ABC 061 — Persian Camels at Bala Murghab
Probably a view similar to ABC 055.
Probably a view similar to ABC 055.
[List:] 61. Encampment of Persian camels at Bala Murgháb.
- The Illustrated London News, Vol. 86 (1885/1), March 14, p. 287: engraving, showing the head-quarters of the British Boundary Commission at Bala Murghab.
- The Graphic, Vol. 31 (1885/1), March 21, p. 312: engraving, “Arrival at the Bala Murghab of a convoy of camels from Herat.”, see also ABC 055.
- Yate, A.C. (1887): Travels with the Afghan Boundary Commission, p. 219: “[…] Looking from camp southward to the Darband or gorge which gives passage to the Murghab through the mountain-range above mentioned, the eye rests on one broad sheet of snow cast into folds and furrows by the undulations and inequalities of the mountainous surface on which it rests. This is the northern aspect. But ride out to the mouth of the Darband, turn round and look northward; the southerly slopes are brown and bereft of snow. […]”
- Parliamentary Blue Papers (1888): Sketch Map: Bala Murghab.
- Adamec, L.W. (1975): Herat and north-western Afghanistan, pp. 46-47: Bala Murghab; pp. 307-312: Murghab.
Image No.
ABC 061
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission 1884-86
Series
ABC 2, Photographs 058 to 116
Format
Sepia print
Place, date
Bala Murghab, December 1884 to January 1885
Descriptors
Latitude / Longitude35.581570 / 63.330440
Google Earth35°35ʹ37ʺ N / 63°19ʹ44ʺ E / 460 m
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Survey of India MapSheet 29, Herat (1916): Bala Murghab, F 48
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