RE 003 — In the Khyber / Mouth of Khyber Pass

Impressive panoramic view of the typical bare landscape in the Khyber Pass, with some traces of tracks. A dry river bed at the foot of the left hill.

Left part of panorama RE 003.

Impressive panoramic view of the typical bare landscape in the Khyber Pass, with some traces of tracks. A dry river bed at the foot of the left hill.

[Album:] In the Khyber. / Mouth of Khyber Pass. [S&M List:] 1-7/8 Mouth of Khyber Pass. Panorama.

Original:
Chatham: Box No.: F 18, Album No.: 6/44, Page No.: 30
[Parliamentary Blue Papers]: Afghanistan No. 7 (1879), p. 29 in a letter to Viscount Cranbrook, Secretary of State for India, dated 7 July 1879: "The force operating on the Khyber line was commanded by General Sir Samuel Browne, whose instructions were to capture Ali Musjid, expel the Amir's garrisons from the Khyber, and occupy Lundi Kotal, Dakka, or such other point as might be found most convenient at the head of the Pass, thus threatening Jallalabad, but not advancing further."

Image No.

RE 003

Collection

Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880 1878-1880

Series

RE 001-056, Khyber, Jalalabad, Gandamak

Format

Albumen paper with gold toning, 205/280 mm, mounted on cardboard

Quality

faded

Place, date

Khyber Pass, November 1878

Descriptors

1.57 Pictures of Landscapes, Cities

2.115 Pakistan: NWFP

4.364 Second A.-A. War (1878-1880)

Latitude / Longitude34.000198 / 71.327680

Google Earth34°00'08" N / 71°19'46" E / 550 müM

Survey of India MapSheet 38, Kabul (1917): Khaibar, 2D 21

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Authors: Paul Bucherer, Bill Woodburn