Tombs of the Kalifs

A small sketch of the buildings, observed down a laneway,of the Tombs of the Caliphs in Cairo, Egypt. The Caliphs were the men acting in Muhammad's place after his death (in the Muslim community). The first Caliph was Abu Bakr, living in Damascus from 661. After 1258 and until 1924 there were several Caliphs. The drawing is by Lt. Dudley Marwood Elliott. He served with the 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry and died of wounds on 18 September 1918 near Roisel, France. D M Elliott was born in Brighton, Victoria in 1896, enlisted in August 1914, aged 18 and a half years and had been an architect before joining the Army.