Souk al-Safafeer
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Souk al-Safafeer is an ancient souk or bazaar in Baghdad, Iraq, that branches off al-Rashid Street and connects to al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa. The souk was established in Central Baghdad on the shores o
A part of the souk
The souk selling copper pots and plates in 1932.
A coppersmith in the market in 1962, photographed by photographer Latif al-Ani.
Tigris
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The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arab
Tigris river in Mosul
Mosul, on the bank of the Tigris, 1861
Bedouin crossing the river Tigris with plunder (c. 1860)
Mosul, Iraq