ABC 140 — Kara Kotal
View of the cragged adjacencies of the Kara Kotal. On the left side and in the background the ridges are partly covered with snow. In the foreground the cliff is overgrown with bunches of wild grass. Another view of the same place is ABC 141.
View of the cragged adjacencies of the Kara Kotal. On the left side and in the background the ridges are partly covered with snow. In the foreground the cliff is overgrown with bunches of wild grass. Another view of the same place is ABC 141.
[List:] 140. To south-east from Kara Kotal on to ranges south of it; Mathar, Bajgah, Tangi, &c., &c.
- Talbot, M.; Maitland, P.; Simpson, W. (1886): The Rock-Cut Caves and Statue of Bamian, p. 329: the crossing of the Kara Kotal is mentioned.
- Adamec, L.W. (1979): Mazar-i-Sharif and north-central Afghanistan, pp. 308-310: Kara Kotal; p. 309: “The main road leaves the Kahmard valley at Bajgah, and runs up to the Madar ravine. […]”; p. 377: Madar, “A village in the Kahmard district, situated 7 miles south of Kara Kotal, and containing 15 houses of Tajiks. (Maitland).”
Image No
ABC 140
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission 1884-86
Série
ABC 3, Photographs 117 to 167
Format
Sepia print, 142/200 mm
Qualité
good, margins faded, darkened
Lieu, date
Kara Kotal, November 13, 1885
Descripteurs
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