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Photo 1042(11)
- Record Id:
- 040-003164839
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003164828
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026374023.0x000068
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1042(11)
- Title:
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The Pagoda of Pan Chao, Kashgar. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
- Scope & Content:
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'Perhaps the earliest mention of Kie-sha, as was then called, was when the famous Chinese general Pan Chao in the first century of our era conquered the oasis and marched his armies almost as far as the Caspian. Accordingly we made our first expedition to the picturesque temple erected by the Chinese to this hero, who, we were told, defended the city most valiantly against fierce attacks from the Kirghiz tribes. The monument is quite modern, the Mohamedan conqueror Yakub Beg having destroyed the original temple during the sixties, and the legend that places the remains of the great soldier in the high mound on which the temple stands is open to doubt.' (Ella and Percy Sykes, Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia (London: 1920), p. 67).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003164828
040-003164839 - Is part of:
- Photo 1042 : Photographs taken by Lt. Col. Sir Percy Sykes to illustrate Chinese Turkestan, the Russian Pamirs and Osh. April-November,…
Photo 1042(11) : The Pagoda of Pan Chao, Kashgar. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth - Hierarchy:
- 032-003164828[0011]/040-003164839
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1042
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1914
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- Apr 1915-Nov 1915
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Gelatin silver print, 160x105mm
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Sykes, Percy Molesworth, Knight, army officer and diplomat, 1867-1945
- Subjects:
- Pan Chao Temple (Kashgar)
- Places:
- Kashgar, Kashi, Xinjiang, China, Asia