RE 106 — Fortifications C and D on Koh-e Sher Darwaza
View from the NE end of the roof of the main fortification on the ridge of the Koh-e Sher Darwaza in direction NW. The first fortification was called “Post on the Shahr-Durwazah for 10 rifles, marked C on General Plan”; the second fortification in the background was “Post on the Shahr-Durwazah for 30 rifles, marked D on General Plan”. In the right background, the fort on top of the mountain Koh-e Asma’i can be recognized.
View from the NE end of the roof of the main fortification on the ridge of the Koh-e Sher Darwaza in direction NW. The first fortification was called “Post on the Shahr-Durwazah for 10 rifles, marked C on General Plan”; the second fortification in the background was “Post on the Shahr-Durwazah for 30 rifles, marked D on General Plan”. In the right background, the fort on top of the mountain Koh-e Asma’i can be recognized.
[Green album:] Photo. No. 15. / Advanced Posts on the Shahr-i-Darwaza. Seen from Fort B. Distance from point to point about 260 yards.
[S&M List:] 2-62 Block House, Sher Derwaza.
- Original:
Chatham: Cabul Defences, Photo No. 15, “Green Album”, No. J1 6/256 - Collection Cabul Defences, Plan No. 9
- Not in the albums of the usual RE Collections.
- Woodburn, C.W. (2009): The Bala Hissar of Kabul. Revealing a fortress-palace in Afghanistan, p. 40, Figure 52: “Posts which were strengthened along Sher Dawza [sic!] walls in 1880. The road built at this time lies along the right (north) side.
Image No.
RE 106
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880 1878-1880
Series
RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans
Format
Albumen paper with gold toning, 205/280 mm, on brittle, brown paper with printed captions
Quality
background faded
Place, date
Kabul, 1879/80
Descriptors
Latitude / Longitude34.500813 / 69.170505
Google Earth34°30'03" N / 69°10'14" E / 2190 m
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Survey of India MapSheet 38 (1917), Kabul: Kabul, 2B 26
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