'Mohammerah'. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Mohammerah'. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
- Date:
- 1918/1918
- Description:
- Genre/Subject Matter:This scene shows a stream or irrigation channel, a palm grove and several Arab men at Mohammerah (Khorramshahr), which is located at the mouth of the Karun River on the Shatt-el-Arab delta.The stream extends from lower left to centre left of the image: it may be a man-made irrigation channel supplying water to the palm grove. A man on stands facing the camera, right of centre in the foreground, alongside the stream. He wears a keffiyeh and dark-coloured agalon his head, a pale-coloured robe and dark outer robe. His feet are bare. In his hands he holds what appears to be a string of prayer beads, a ring on the little finger of his left hand shines brightly.In the background, behind and the left of the man, a group of other figures can be seen.Damage, printing error or a light leak has caused a slight band, most discernible in the centre of the left of the image to appear under-exposed in the print.Inscriptions:Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Mohammerah’Upper left, above image, in pencil: ‘b’Lower right, alongside image, in pencil: ‘34’Lower right, below image, in pen: ‘(March. 1918)’1 b&w silver gelatin printDimensions:71 x 96 mmCondition:The image is in good condition.Foliation:'b'; '34'Process:Silver gelatin print
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Photograph
- Type (Narrower):
- Photographs
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Extent:
- 1 b&w silver gelatin print
- Rights:
- Unknown
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100023517952.0x000004_ar
81055/vdc_100023517952.0x000004_en
Photo 496/7/34 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers