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الوصف
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Photograph album assembled by a Swedish traveler or officer in the 1920s. Most of the photographs are related to Iraq, mainly Basra and Bagdad. One photograph was taken in Muscat, Oman. This part features views, street scenes, architecture, antiquities but also portraits and it includes one photograph of General Maude entering Baghdad after conquering the city in 1917, when he was leading the Mesopotamian campaign during WWI. The last part of the albums comprises pictures mainly related to navigation. The locations included are Malta and the Suez Canal, as well as the Panama Canal, but also Haiti, Goa, Pakistan and the Indus River., Mascat al Matra [Muttrah] -- Ashar Creek [Basra] -- Whiteley Bridge -- Belgian consulate -- Ashar Creek near Basra -- Khora Creek -- Euphrates -- Arab -- Arab woman -- Procession for religious celebrations in Basra -- Muharram -- Religious procession -- Street in Ashar -- Arab house -- Muharram -- Arab summerhouse [sic] -- Mosque in Kadmain [Al-Kāẓimiyyah] Baghdad -- Main street in Bagdad -- Gate of the Mosque of Al-Kadhimiya -- Northern gate in Baghdad -- Bagdad seen from the river -- General Maude -- People of Bagdad -- Ctesiphon -- La Valletta -- Suez -- Port Said -- Suez Canal -- Sailing on the Indus River -- Karachi -- Camel -- Goa -- Tahiti -- Panama Canal, Title and date devised by Library staff. Photographs are captioned in Swedish., Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.2017.0016, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2421789x, BIB-ID: 2557250 |
