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British Occupation of Kandahār Album, 1881
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Series I. British Occupation of Kandahār Album, 1881

British Occupation of Kandahār Album (digitized version): 1881

Arrangement

In original order.
page Front paste-down

2013.R.5-fpe Blank page

page Front free endpaper

2013.R.5-ffe Blank page

page Verso front free endpaper

2013.R.5-ffe_v Blank page

page 1 recto

2013.R.5-1r 1. Tomb of Ahmed Shah from SW Bastion of Citadel

page 1 verso

2013.R.5-1v 3. View of City, from Signal Tower Looking West

page 2 recto

2013.R.5-2r 4. Deh Khoja, from above the Durani Gate

page 2 verso

2013.R.5-2v 5. Deh Khoja, from the Cabuli Gate

page 3 recto

2013.R.5-3r 6. Murcha Pass, from top of Durani Gate

page 3 verso

2013.R.5-3v 7. The "Sisters" and Walis' Burial Ground, from Durani Gate

Page 4 recto

2013.R.5-4r 8. The Baba Wali Kotal, Showing the Position of Ayaub's Guns

page 4 verso

2013.R.5-4v 9. Ditto, Ditto, on the North Side of Kotul [The Baba Wali Kotal, Showing the Position of Ayaub's Guns on the North Side]

page 5 recto

2013.R.5-5r 10. Ayaub's Camp in the Arg

page 5 verso

2013.R.5-5v 11. Tombs of Hazrati and Shere Ali's Father

page 6 recto

2013.R.5-6r 12. Baba Wali Kotal, from the Beloch Lines

page 6 verso

2013.R.5-6v 13. Karez Hill and Kokoran, from Corner of Picket Hill

page 7 recto - 9 recto

Panorama Taken from Karez Hill Embracing Chilzina and the Murcha Pass

Scope and Content Note

Five part panorama, each part mounted separately in the album moving from the left side of the image to the right side. The individual parts are numbered 14-18; only number 14 bears a caption which serves as a title for the entire panorama.
page 7 recto

2013.R.5-7r 14. Panorama Taken from Karez Hill... [Rock Outcroppping above Fields and Mountains]

page 7 verso

2013.R.5-7v 15. [Man Standing on a Rock Outcropping Overlooking Fields]

page 8 recto

2013.R.5-8r 16. [View of Fields Looking Towards Mountains]

page 8 verso

2013.R.5-8v 17. [British Encampment on the Plain]

page 9 recto

2013.R.5-9r 18. [View of Plain with British Encampement to Left]

page 9 verso

2013.R.5-9v 19. Group of Officers Present during the Siege

page 10 recto

2013.R.5-10r 20. Ditto, Ditto, Ditto [Group of Officers Present during the Siege]

Scope and Content Note

Depicts another group of officers present during the siege of Kandahār.
page 10 verso

2013.R.5-10v 21. Theatrical Troupe

Scope and Content Note

The troupe is comprised of British soldiers. One actor is dressed as a vendor of camel pies.
page 11 recto

2013.R.5-11r 22. Baba Wali Kotal, from the 27th Lines

page 11 verso

2013.R.5-11v 23. Signal Tower, from the Wall of the Citadel

page 12 recto

2013.R.5-12r 24. European Cemetery

page 12 verso

2013.R.5-12v 25. View from North Wall, Showing the Cemetery within the Walls and Giving a General View of the City

page 13 verso

2013.R.5-13r 26. [Another View from North Wall, Showing the Cemetery within the Walls and Giving a General View of the City]

page 13 verso

2013.R.5-13v 27. Signal Tower

page 14 recto

2013.R.5-14r 28. Ditto [Signal Tower]

Scope and Content Note

Depicts another view of the signal tower.
page 14 verso

2013.R.5-14v 29. Group Hazāras

page 15 recto

2013.R.5-15r 30. Group, Ayaub's Ambassadors

Scope and Content Note

Caption continues: Abdulla Khan sitting on the right, his son on the left, and Umrjan Sahib Zadah in the centre. The last named is said to have raised all the Ghazis against us at Maiwand.
page 15 verso

2013.R.5-15v [Group Portrait of Five Afghanis]

page 16 recto

2013.R.5-16r 31. The Medical Staff at Kandahār

page 16 verso

2013.R.5-16v 32. Group of Natives at Ziarat-i-Hazratji

page 17 recto

2013.R.5-17r 33. Group, Parsiwans

page 17 verso

2013.R.5-17v 34. Group, Timuris

page 18 recto

2013.R.5-18r 35. Edegah Gate

Scope and Content Note

Image depicts a mounted officer in front of the gate next to an unmounted camel; soldiers stand within the gate.
page 18 verso

2013.R.5-18v 36. Camels Coming out of Durani Gate

page 19 recto

2013.R.5-19r 37. Heyland Cart and Pack Mules Showing the Different Kinds of Pack Saddles

page 19 verso

2013.R.5-19v 38. Transport Officers

page 20 recto

2013.R.5-20r 39. Looking across the Agrandab Valley from Baba Wal Ziarat

page 20 verso

2013.R.5-20v 41. Chilzina or the 40 Steps

page 21 recto

2013.R.5-21r 42. Ahmed Shah's Tomb, from Khirka Sharif

page 21 verso

2013.R.5-21v 43. The Ruins from Kandahār Citadel

page 22 recto

2013.R.5-22r 44. Khirka Shariff, the Shrine Where the Mantle of the Prophet is Preserved

Scope and Content Note

Caption continues: The old Kazi who appears in the picture is stated to be 112 years of age.
page 22 verso

2013.R.5-22v 45. Char Su, the Point to Which the Roads from the Principal Gates Converge

Scope and Content Note

Caption continues: - the scene of Capt. Willis' murder by a Ghazi. Image depicts a procession of Afghanis, led by officials, emerging from the gate.
page 23 recto

2013.R.5-23r 46. Courtyard of Wali Shere Ali's Zenana

page 23 verso

2013.R.5-23v 47. In the Streets of Kandahār

Scope and Content Note

Image depicts groups of men in and around a portico.
page 24 recto

2013.R.5-24r 48. In the Streets of Kandahār

Scope and Content Note

Image depicts groups of men gathered in various doorways and windows, and in the street.
page 24 verso

2013.R.5-24v 49. Artillery Square Showing Main Bastion of Citadel

page 25 recto

2013.R.5-25r 50. Cantonment, 63rd Reigment, Barrack Square

page 25 verso

2013.R.5-25v 52. Picnic in Argandab Valley

page 26 recto

2013.R.5-26r 53. Group, Political Officers

page 26 verso

2013.R.5-26v 54. Group of Natives, Taken in the Walis' Zenana, Lately Used as a Durbar

page 27 recto

2013.R.5-27r 55. Afghan Horse Dealers

page 27 verso

2013.R.5-27v 56. Group, Officers of Transport Department

page 28 recto

2013.R.5-28r 58. A Beluchi Beggar: "Dato Obolum Belisario"

page 28 verso

2013.R.5-28v 59. General Hume's Quarters and Officers' Quarters, 11th and 63rd Regiments

page 29 recto

2013.R.5-29r 60. Base Hospital Square and Cantonments

page 29 verso

2013.R.5-29v 61. Group of Fakirs

page 30 recto

2013.R.5-30r 62. Barracks Square, 78th Highlanders

page 30 verso

2013.R.5-30v 63. Headquarters Staff

page 31 recto

2013.R.5-31r 64. Group, Engineer Officers

page 31 verso

2013.R.5-31v 65. Cantonment, from Picket Hill

page 32 recto

2013.R.5-32r 66. Gymkhana in Foreground

page 32 verso

2013.R.5-32v 67. Walis' Burial Ground from North

page 33 recto

2013.R.5-33r 68. Ditto, from South [Walis' Burial Ground from South]

page 34 verso

2013.R.5-33v 69. View of Plain North and East of Kandahār, Showing Graves &c

page 34 recto

2013.R.5-34r 70. Interior of Walis' Burial Ground Showing Graves

page 34 verso

2013.R.5-34v 71. Kandahār from Hazratji's Shrine Showing Full Extent of N. and E. Walls

page 35 recto

2013.R.5-35r 72. [Another View from Hazratji's Shrine Showing Full Extent of N. and E. Walls]

page 35 verso

2013.R.5-35v 73. Headquarters

page 36 recto

2013.R.5-36r 74. Col. St. Johns' Residence in the City

page 36 verso

2013.R.5-36v 75. Chilzina and Old Kandahār, From Picket Hill