Basra 1936

With the latest British presence in Basra providing images of war and occupation, I thought it might be pleasant to post these alternative images of the city. The first shows Dr J.S.Haldane, his sister Elizabeth Haldane, and a Mr Grantham being ferried across the Shatt-al-Arab. An album of photographs is teaching me that this trip, the last of Haldane's life in which he was testing for the effects of extreme heat on workers in Iraq and Iran, was far more extensive than I thought. This image is blurred, but still gives a sense of a stately crossing.
The second shot is also from early 1936, of Arabic craft on the Shatt-al-Arab.