ABC 030 — Robat-e Sorkh
Partial view of the walled-in village of Robat-e Sorkh. There is only one entrance to the village visible in the middle of the wall. Most of the one- and two-storied houses have domed roofs and a badgir. The higher building is looking like a pigeon tower. Two horses and a group of men are at the left corner of the village wall. An irrigation canal meanders in the foreground. Some more villagers are sitting on the top of the wall. At the right side lies a ploughed field in front of the wall. In t...
Enlargement of the left part of the village with a group of people.
Partial view of the walled-in village of Robat-e Sorkh. There is only one entrance to the village visible in the middle of the wall. Most of the one- and two-storied houses have domed roofs and a badgir. The higher building is looking like a pigeon tower. Two horses and a group of men are at the left corner of the village wall. An irrigation canal meanders in the foreground. Some more villagers are sitting on the top of the wall. At the right side lies a ploughed field in front of the wall. In the background some trees.
[List:] 30. Robat-i-Súrkh near Herat, looking up the valley.
- Adamec, L.W. (1975): Herat and north-western Afghanistan, p. 379: Surkh, “[…] A ruined robat and haoz, situated at the mouth of the Karokh valley, where it debouches into the Herat plain. [see photo ABC 64] […] About ½ mile southeast of the ruined robat is the small village of Robat-i-Surkh, consisting of 20 houses surrounded by a wall […]”
Image No.
ABC 030
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission 1884-86
Series
ABC 1, Photographs 001 to 057
Format
Sepia print, 150/203 mm
Quality
good, margins faded
Place, date
Robat-e Sorkh, 1884
Descriptors
Latitude / Longitude34.406316 / 62.423490
Google Earth34°22ʹ N / 62°21ʹ E
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Survey of India MapSheet 29, Herat (1916): Robat-i-Surkh, J 43
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