ABC 121 — Gate to Kalat-e Nadiri

This photograph was taken on the route to Mashhad by J.E.T. Aitchison or by Carl Ludwig Griesbach.

Curzon, G.N. (1892): The same ‘gate’ at Kalat-e Nadiri.

This photograph was taken on the route to Mashhad by J.E.T. Aitchison or by Carl Ludwig Griesbach.

[List:] 121. Arkbunshah gate, Kelat-i-Nadri looking north.

Curzon, G.N. (1892): Persia and the Persian question, Vol. 1, pp. 113-147: visit to Kelat-i-Nadiri; p. 128: photograph of the gate of Argawan Shah and its description.
Adamec, L.W. (1981): Meshed and northeastern Iran, pp. 277-286: Kalat-i-Nadiri; p. 280: “[…] we found ourselves facing the famous Arghavan Shah gate of Kalat. Right across the narrow gorge the gateway is built, which bars all entrance to the interior.”

Image No.

ABC 121

Collection

Afghan Boundary Commission 1884-86

Series

ABC 3, Photographs 117 to 167

Format

Sepia print

Place, date

Kalat-e Nadiri, 1885

Descriptors

1.57 Pictures of Landscapes, Cities

2.111 NE-Iran: Khorasan

4.365 Abdur Rahman Khan (1880-1901)

4.416 GB Relations with Great Britain

Latitude / Longitude36.994693 / 59.725651

Google Earth36°59ʹ50” N / 59°43ʹ43” E

Survey of India MapSheet 22, Meshed, not available at Bubendorf

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