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RE 107 — Fortifications on Koh-e Asma’i

General view of the top of Koh-e Asma’i with its extensive fortifications.
[Green album:] Photo. No. 16. Asmai Fort. View of the Works on the ascent from the N.W. The height was carried by assault, by the line, Dec. 14th 1879. [S&M List:] 2-53 Fort, Asmai Hill.
  • Original:
    Chatham: Cabul Defences, Photo No. 16, “Green Album”, No. J1 6/256
  • Collection Cabul Defences, Plan No. 10, 10 A, 10 B
  • Not in the albums of the usual RE Collections.
  • Collection Eduard Freye, EF 181-186: photographs of the remains of the fortification on top of the mountain Koh-e Asmai, taken in October 1930.
Image No.
RE 107
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
good
Place, date
Kabul, 1879/80
Descriptors
  • 0101. Kabul City
  • 2.126 Kabul and SE-Afghanistan
  • 4.364 Second A.-A. War (1878-1880)
  • 4.83 Military Installations, Buildings
    • Latitude / Longitude34.517688 / 69.161477
    Google Earth34°31'03" N / 69°09'41" E / 2075 m
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    Survey of India MapSheet 38 (1917), Kabul: Kabul, 2B 26

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    Authors: Paul Bucherer, Bill Woodburn