Title

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

Caption

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.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1925

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C56_011

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (2,8Mb) / 16,7in x 11,7in / 4995 x 3522 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior city building buildings religious architecture mosque Middle East country religion Middle Eastern dome holy Muslim Islam Islamic shrine cityscape minaret Moslem location century outside twenties B&W MONOCHROME Iraq Iraqi Baghdad black & white black and white B W 1920s 16th century 20th century sixteenth century The Print Collector TGN photograph Al-Kadhimain Mosque cella A Kerim Kerim A photograph