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Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.11(172)
Title:: Une course au bouc dans le grand ravin d'Afrasiab. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
Scope & Content:: Facing p. 172. Showing riders and spectators gathered for a buzkashi match at Afrasiab, to the north of Samarkand.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.11(174)
Title:: Un chevalier chaussé de bottes à haut talons pointus [buzkashi rider at Afrasiab, Samarkand]. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 174. Full-length portrait of one of the riders in the buzkashi (Turki: kok-boru)competition at Afrasiab, posed to display his high-heeled riding boots.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.11(176)
Title:: Le Starchii-Aksakal de Samarkand en grande costume de cérémonie. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 176. Full-length standing portrait of the Aksakal of Samarkand, dressed in an elaborately decorated robe and turban, with a curved sword hanging from his belt.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.11(178)
Title:: Divertissement de Batcha (danseurs) dans le vestibule d'une maison particulière [Samarkand]. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 178. Group of Batcha dancers performing in the vestibule of a private house. These young male dancers took the place of females in a culture where women could dance in public. On reaching adulthood, they quit the profession. The location is unspecified, but...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.11(182)
Title:: Afrasiab, le jour de la grande course du Sâli-Naou. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 182. Group portrait of a row of seated dignitaries, with a line of Batcha dancers kneeling in front of them. Afrasiab, to the north of the city, was the location for the buzkashi matches at Samarkand.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1862.b.20(15)
Title:: Afridi picket near Jumrood — Khyber and Rotas in distance. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Burke 2' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Afridi group, armed with jezails and posed against a backdrop of mountains. Reproduced as an engraving in 'The Graphic' of 7 June 1879. Another copy at Photo 430/2 (3)
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1878-1879
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1862.b.20(47)
Title:: Kutchi (Gipsy) village and encampment nr. Dakka. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:: View of an encampment of tents and thatched huts on the hillside near Loe Dakka, near the eastern border of Afghanistan. Another copy at Photo 430/2 (24).
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1878-1879
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1862.b.20(54)
Title:: Khyber chiefs and khans with Capt. Tucker (Political Officer in Jamrood Fort). Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Burke 58' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Afridi tribesmen with Captain (later Major-General) Louis Henry Emile Tucker (1843-1935) of the Punjab Police, posed at the base of a rubble masonry wall, presumably part of Jamrud fort. Another copy ...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1878-1879
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1862.b.20(55)
Title:: The Khan of Lalpura and followers — with Political Officer. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Afghan group, posed on a hillside with the half-Afghan Robert (later Sir Robert) Warburton (1842-1899), Political Officer in the Khyber 1879-97. The Khan of Lalpura at this time was named Nowroz Khan. Another copy at Photo 430/2 (27).
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1878-1879
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1862.b.20(83)
Title:: Scene in the city — Jellalabad. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Burke 77' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Afghan men, including two musicians, seated beneath trees in the city.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1879
Extent:: 1 item

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