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Photo 972, 5(264)
- Record Id:
- 041-003297915
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003297643
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x0002de
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 972, 5(264)
- Title:
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Povindah. Itinerant Afghan merchant. Soonnee Mahomedan. Gundapoor. Kohat. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Full-length portrait, seated on an upturned basket and armed with a matchlock: 'These wandering merchants carry on all the trade between Central Asia and India...Every years they descend from the passes into Afghanistan, with long droves of camels laden with wool and other produce, and take back salt, spices, sugar, Indian condiments, with British and Indian manufactures...Their wealth lies chiefly in camels, of which they possess large and valuable herds. The security afforded to them by the establishment of order on the frontier is acknowledged by them, snd must afford a vivid and happy contrast to the lawlessness and turbulence of former times, through which they had to fight their way. In every point of view the Povindahs are a most interesting class of the varied tribes of the frontier, paceful and industrious, following their hereditary calling of centuries with admirable perseverance. They are free from the haughty pride and religious excitement of the Afghan frontier tribes.' Oval image.
Subjects = Afghanis; arms and armour; ethnic groups; matchlocks; Povindahs; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 5, 1872)
Location = Kohat; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003297643
040-003297877
041-003297915 - Is part of:
- Photo 972 : 'The People of India' (8 vols, London, 1868-75)
Photo 972, 5 : The People of India. A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan.…
Photo 972, 5(264) : Povindah. Itinerant Afghan merchant. Soonnee Mahomedan. Gundapoor. Kohat. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003297643[0005]/040-003297877[0038]/041-003297915
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 972
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1860s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)