'A Creek at Fāo.'

Content

Black and white print of a photograph of a creek at Fāo [Al-Fāw, Iraq]. No date is given. However, the photograph was first published in the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the Geographical and Statistical section) in 1908, and this print is identical to the one found in that volume. The photograph is attributed to Mr W D Cumming.

Extent and format

1 photograph

It is part of

Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers

1814 images

Ref: Mss Eur F111/33

Physical characteristics

Materials: Black and white print on paper

Dimensions: 100 x 150mm, on sheet 135 x 190mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Photograph

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F111/33, f 685

History of this record

Date(s)

1908 (CE, Gregorian)

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