Hasso Bros., Baghdad, Iraq, (publisher.), Architecture, Architecture--Iraq, Mosques, Mosques--Iraq, City and town life, City and town life--Iraq, Antiquities, Social life and customs, DS70.65 .K47 1923
Sepia-colored reproductions of photographs showing people and places in Iraq in the early 1920s. Includes waterfront, market, and street scenes in... Show moreSepia-colored reproductions of photographs showing people and places in Iraq in the early 1920s. Includes waterfront, market, and street scenes in Basrah, Baghdad, and Mosul; aerial views; bridges; mosques and minarets; tombs and shrines; the Shiite holy shrine of Kāẓimīyah; and the ruins of Babylon. Other images portray the peoples of Iraq in portraits and scenes of everyday life, including a Bedouin and his wife, a sheikh "enjoying the famous Arab coffee," a Jewish family, women washing clothes on the banks of the Tigris, children, a mullah teaching, a Kurdish tribesman, and Assyrian mountaineers. Letterpress description accompanies each plate. Album bound in imitation crocodile skin with gold lettering stamped on cover and printed by Rotophot A.G. of Berlin. Photographs attributed to A. Kerim. The photographer is identified as Abdulkarim in the introduction by Dr. Jawdat al-Qazwini to a reprint of the album: Iraq: images from the past. London: Alwarrak Publishing Ltd., 2003. Main Heritage Shelves General DS70.65 .K47 1923 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i15538096 BIB-ID: 1008590 Show less
by Maḥmūd Aḥmad ; translated Muḥammad S. Roḥa and Aḥmad Kh̲āki. At head of t.p.: Ministry of Education. Includes index. Show moreby Maḥmūd Aḥmad ; translated Muḥammad S. Roḥa and Aḥmad Kh̲āki. At head of t.p.: Ministry of Education. Includes index. Show less
By Mrs. R. L. Devonshire. Main Heritage Shelves General NA1583 .D4 1930 Book Item-ID: i10086523 BIB-ID: 1010288 "English bibliography" : p. [59] Show moreBy Mrs. R. L. Devonshire. Main Heritage Shelves General NA1583 .D4 1930 Book Item-ID: i10086523 BIB-ID: 1010288 "English bibliography" : p. [59] Show less
