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Phototheca AfghanicaPhototheca Afghanica
Probably a photograph of Qala-ye Fath, taken from farther away.
Place, date
Qala-ye Fath, October 24 to 25, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 1, Photographs 001 to 057
ABC 008
Details
In the right foreground the ramp leading to the entrance of the innermost part of the citadel which is still protected by a wooden double-door vaulted by a pointed arch in bricks. This door is placed in a double-storied recess, itself vaulted over by a pointed arch. The walls are partly crenellated and made in the left part from mud bricks, in the right part from adobe.
Place, date
Qala-ye Fath, October 24 to 25, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 1, Photographs 001 to 057
ABC 009
Details
A domed structure made from burned bricks, which was never finished. It consists of a central two-storied building and two single-storied wings. The interpretation is either that it was intended to become a caravan saray or a musalla (religious school). In the foreground a water channel between high dams. On the left side of the building a low enclosure with zickzack bricks defines a platform for prayer.
Place, date
Qala-ye Fath, October 24 to 25, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 1, Photographs 001 to 057
ABC 010
Details
A domed structure made from burned bricks, which was never finished. It consists of a central two-storied building and two single-storied wings. The interpretation is either that it was intended to become a caravan saray or a government college. In the foreground a water channel between high dams.
Place, date
Qala-ye Fath, October 24 to 25, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 1, Photographs 001 to 057
ABC 011
Details