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• A Bellam and a Mahaila in Ashar Creek, Basra

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: a man stands on a Bellam, similar to a canoe, moving alongside a larger boat, a Mahaila, from which supplies are being unloaded up a wooden gangway onto a dockside in Basra. Behind appear to be a series of shops and stalls.

• In Asha Creek, Basra

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: several small local boats moored beside a series of stone steps, leading from a creek up to a busy street in Basra. Supplies and items for trade and sale are unloaded from the boats, with bundles being carried up the steps. Crowds of people fill...

• Basra: The Venice of the East

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: a local Marsh Arab boat sails along a picturesque stretch of the Tigris River at Basra. Palm trees and lush vegetation grow on the right bank, whilst there are a series of squat, square buildings on the left bank, with other local boats moored...

• Mahailas. Basra

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: a sketch of two local sailing craft, with buildings and a harbour coastline in the background.

• The Inland Water Transport: Mahaila Z32, Basra

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: a stern view sketch of a local type small boat moored at a harbour, showing its interior fittings.

• HMS Dalhousie at Basra

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: a starboard side view of HMS Dalhousie, painted white, from across the water at Shatt-al-Arab, with the ship moored at Basra. There are a few local boats moored in the centre of the composition, with buildings along the coastline in the background.

• A Creek near Basra

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: a landscape view of water and vegetation at night or in half light. The silhouetted prow of a native boat is in the centre.

• A 'Bellam' in a Narrow Creek at Basra : 'Bellam is the Arabic name for the long narrow canoe-shaped boat of the country, the gondola of Basra and the Tigris

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: an Arab man manoeuvres a bellam canoe down a narrow creek, which is bordered by flowers, lush vegetation and two palm trees.

• OPERATION TELIC: BRITISH FORCES IN IRAQ, 2003

  part of "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE HQ LAND COMMAND" (photographs) Made by: British Army official photographer

  At Bridge Four on the outskirts of Basra, a soldier of 1st Battalion, The Irish Guards looks for possible Iraqi enemy positions as Royal Engineer technicians prepare to cap one of the burning oil wells within the city of Basra, 3 April 2003.

• OPERATION TELIC: BRITISH FORCES IN IRAQ, 2003

  part of "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE HQ LAND COMMAND" (photographs) Made by: British Army official photographer

  The advance into Basra City. An Iraqi father with his two children watches British troops while waiting for water supplies.