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‘Jellallabad. Scene in the City with musicians.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Soldiers of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment.’ A heliograph team equipped with early Aldis lamps and signalling mirrors which were deployed for long-distance mountain-top to mountain-top communications back to Imperial India.

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘The Family of the Dost.’ The influence of Dost Mohammad, Emir of Afghanistan for four decades, towered over relations with the British. Up to his death in 1863, he forged a sense of Afghan unity whilst guiding a difficult path between British and Russian

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Major Cavagnari, C.S.I. and chief Sirdars with Kunar Syud.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Landholders and Labourers.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘The Amir Shere Ali Khan.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Panorama Of The City of Cabul & Surroundings. Taken from Bala Bohj. Shepur in the Distance.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Kutchi Village near Dakka.’ Kuchi people are nomadic herders who move their herds of camels and sheep down into Pakistan in winter and back to Afghanistan in the warmer months. In recent years their transnational lifestyle has been seen as a security thr

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Interior of Fort Dakka.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Jellallabad. The main street showing covered Bazaar.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Upper Bala Hissar. South Face.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Cabul. West End Sherpur. Winter.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Sha Shaid. The Bala Hissar Gate.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Buddhist Temple excavated at Ali Musjid.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Shamshere Bridge and Musjid, On the Cabul River Near Dehmazang Gorge, North West Corner of City.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Timur Shah’s Mosque.’

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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‘Gap Between Upper Bala-Hissar and Bala-Burj, Looking Toward Beni-Hissar.’ The Bala Hissar is the citadel that straddles Kabul to this day. In Burke’s time it was part fortress, part barracks. Home to a small town of courtiers and servants, it also housed

John Burke
1878–80, printed by Simon Norfolk 2011
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