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ABC 065 — Robat-e Sorkh Pass

Probably a photograph of a rather empty landscape.
[List:] 65. Robat-i-Súrkh pass looking south-west.
  • Adamec, L.W. (1975): Herat and north-western Afghanistan, p. 380: Surkh, Robat-i-, “The pass known as the Robat-i-Surkh leads over the hills separating the Ghorian district from Badghis.”
Image No.
ABC 065
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission 1884-86
Series
ABC 2, Photographs 058 to 116
Format
Sepia print
Place, date
Robat-e Sorkh, 1884
Descriptors
  • 1.57 Pictures of Landscapes, Cities
  • 2.123 Herat and NW-Afghanistan
  • 4.365 Abdur Rahman Khan (1880-1901)
  • 4.416 GB Relations with Great Britain
    • Latitude / Longitude34.398126 / 62.415166
    Google Earth34°22ʹ N / 62°21ʹ E
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    Survey of India MapSheet 29, Herat (1916): Robat-i-Surkh, J 43

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    Authors: Paul Bucherer, Laura Albisetti, Mattias Hemmig, Hans-Ulrich Seidt, John Falconer, Bill Woodburn