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