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Phototheca AfghanicaPhototheca Afghanica
In the foreground stand some Anglo-Indian soldiers in Afghan lambskin coats (poshtin). Many horses covered with blankets, grazing on the banks of a rivulet on arid ground, sparsely covered with grass and shrubs, or drinking. The background is formed by a hilly countryside.
Place, date
Akhtachi, February to March, 1885
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 2, Photographs 058 to 116
ABC 062
Details
A soldier with Afghan lambskin cap standing on the bank of a meandering rivulet or irrigation canal. On both sides some horses and donkeys are drinking or grazing on arid ground which is sparsely covered with grass and shrubs.
Place, date
Akhtachi, February to March, 1885
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 2, Photographs 058 to 116
ABC 063
Details
Remains of a robat (small caravanserail or halting place) with domed roofs, made from sun-dried bricks. Most probably the barrel-vaulted building on the right side of the main building is the haoz (water reservoir). On the left side of the building a horse and a man are standing, two men are sitting on the ground. Behind the robat is a distinctive cliffy hill.
Place, date
Robat-e Sorkh, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 2, Photographs 058 to 116
ABC 064
Details
Probably a photograph of a rather empty landscape.
Place, date
Robat-e Sorkh, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 2, Photographs 058 to 116
ABC 065
Details