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. Art.IWMART1834, Donald Maxwell

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 the anglo-persian oil company depot from the river at the junction of the euphrates and tigris. A dhow sails across the river in the foreground. Clouds of dark smoke rise up into the sky from the chimneys at the depot. Date: (First World War).