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2981. Maps 51850/10(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(13)
Title:
[Kabul from Seah Sung.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking westwards from the heights of Siah Sung (probably from Fort Roberts), across the plain towards the city, with the Bala Hissar on the left. Beyond the city are the Asmai Heights on the right and the Sher Darwaza Heights...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

2982. Maps 51850/10(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(14)
Title:
[North-east of Sherpur, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking across Bimaru village and across the plain towards the mountains. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (14), Photo 98 (26) and Photo 449/1 (15). Reproduced in Francis Gordon Cardew (et al.), 'The Second Afghan War 1878-80. Abridged o...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

2983. Maps 51850/10(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(15)
Title:
[Fort Roberts and Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking in a westerly direction along the southern face of Fort Roberts (right-hand print), with the city of Kabul in the distance (left-hand print). The Bala Hissar is prominent on the left, with the Sher Darwaza Heights beyo...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

2984. Maps 51850/10(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(16)
Title:
[Ruins of the Residency, Kabul, back view.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking across the ditch towards the south-east section of the outer wall of the Bala Hissar, with the rear façade of the ruined Residency building visible on top of the wall. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (16), Photo 98 (17) and Pho...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

2985. Maps 51850/10(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(17)
Title:
[Part of the Bala Hissar, Kabul, showing the old palace gardens.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View from the south-west corner of the upper Bala Hissar, looking north-east down onto the large walled charbagh garden of the Diwan-i-Am (audience hall), with Shah Shuja's Palace behind in the left background. These palace buildings are seen more closely in print 10. The...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880
Extent:
1 item

2986. Maps 51850/10(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(18)
Title:
[Ruins of the Residency, Kabul, showing the gate and scaffold.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Close view of the ruined Residency buildings, looking towards a scaffold in a courtyard in the middleground. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (18), Photo 98 (20) and Photo 449/1 (14). The caption of Photo 449/1(14) reads: 'Shewing Residency a...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

2987. Maps 51850/10(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(19)
Title:
[Portion of Sherpur, Kabul, showing the Sher Darwaza.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the cantonment and towards its western perimeter wall, with Headquarters Gateway in the centre, and the Sher Darwaza Heights rising beyond on the skyline in the centre of the print. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (19)...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

2988. Maps 51850/10(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(20)
Title:
[Shewaki Minar (Minar-i-Chakri).] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the stone tower known as the Minar-i-Chakri, which marks the pass at the top of Takht-i-Shah, to the south of Kabul, not far from the village of Shewaki, with a group of soldiers posed at the base. Over 20 metres high, the tower was built in the early centuries A....
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

2989. Maps 51850/10(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(21)
Title:
[Blockhouse, Seah Sung, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Marked 'Confidential' in the negative. Genre: War Photography General view of a stone blockhouse on the heights of Siah Sang, to the east of the city. For plan and elevation, see accompanying sheet No. 4, 'Block House on Siah Sung.' For other copies of this photograph, see APAC Ph...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

2990. Maps 51850/10(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(22)
Title:
[Fort Asmai, Kabul, interior, looking south-west.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Marked 'Confidential' in the negative. Genre: War Photography View from the battlements of Fort Asmai, at the summit of the Asmai Heights west of the city, looking south-west along the valley of the Kabul River. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (22) a...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item