ABC 103 — Walls of Herat from the East and North Side

• Owen, Charles (1884-86): Transcript of diary and letters, p. 252: “22 Jul [1885] Wednesday. Durand, Holdich and Peacocke went into Herat. […] Sent draftsman into Herat. […]”; letter to Mrs CW Owen (dated 22 July 1885), “[…] Ridgeway, Durand, Yate, Holdich, Peacocke and myself are here in a village outside Herat where we marched yesterday morning. Durand and the REs [Royal Engineers] have gone to the fortifications and we are busy with the thousand and one things which constitute our daily work. […]”; p. 256: “25 Jul [1885] Saturday. Had a good deal of work in Hosp. Durand, Holdich, Peacocke returned from Herat. Fortifications getting on. The workmen and troops are all delighted at earning a kran a day. The party met with nothing but respect, notwithstanding previous reports. […]”; “26 Jul [1885] […] Griesbach took 14 photographs of Herat. […]”
• The Illustrated London News, Vol. 87 (1885/2), Aug. 15, pp. 178-179: engraving based on a sketch by Captain Peacocke, “General view of Herat looking south west.”
• The Graphic, Vol. 32 (1885/2), August 15, p. 173: engraving of Herat.
• Holdich, T.H. (1885): Afghan Boundary Commission; Geographical Notes, pp. 275-276: description of Herat.
• Stewart, C.E. (1886): The Herat valley and the Persian Border, pp. 146-148: description of the city of Herat and its surrounding on the occasion of the first visit by British officers.
• Peacocke, W. (1887): Diary of Captain Peacocke, pp. 52-53 and 160: description of old Herat; p. 407: description of Herat.
• Yate, A.C. (1887): Travels with the Afghan Boundary Commission, pp. 139-140: description of the four gates; f.p. 140: drawing shows the Irak Gate.
• Yate, C.E. (1888): Northern Afghanistan or Letters from the Afghan Boundary Commission, pp. 25-42: detailed description of Herat and its antiquities.
• Niedermayer, O.; Diez, E. (1924): Afganistan, Plan 3: Plan von Herat.
• Adamec, L.W. (1975): Herat and north-western Afghanistan, pp. 160-179: Herat.
• Ball, W. (1981): Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan, p. 123-125: Herat.

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