq
The Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu at Aqar Quf, Iraq - built in the 14th century BC by the Kassite King Kurigalzu. Date: circa 1910s

Al-Kut - Iraq
Al-Kut (Kut al-Imara or Kut El Amara)) - city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River. Showing the famous Minaret of the Mosque

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

Sitt Zumurrud Khatuns Tomb, Baghdad, Iraq
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

Baghdad, Iraq - New Street Date: circa 1910s

Baghdad, Iraq - Jami Haydar Khanah Mosque Date: circa 1910s

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