ER 127 — Strassenbau in der Region Kabul
Um seine Residenzen und Jagdgebiete mit dem Automobil besser erreichen zu können, liess Emir Habibullah Khan von Kabul aus befestigte Strassen bauen. Die ersten Strecken waren die nach Paghman, Istalif, Jabal us-Seraj und Jalalabad. Aufzeichnungen in siraj al-tawarikh zeigen, dass die Fahrzeiten in Stunden und Minuten genau festgehalten wurden. Teile dieser von Hand gepflasterten Strassen waren noch im Jahr 2002 in erstaunlich gutem Zustand.
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In order to get a better access by car to his residencies and hunting grounds, Habibullah Khan ordered the construction of paved roads. The first ones led to Paghman, Istalif, Jabal us-Seraj, and Jalalabad. The driving times in hours and minutes were recorded in siraj al-tawarikh. Some parts of these hand-paved roads were still in surprisingly good condition in 2002.
[Album:] Öff. Arbeiten zur Zeit Habibullah Chan. Strassenbau nächst Kabul, Eselkarawanen bringen Steine
[Foto, verso:] Steinklopfer, Strassenarbeit.
- Rybitschka-Album, Bild-Nummer: ER 127 = 533.
- R.D. McChesney; M.M. Khorrami [Eds.] (2016): The history of Afghanistan, Fayz Muhammad Katib Hazarah’s Siraj al-tawarikh, Vol. 4, Part 4, S. 1259: “Since the year ‘26/1908-1909, ‘Abd al-Ghiyas Khan, chief officer of the Safar Mina Regiment, had been engaged in rebuilding and improving the Kabul-Jalalabad road with the regiment under his command as well as with the help of all the subjects living along the road.”
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