View in Koweit [Kuwait]. One man stands at centre while to his left another sits on the step in front of a decorated archway. A third man stands in the right background against a whitewashed wall. All three men wear dark outer robes, keffiyehs and agals. Inscriptions: Lower left, below imag...
View at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] on the banks of the Karun river. The shoreline extends from lower right to centre left. Several small canoes are pulled up along the shore, while larger boats lie at anchor left of centre, with another dhow under sail on the right. Along the distant horizon the ...
View at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] on the banks of the Karun river. The shoreline extends from lower right to centre left. Several small canoes are pulled up along the shore, while larger boats lie at anchor left of centre, with another dhow under sail on the right. Along the distant horizon the ...
View in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. A narrow creek at the left of the photograph is one of the many small waterways that lead towards the Shatt El-Arab. In the centre background stands a two-storey house with two large mashrabiyya and a roof-terrace. In front of the house a small bridge crosses ...
View in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. A narrow creek at the left of the photograph is one of the many small waterways that lead towards the Shatt El-Arab. In the centre background stands a two-storey house with two large mashrabiyya and a roof-terrace. In front of the house a small bridge crosses ...
View in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] looking towards the Shatt-El-Arab. In the foreground an apparently unoccupied dugout canoe floats in front of a spit of land. A crumbling stone wall and a few palms obscure the view at right; on the left another dugout can be seen in the background, carrying a l...
View in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] looking towards the Shatt-El-Arab. In the foreground an apparently unoccupied dugout canoe floats in front of a spit of land. A crumbling stone wall and a few palms obscure the view at right; on the left another dugout can be seen in the background, carrying a l...
Mohammerah: A 'Mahela'. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
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View in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] of a ‘mahela’ (or ‘mahaila’), a large river sailing boat found on the waterways of Iraq. The boat is at anchor in the right of the image, and partially out of water. On the left, the bank of the river or creek leads away in the background behind a large tree. A ...
Mohammerah: A 'Mahela'. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] of a ‘mahela’ (or ‘mahaila’), a large river sailing boat found on the waterways of Iraq. The boat is at anchor in the right of the image, and partially out of water. On the left, the bank of the river or creek leads away in the background behind a large tree. A ...
Street scene in Ahwaz [Ahvaz]. High stone walls at right and left extend into the distant background where a number of figures are walking. At far left a man walks towards the camera while at centre a man wearing European-style dress and a child walk alongside a donkey. Inscriptions: Lower le...
