| Abadan | 2 |
| "Serried ranks of tall iron funnels" | 6 |
| Ship loading with Oil | 7 |
| "A Mysterious-looking furnace tower" | 9 |
| "Crude steam engines evolved by Titans when the world was young" | 11 |
| In Ashar Creek | 16 |
| Sunset, Old Basra | 21 |
| Dhows, Basra | 26 |
| Monitor "Moth" at Basra | 28 |
| The Sirens of the Narrows | 33 |
| Noah's Ark, 1919 | 36 |
| Upward Bound on the Tigris | 38 |
| Hillah | 47 |
| Ctesiphon | 50 |
| Ancient Irrigation Channel near Hillah | 55 |
| Tower of Babel. Fig. 1 | 57 |
| The Tower of Babel | 59 |
| Tower of Babel. Fig. 2 | 60 |
| Tower of Babel. Fig. 3 | 61 |
| Goufas on the Tigris | 68 |
| "A magic vignette of palms, Eastern buildings, and a |
| large South-Western Railway engine" | 77 |
| "Suddenly we came upon a scene of strange beauty and |
| dramatic effect" | 79 |
| "By garden porches on the brim, The costly doors flung open wide" | 82 |
| "All round the fragrant marge, From fluted vase and brazen |
| urn, In order, Eastern flowers large." | 83 |
| "By Baghdad's shrines of fretted gold, High-walled gardens, |
| green and old." | 85 |
| Showing the Simplicity of Mesopotamian Domestic |
| Architecture. Tigris | 88 |
| Baghdad | 90 |
| "Puffing Billy" in Baghdad | 91 |
| A Bit of Old Baghdad | 93 |
| "Blossoms and fruit at once of golden hue Appeared, with gay |
| enamelled colours mixed." | 98 |
| "High, eminent, blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold." | 105 |
| The Walls of Hit | 110 |
| Hit | 120 |
| Samara | 121 |
