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RS 160 und 161 — Der Melonen-Bazar von Khulm / Tashkurghan

Die im August / September geernteten Melonen halten sich über Monate und werden durch Verdunsten des Wassers immer süsser. Von Tashkurghan aus werden traditionell Melonen und sehr grosse Granatäpfel nach Kabul transpor-tiert.
[Photo:] Tashkurgan – Kulm / Melonenbasar am Morgen.
  • R. Stuckert (1994): Erinnerungen an Afghanistan, S. 137: „Tashkurghan, das ich nur vom Durchfahren kannte, erweist sich als ein herrlicher Ort. Der Bazar ist sauberer und grösser als der von Aqcha, das Gelände bewegter, die Stadt dicht zusammengedrängt, auch die Wohnquartiere. […]“
    „[…] Der Bazar liegt zur Hauptsache zwischen zwei Flussarmen, ein rechtwinkliges Labyrinth von Dokanstrassen wie in Aqcha. Der Schuh- und der Käppchenbazar bilden eine reizvolle Ausnahme, die zwei engen Ladengässchen mit schmalem Gehweg kreuzen sich in einem Kuppelgewölbe. […]“
  • L. W. Adamec (1979): Mazar-i-Sharif and North-Central Afghanistan, S. 332–335: Abschnitt: „KHULM Also see TASHKURGHAN“.
    S. 332–334: „A town formerly called Tashkurghan, and a woleswali in Samangan province. […] Khulm is the ancient name of the town of Tashkurghan, which was again adopted in 1946 during the reign of King Muhammad Zahir. […]“
    S. 335: „[…] C.-J. Charpentier also published a study on Khulm and its unique traditional bazar. He describes the town as follows: In 1963–64, Tashkurghan changed its name to Khulm, the name of an ancient town located about 7 miles to the north. Tashkurghan is probably one of the few traditional towns left in contemporary Afghanistan, a city with low mudbrick houses and orchards. For several hundred years, Tashkurghan (then an independent khanate) held an important position as one of the great markets on the commercial routes connecting classical Bukhara with the Kingdom of Kabul.“
    S. 569–573: Abschnitt: „TASHKURGHAN Also see KHULM“.
    S. 569: „A town, now called Khulm, in Samangan province. […] In 1914 Tashkurghan was describes [sic! described] as follows:
    „Elevation 1,495 feet. The town of Tashkurghan is the largest and richest town in the province, and is the principal trade mart between Central Asia and Kabul. […] Like Mazar-i-Sharif, it is rather a mass of inhabited orchards than an ordinary town and it covers an enormous extent of ground for its population, but it has a fine and very picturesque bazar of covered streets. […]“
Image No.
RS 160 und 161
Collection
Rudolf Stuckert 1940-1946
Series
RS 128-163, Pul-e Khumri bis Khulm
Format
Originalabzug 118/168 mm
Quality
sehr gut, dunkel
Place, date
Khulm / Tashkurghan, 8. Dezember 1943
Descriptors
  • 1.57 Pictures of Landscapes, Cities
  • 1503. Khulm (Tashqurghan)
  • 5.51 Domestic Trade, Bazaar
  • Latitude / Longitude36.694800 / 67.699600

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