‘Port of Basrah’

Content

Black and white photographs, showing panoramic views of the port at Basrah [Basra]. The upper photograph shows storage areas and piles of crates, with the river and port side in the background. The lower photograph shows construction activity on the bank of the river, alongside which runs a railway line.

Extent and format

2 photographic prints

It is part of

‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia. By Sir John P Hewett, GCSI, KBE’

119 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/35

Physical characteristics

Dimensions: upper photograph, 83 x 294 mm; lower photograph, 81 x 287 mm.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Photograph

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 24

History of this record

Date(s)

1919 (CE, Gregorian)

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