Mesopotamia Collection

Sheikh Mahmud of the Bani Tamim Tribe (looking into camera) seen here with friends and followers following the fall of Baghdad to the British. Circa 20th March 1917

Sheikh Mahmud of the Bani Tamim Tribe seen here with friends and followers following the fall of Baghdad to the British. Circa 20th March 1917

A scene in a village beyond Baghdad as the British army advance in Mesopotamia. These villages with their mud huts and the palm trees are extremely picturesque. Circa June 1917

A scene in a village beyond Baghdad as the British army advance in Mesopotamia. These villages with their mud huts and the palm trees are extremely picturesque. Circa June 1917

Arabs seen here working in a palm grove after the floods. They are preparing a new site for a camp for the Indian troops. Circa January 1917

A British translator delivers General Shores speech to Cossack troops in Mesopotamia April 1917

Turkish trenches captured at Sannaiyat by the 7th Indian Division as they push towards Baghdad. 25 February 1917

A wounded British soldier seen outside a hospital hut close to the Shatt al Arab waterway in Mesopotamia before being evacuated by Hospital ship. Circa December 1914

A British army pontoon bridge built across the Tigris River at Baghdad following the fall of the city on the 17th March 1917

A birds eye view of Baghdad, with the Abdul Qadir Jilani mosque in the distance. Circa June 1917

Indian troops seen here on the banks of the Shatt al Arab waterway during the Mesopotamia campaign. Circa December 1914

British officers inspect captured Turkish guns and material at Aziziya. This village was occupied by the British on 4/5 March 1917

Arab soldiers seen here manning the gun battery at Fort Jelana at Muscat. Circa 1916

Indian troops under the direction of British officers unload a barge on the Tigris River in Mesopotamia. Circa May 1917

British soldiers laying the foundation for field gun emplacements in Mesopotamia Circa 1917

The British gunboat HMS Firefly seen here in action on the Tigris River before being captured by the Turks at Kut in 1916

Turkish officers and men seen here surrendering to a British armoured car on the Euphrates River during the Mesopotamia campaign. Circa March 1918

ANZAC Engineers using special leather bucket for raising water from deep wells. The engineers were called in to repair irrigation works

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