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Phototheca AfghanicaPhototheca Afghanica
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing the Zulfikar Pass, which is not so much a high pass over a mountain, but much more a deep cleft in the rocky cliff on the eastern side of the Hari Rud River.
Place, date
Zulfikar, 1885
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 5, ELD Sketches 054 to 107
ELD 058
Details
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing the broken valley between the two sandstone cliffs with the defiles, which form the so-called Zulfikar Pass. In the foreground three horses, kept by a soldier, in the background the second perpendicular sandstone cliff is visible.
Place, date
Zulfikar, November, 1885
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 5, ELD Sketches 054 to 107
ELD 059
Details
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing the entrance to the Zulfikar Pass from the western (Persian) bank of the Hari Rud River.
Place, date
Zulfikar, November, 1885
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 5, ELD Sketches 054 to 107
ELD 060
Details
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing the sandstone cliff on the right/eastern side of the valley of the Hari Rud River as seen from the SE. In the foreground two Afghans are standing; the one with the horse pointing with a stick to the right.
Place, date
South of Zulfikar Pass, June, 1885
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 5, ELD Sketches 054 to 107
ELD 061
Details