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1. Maps 51850/10(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(10)
Title:
[Shah Shuja's old palace, Bala Hissar, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto a corner of an open court, with the palace buildings on the left and numerous figures posed for the photographer in front of the building. The palace of Shah Shuja (reigned 1803-09, 1839-42) was situated along the inner north wall of the Bala Hissar...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

2. 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...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. Photo 197(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(8)
Title:
[The ruined] Residency, front view, [Kabul]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of a portion of the gutted Residency building in the south-eastern section of the Bala Hissar. Duplicate of Photo 98 (18). Another duplicate at Photo 449/1 (10).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 197(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(45)
Title:
Bala Hissar from Sher Denwaza [sic, for Darwaza]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape 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 wall in the foreground and the city on the extreme left. In the centre of the view, with the enclosed garden i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 430/3(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/3(4)
Title:
Upper Bala Hissar from gate above Residency [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography This view is taken from a point to the south of the Residency, on the south-east side of the Bala Hissar, looking in a north-westerly direction towards the gateway leading to the Upper Bala Hissar. A note on a contemporary map of the Bala Hissar (BL shelfmark +++) reads: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 430/3(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/3(29)
Title:
The Dewan-i-Am looking towards Upper Bala Hissar [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'Burke 285'. Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking down onto the Diwan-i-Am or hall of public audience in the Bala Hissar, with the walls of the fort rising in the background. This building, seen here in dilapidated condition during the Brit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 487(93)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 487(93)
Title:
The Amir Yakub Khan's Highlanders in group [Gandamak]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Posed group of Afghan troops dressed in uniforms based on those worn by British Highland regiments. No. 103 in Burke catalogue of Afghan War views.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1879
Extent:
1 item