Extended caption- The island in the mouth of junction of the Euphrates and Tigris. The depot of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Oil fuel was of utmost necessity for the Mesopotamian river traffic in the advance Art.IWMART1835, Donald Maxwell

Extended caption: the island in the mouth of junction of the euphrates and tigris. The depot of the anglo-persian oil company. Oil fuel was of utmost necessity for the mesopotamian river traffic in the advance on baghdad. Image: a view of abadan from the river at the junction of the euphrates and tigris, seen at night. There is a dhow with sails down in the foreground, and the lights and outlines of an oil depot in the background. Date: (First World War).