Convoy of rafts (Keleks) floating down the Tigris river loaded with antiquities in 1855 (V Place 1867)
The Qurnah disaster was a May 1855 shipwreck at Al-Qurnah (modern Iraq), at the confluence point of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.[1] It represents one of the most high profile disasters in the history of archaeology.[1]
The disaster took place during a period of civil unrest, during a period of fighting between the Al-Muntafiq confederation and the Ottoman Empire.[2] The fighting ended with an Al-Muntafiq leader being appointed as provincial governor and tax farmer by the Ottomans, creating problems with the tribes not allied to their confederation.[3]
^ abPotts, D.T. (2020-12-16). "Potts 2020. 'Un coup terrible de la fortune:' A. Clément and the Qurna disaster of 1855. Pp. 235-244 in Finkel, I.L. and Simpson, St J., eds. In Context: The Reade Festschrift. Oxford: Archaeopress". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
^GENÇ, BÜLENT (2021-04-19). "Memory of destroyed Khorsabad, Victor Place, and the story of a shipwreck". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 31 (4). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 759–774. doi:10.1017/s135618632100016x. ISSN 1356-1863. S2CID 234857530.
^Kiyotaki, K. (2019). Ottoman Land Reform in the Province of Baghdad. The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage. Brill. p. 47. ISBN 978-90-04-38434-7. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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