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Maps 51850/10(17)
- Record Id:
- 040-003218731
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003218714
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026761935.0x000ebf
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Maps 51850/10(17)
- Title:
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[Part of the Bala Hissar, Kabul, showing the old palace gardens.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
- Scope & Content:
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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 buildings on the far right of the photograph are Amir Yakub Khan's palace, with Siah Sang hill rising beyond on the far side of the valley. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (17), Photo 98 (11) and Photo 449/1 (37).
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003218714
040-003218731 - Is part of:
- Maps 51850/10 : Photographs of Kabul and environs [Second Afghan War]. Photographer(s): Bengal Sappers and Miners
Maps 51850/10(17) : [Part of the Bala Hissar, Kabul, showing the old palace gardens.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners - Hierarchy:
- 032-003218714[0017]/040-003218731
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Maps 51850/10
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/470732237CDA48BEA43D05FF6AAC7548
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1880
- End Date:
- 1880
- Date Range:
- 1880
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 203 mm x 279 mm
Format: Loose
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bengal Sappers and Miners
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Bala Hissar (Kabul)
Charbaghs
Citadels
Dwellings
Forts and Fortifications
Gardens
Military Campaigns and Battles
Military facilities
Palaces
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80)
