ARABIA - MARSH ARABS


A collection of upwards of 220 photographic views of the Mesopotamian region, including groups of local inhabitants (some Marsh Arabs), views in Basra, Sawara, Kurdistan, and the region, mostly gelatin silver (including approximately 50 mounted stereo-cards, a couple colour-tinted), many captioned on the verso, various sizes, some mounted in albums, others loose in envelopes (largest 95 x 140mm.), [c.1915]; and a similar quantity of amateur photographs relating to Short's time in India, including Nilgiri Hills (quantity)
|Provenance: Captain H.E. Short, identified on several images (one in Arabic dress, one "with Marsh Arab children, Basra, First World War"). Seemingly he was stationed in Mesopotamia during the First World War, and then subsequently in India in a medical capacity, mostly near Madras and the Nilgiri Hills.