Persia, Iraq, Arabia, Gulf

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1918-1920 photo album of Baghdad from a British soldier based there during the war. Shown are various buildings, paddle steamer, general headquarters, RAF HQ, RS Kalipha, horse drawn tramway, Hindyah Barrage, Brooking bridge, Maude bridge, military camp at Basrah, native entertainers, bridge at Amara, gunboat “Gadfly”, infants getting married, more. The album then goes on his time after the war, in Englan, from 1922-1925. He visits the 1924 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. 31 well captioned photos of his time in Iraq.

Price: $400.00

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PR 105

Early postcard of the Sultan’s Mosque at Lahez.

Price: $30.00

PR 104

Photo on postcard stock. Manuscript notation on back reads “Construction staff taking water, rail head Minjawa, Persia, during construction of railway to the Caspian via Persia and Afghanistand during the great war”.

Price: $40.00

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Photo postcard of a Persian fortress in 1925. Photo by V. Krassovskey. B

Price: $60.00

PR 102

Postcard of French military in Arabia. B

Price: $50.00

PR 101

Postcard of colonials in Muscat. B

Price: $50.00

PR 099

Postcard of the Persian pavilion at the 1914 Lyon Exposition. B

Price: $30.00

PR 098

3 early postcards of Persia, showing the bastinado, the Shah’s residence, and the army during the revolution. B

Price: $180.00

PR 097

The tomb of Subaida hanim in Bagdad. B

Price: $25.00

PR 096

Early postcard of a dwarf in Hamadan. B

Price: $60.00