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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Maps 51850/10

21. Maps 51850/10(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(20)
Title:
[Shewaki Minar (Minar-i-Chakri).] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the stone tower known as the Minar-i-Chakri, which marks the pass at the top of Takht-i-Shah, to the south of Kabul, not far from the village of Shewaki, with a group of soldiers posed at the base. Over 20 metres high, the tower was built in the early centuries A....
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. Maps 51850/10(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(26)
Title:
[Graveyard, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the cemetery and enclosing stone wall, situated at the north-west corner of the Sherpur Cantonment. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (26), Photo 98 (49) and Photo 449/1 (17).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

28. Maps 51850/10(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(27)
Title:
[Kabul from Asmai.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking eastwards across the city, with the octagonal, domed mausoleum of Timur Shah and the large surrounding garden dominating the right-hand section. For another copy, see APAC Photo 197 (27). Reproduced in Francis Gordon C...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

29. 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

30. Maps 51850/10(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(29)
Title:
[Bridge over the Kabul River.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking along the river towards the wooden pile bridge built just to the north of Fort Ibrahim Khan, on the road linking the Sherpur Cantonment and Siah Sang. For plans of the structure, see accompanying plan no. 3a, 'Bridge over Cabul River at Fort Ibrahim Khan.' Ot...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item