An official publication entitled Who’s Who in Persia [Iran] produced by the General Staff, India. At the start of the publication is a list of ministers who had served in the Cabinet of the Government of Persia from the coronation of Sultan Ahmed Shah [Aḥmad Shāh Qājār] on 21 July 1914 to Janua...
Black and white photographs taken at Sirriah, also spelt Sirriyah in the accompanying text on folio 14. Both photographs contain a single human figure each, providing a sense of the scale of the constructed dam.
Black and white photographs, showing various views of the port of Basrah [Basra]. The upper photograph is a view of the port from the river, with a steamer moored alongside the riverbank. Three further photographs show activity in and around the port and its slipways.
Black and white photograph of the Amarah Bridge [Al ‘Amārah], seen in the background, with the foreground dominated by the Tigris river. A riverbank, lined with two-storey houses, is seen on the right edge of the photograph.