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11. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (11)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (11)
Title:
View up valley from Kupkan. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the valley towards mountains, with fields under cultivation in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

12. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (12)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (12)
Title:
Zabbardast Khan on the 'Ladder of Nadir Shah'. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of Zabbardast Khan, standing on steps carved into the rocky hillside: 'After photographing this historical site [Kupkan], we resumed our journey and commenced to rise to the crest of the Allah ho Akbar (Allah he is Great) range. On the w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

13. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (13)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (13)
Title:
View of the 'Ladder of Nadir Shah'. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Inscription: 104 Genre: Archaeological Photography General view looking up the flight of rock-cut steps. See note at print 12.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

14. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (14)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (14)
Title:
Nomads on the Allah-ho-Akbar range. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Group with camels and horses on mountainside: 'The view from the crest of the Allah ho Akbar range was superb...descending the range we passed a humble family of nomads on their way to graze in the Darragaz district just as Nadir's parents had done; and I took a pho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

15. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (15)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (15)
Title:
Masud Khan on the ruins of the Birthplace of Nadir Shah. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View looking up hillside towards Masud Khan, seated on horseback: 'Some six miles from Mohamedabad [Darreh Gaz] , the capital, I was met by Masud Khan Chapashlu, Governor of Darragaz. The Chapashlu, or 'Owners of Goats', are a branch of the Turkish Istajlu, one of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

16. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (16)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (16)
Title:
Stone remains from Yarim Tappa. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Figure posed beside a stone object, a double drum, tapered in the centre: see note at print 17. Probably photographed at Darreh Gaz.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

17. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (17)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (17)
Title:
The Prehistorical Vessel [from Yarim Tappa, near Darreh Gaz]. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of pot: 'One result of my visit to Darragaz was, as stated baove, a discovery of pottery, and to this I now propose to refer. My host knew that I was deeply interested in everything old, and informed me that when digging in some ruins at about 8 feet...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

18. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (18)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (18)
Title:
The site of the find of stonework and pottery [Yarim Tappa]. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the mound, with Dabbardast Khan and Masud Khan: 'On the day after my arrival I was taken to Yarim Tappa, the site of the discovery [of the pieces seen in prints 16-17], situated some two miles north of Mohamedabad [Darreh Gaz]. The mound, which is perha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

19. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (19)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (19)
Title:
Yarim Tappa from the south. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the mound, with a figure on horseback in the middle distance. Horizon out of true.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

20. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (20)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (20)
Title:
Chapashlu type. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of an elderly bearded man standing in front of a yurt: 'The Chapashlu, or 'Owners of Goats', are a branch of the Turkish Istajlu, one of the seven tribes which set Shah Ismail, the founder of the Savafi dynasty, on the throne of Persia.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item