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Container Reference (shelfmark) Maps 51850/10 Language Not applicable Subject Bala Hissar (Kabul)

1. Maps 51850/10(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(11)
Title:
[Magazine, upper Bala Hissar, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View in the magazine area of the Upper Bala Hissar (southern end), looking across open ground towards ruined buildings, with a large quantity of the earthernware pots used for storing gunpowder scattered in the foreground. Other copies of this photograph can be found at A...
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Map Collections
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

2. 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...
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Map Collections
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Date Range:
1880
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1 item

3. Maps 51850/10(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(23)
Title:
[Bala Hissar Gate (Darwaza-i-Shah Shuja), Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view looking towards the Bala Hissar Gateway, flanked by its two octagonal towers, at the east side of the Bala Hissar citadel. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (23), Photo 98 (12) and Photo 449/1 (16).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

4. Maps 51850/10(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(31)
Title:
[Bala Hissar Gate, leading to the city, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view of the gateway, similar to the Darwaza-i-Shah Shuja (see print 31), with the arched entrance flanked by two octagonal towers. This appears to be the Darwaza-i-Naghar Khana, situated at the north-west corner of the Bala Hissar. Other copies of this photograph ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

5. Maps 51850/10(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(32)
Title:
[Part of wall, upper Bala Hissar, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking up towards the wall of the Upper Bala Hissar.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

6. Maps 51850/10(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(33)
Title:
[Bala Hissar and palace, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Panoramic view from the south-east composed of two joined prints, looking towards the walls of the Bala Hissar citadel, with the Bala Hissar gateway (Darwaza-i-Shah Shuja) just to left of centre, and the walls of the Upper Bala Hissar on the higher ground behind. To the r...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

7. Maps 51850/10(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(34)
Title:
[Kabul from upper Bala Hissar.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking westwards across the city from the upper citadel, with the Asmai Heights in the background. The Mausoleum of Timur Shah can also be seen in the background, right of centre. For another copy, see APAC Photo 197 (34).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

8. Maps 51850/10(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(45)
Title:
[Bala Hissar, Kabul, from Sher Darwaza.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Marked 'Confidential' in the negative. Genre: War Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking north-eastwards down from the Sher Darwaza Heights onto the Bala Hissar Citadel, showing the southern fortified wall in the foreground and the city on the extreme le...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item