Title

Golden dome of the Samarra mosque, Mesopotamia, 1918. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Golden dome of the Samarra mosque, Mesopotamia, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918. The new nation of Iraq came into being in 1921.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1918

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C32_491

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (2,6Mb) / 17,3in x 11,2in / 5183 x 3363 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior city historical religious wall mosque protection Middle East desert religion day geography golden protected dome Islam Islamic walled city war location century protect first world war concept outside B&W MONOCHROME Iraq World War I WWI black & white black and white B W World War One City Walls 1910s 20th century history The Print Collector 1st World War geographical feature Mesopotamia TGN WW1 Samarra' photograph panorama Unknown photograph panorama