A Baghdad shrine traditionally associated with Joshua son of Jehozadak, located within the wider sacred landscape of Sheikh Maʿruf Cemetery.
What the atlas knows—and what it does not.
Locations marked approximate or city-level are intentionally shown with reduced precision. The source record remains accessible so interpretation never replaces evidence.
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Baghdad city map, 1958
A detailed U.S. Army city sheet that can be overlaid on the modern atlas to compare central Baghdad’s street geography.
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Baghdad region map, 1942 edition
A regional military map that situates Baghdad within the wider river, road and settlement landscape of the early 1940s.
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Baghdad street and overhanging balconies, 1932
Visual context: a Baghdad street with traditional overhanging balconies, photographed in 1932. This is not a photograph of the exact heritage site.
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Market life in Iraq, 1932
Visual context: an Iraqi market photographed by the Matson collection in 1932, evoking the commercial world of interwar Baghdad. It is not the exact heritage site.
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