‘Mahelas unloading at Ordnance Wharf’, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, 1918.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1983-12-71-222
Description
‘Mahelas unloading at Ordnance Wharf’, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, 1918. Photograph, Mesopotamia, 1918. Mahela, or Mahila, a form of river boat, being unloaded on the banks of the River Tigris, Baghdad, Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). From a photograph album of 334 photographs compiled by Maj W Leith-Ross, Army Staff and 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1918-1920. Associated with World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918).
Campaigns
World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918)