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Guide to the photograph album Royal Air Force in Iraq and Sharjah during WWII - Volume I AD.MC.013.v1

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The front cover of RAF in Iraq and Sharjah VI.: Circa 1941 - 1942

Inside front cover of The front cover of RAF in Iraq and Sharjah VI.: Circa 1941 - 1942

Clockwise from top left: views of a cape from a ship, a portrait of a serviceman and street views of Bombay (Mumbai), India.: Circa 1941 - 1942

Fruit sellers, a shoe shiner and knife grinder in Bombay (Mumbai). : 1941

Clockwise from top left: a hackery, the Prince of Wales Museum in Bombay (Mumbai), a soldier reading, and a charpai bed.: Circa 1941 - 1942

Portraits of a man sitting in an alley with a dog. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Clockwise from top left: views of a building before and after rain, general city street views, and a view of Hornby Road (Dadabhai Naoroji Road).: Circa 1941 - 1942

Portraits of a woman with a man, and another of the woman by herself. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Page captioned "Some pukka sahibs". Clockwise from top left: Group portraits of servicemen with Inidan Chefs, five men posing by a swimming pool, three group portraits of men wearing pith helmets. : Circa 1941 - 1942

An empty page of the album.: Circa 1941 - 1942

Clockwise from top left: men at a Breach Candy Club in Bombay (Mumbai), a street view from the canteen of the base at Colaba, Mahatma Gandhi Road in Bombay (Mumbai), and the Gateway of India, Bombay (Mumbai).: Circa 1941 - 1942

Two individual portraits of servicemen. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Portraits of servicemen stationed in Colaba, Bombay (Mumbai) alongside Indian workers. : Circa 1941 - 1942

The sign for the Royal Air Force base in Habbaniyah, Iraq, indicating the distance to Baghdad and London. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Clockwise from top left: Iraqi men and women, a mosque in Baghdad, and three men near a camel. : Circa 1941 - 1942

From left to right: People passing over the Fallujah Bridge, and two images the RAF base Habbaniyah.: Circa 1941 - 1942

Portraits of four servicemen in Iraq. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Clockwise from left to right: A chatty (cooking vessel), a view of Sealand Road, and Air Headquarters Iraq.: Circa 1941 - 1942

The shoreline around Lake Habbaniya (Habbaniyah) and a portrait of two fishermen. : Circa 1941 - 1942

A portrait of a man getting out of a pool in Habbaniyah, Iraq. : 1942

Top: men posing in a shed with the caption "Any bets?'. Bottom: a date plantation in Habbaniyah, Iraq.: Circa 1941 - 1942

Cattle being herded. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Habbaniya (Habbaniyah) Cemetery.: Circa 1941 - 1942

Habbaniya (Habbaniyah) Cemetery.: Circa 1941 - 1942

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Akkasah: Photography Archive (NYU Abu Dhabi)

New York University Abu Dhabi

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