Collection: The British In Iraq - First Time Around: Lees, A T O lees-7-1-3-00037-64196
Description
Group photograph of Iraqi soldiers. The caption on the front of the photo, written by Lt Aubrey Lees, reads: "Hd Qrs Troop with clerk and S.A. [?]." On the reverse he continues "The man sitting marked with a cross over its head is Mhowis Abdulla the son of an extremely rich and fairly influential sheik. He is our only real Bedouin Arab. Why such a well to do chap and a tribesman ( and as such infinitely superior to the casteless town arabs) should come to [Levies] is a mystery to me. He has four wives legitimately and goodness knows how many more others, so you see, he is quite a swell!" Part of a collection of photographs from Lees' time in Iraq [1922-1925].
Collection
The British In Iraq - First Time Around: Lees, A T O
Description
A collection of photographs relating the service of Lt Aubrey Trevor Oswald Lees in Iraq during the early 1920s, during the British mandate of the territory following the break up of the Ottoman Empire. Lees was employed under the Colonial Office with the Arab and Kurdish Levies in 1922; commanded…
Collection Terms & Categories
- War/Campaign/Operation: Peacetime
- Asia: Middle East
- Theme (Main): Cultures & Customs
- Theme (Main): Daily Life
- Theme (Main): Empire & Commonwealth
- Theme (Main): Ethics, Religion & Morality
- Theme (Main): Natural World
- Theme (Main): Travel & Exploration
- Subject: Animals & The Natural World
- Subject: Armoured Warfare
- Subject: Civilians & Civ-Mil Relations
- Subject: Communications
- Subject: Logistics
- Subject: Nation Building
- Subject: Naval, Sea & Ships
- Subject: Parades, Drills & Manoeuvres
- Subject: Peacekeeping
- Subject: Sport & Recreation
- Subject: Transport
- Item: Photographic (loose)
- Information: Visual
