Baghdad Gallery

Baghdad in the Days of Mansur, 1915. Creator: Edmund Sandars

Baghdad in the Days of Mansur, 1915. Aerial view of the walled city of Baghdad (modern-day Iraq) as it might have appeared in the 8th century AD. Al Mansour, now one of the nine administrative districts of the city, is named after Abu Ja'far al-Mansur (714-775 AD), the second Abbasid Caliph and founder of Baghdad. Painting by Edmund Sandars. From "The Caliphs Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col. Sir Mark Sykes. [Macmillan & Co, London, 1915]

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Major General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend (1861-1924), British Army officer, 1917

Major General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend (1861?1924), British Army officer, 1917. Townshend led the disastrous first British Expedition against Baghdad during World War I. He was later elected to parliament as Member of Parliament for The Wrekin (1920-1922). However as reports surfaced about how badly his troops had suffered at the hands of the Turks (more than half of the soldiers who surrendered having died in Turkish captivity) his reputation was destroyed. He died in some disgrace in 1924. From Will's Cigarettes Allied Army Leaders cigarette card series, 1917

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The Kadhimiya, the holy city near Baghdad, from an aeroplane, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim

The Kadhimiya, the holy city near Baghdad, from an aeroplane, Iraq, 1925. RAF official photograph. Today a suburb of Baghdad, the Kadhimiya is a holy city to Shia Muslims. Two of the Shia Imams are buried there within the al-Kadhimiya Mosque, which can be seen in the lower left of the photograph. It was built in the 16th century. A print from Baghdad, Camera Studio Iraq, published by Hasso Bros, Rotophot AG, Berlin, 1925

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