The Tallisim, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim

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The Tallisim, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. The tower of the ancient city walls of Baghdad, which was built by Al-Mansur, the second Abbasid Caliph, who founded the city in the 8th century. The tower was blown up by the Turks during their evacuation of Baghdad in 1917. A print from Baghdad, Camera Studio Iraq, published by Hasso Bros, Rotophot AG, Berlin, 1925.

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Size: 4922px × 3546px
Location: World,Asia,Iraq,World,Asia,Iraq,Baghdād,Baghdad,World,Middle East
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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