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Phototheca AfghanicaPhototheca Afghanica
Ground plan, sections and elevations of the military fortifications, erected at the eastern end of the hill, between Fort Onslow and the village of Bemaruh by the Royal Engineers under the command of Lieut.-Col. Æ. Perkins.
Place, date
Kabul, 1880
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans
RE Plan No. 20
Details
Ground plan of the military fortifications, erected at the eastern side of the Sherpur Cantonment by the Royal Engineers under the command of Lieut.-Col. Æ. Perkins, including the Native Field Hospital and the Fort Mahomed Hussan Khan, installed in existing Afghan Qalas.
Place, date
Kabul, 1880
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans
RE Plan No. 21
Details
Five sections through the military fortifications at the eastern side of Sherpur Cantonment (positions are given in Plan No. 21), erected by the Royal Engineers under the command of Lieut.-Col. Æ. Perkins.
Place, date
Kabul, 1880
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans
RE Plan No. 21 A
Details
Section through the military fortification on the southern and western side of the cantonment, this wall around Sherpur was erected by the Afghans at the time of Amir Sher Ali Khan and reinforced by British troops in 1879/80.
Place, date
Kabul, 1880
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans
RE Plan No. 22
Details