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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Maps 51850/10 Subject Forts and Fortifications

11. 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

12. Maps 51850/10(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(19)
Title:
[Portion of Sherpur, Kabul, showing the Sher Darwaza.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the cantonment and towards its western perimeter wall, with Headquarters Gateway in the centre, and the Sher Darwaza Heights rising beyond on the skyline in the centre of the print. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (19)...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

13. Maps 51850/10(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(21)
Title:
[Blockhouse, Seah Sung, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Marked 'Confidential' in the negative. Genre: War Photography General view of a stone blockhouse on the heights of Siah Sang, to the east of the city. For plan and elevation, see accompanying sheet No. 4, 'Block House on Siah Sung.' For other copies of this photograph, see APAC Ph...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

14. Maps 51850/10(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(22)
Title:
[Fort Asmai, Kabul, interior, looking south-west.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Marked 'Confidential' in the negative. Genre: War Photography View from the battlements of Fort Asmai, at the summit of the Asmai Heights west of the city, looking south-west along the valley of the Kabul River. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (22) a...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

15. 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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

16. Maps 51850/10(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(24)
Title:
[Bala Gorge, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking along the ridge towards blockhouses. These appear to be the fortified positions, plans and elevations of which are in the accompanying sheet 17, 'Sherpur Cantonments Blockhouse No. 6 in the gorge between the two Bemaru...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

17. Maps 51850/10(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(25)
Title:
[Fort Sher Darwaza, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of part of the interior of the fort on the Sher Darwaza Heights south of the city. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (25) and Photo 98 (49).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

18. Maps 51850/10(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(28)
Title:
[Portion of Sherpur, Kabul, showing Royal Engineers Park.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View showing the Royal Engineers Park at the west end of the Sherpur Cantonment, with tents and other equipment in the foreground. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (28), Photo 98 (22) and Photo 449/1 (26).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

19. 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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

20. 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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item