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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...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
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...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880
Extent:
1 item

3. Neg 1240(95)

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 1240(95)
Title:
Herat (Western Afghanistan). Citadel of Ikhtiar-ad Din, built 14th century, restored by Shah Rukh, 1415. North-west angle tower, Koranic inscription. Faience on unbaked brick. Photographer: Byron, Robert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1933
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