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SdA 3-037 — Le parc et palais koti sorkh

Une autre vue du parc et palais koti sorkh (maison rouge) dans le domaine royal bala bagh à Paghman. Au centre, l’oriel de la façade sud du palais. A droite, un pavillon blanc rectangulaire, entouré d’arbres. Devant le pavillon, des chaises transat orientées vers le parc. Au premier plan, un autre jardin et, le surplombant, un terrain de tennis, entouré d’un filet, accessible à travers un escalier depuis le jardin supérieur. Les deux poteaux visibles ne portent pas de filet.
PAGHMAN — PARC ROYAL
  • Souvenir d'Afghanistan, séries 1 et 2 : n’y figure pas.
  • Collection Espace Albert Kahn (1928) : série Afghanistan, Frédéric Gadmer, inv. A 58646 D (6113), exactement la même vue du parc royal en couleur, prise le 17.10.1928 : «Le Pavillon à terrasse couvert».
  • Poullada, L.B. (1973) : Reform and Rebellion in Afghanistan, 1919-1929, King Amanullah’s Failure to Modernize a Tribal Society, citant un rapport par un officiel anglais en 1921, pp. 60-61 : «[…] On Fridays he [Amanullah] usually takes violent exercice, either walking and playing tennis when at the hill capital of Paghman, or riding and shooting when at Kabul. He is a good shot and hard rider and drives his motor car with skill and some recklessness. […]»
  • Dupree, N.H. (1977) : Early 20th Century Afghan Adaptations of European Architecture, p. 20 : description du style architectural des nouvelles constructions entreprises sous Amanullah à Paghman.
  • Dupree, N.H. (1980) : A Building Boom in the Hindukush, Afghanistan 1921-1928, p. 116 : «Hidden among the bowers of the terraced gardens were several pavilions, fountains, tennis courts and a swimming pool, in addition to garden statuary made entirely from brick finished with gypsum plaster to simulate marble. Such statuary was a novelty, and those in human form created controversy among the King's conservative subjects who accused him of becoming an idol worshipper.»
  • Adamec, L.W. (1985) : Kabul and Southeastern Afghanistan, p. 614 : Paghman.
  • Schinasi, M. (2008) : Kabul 1773-1948, pp. 132-133 : description des projets à Paghman.
Image No.
SdA 3-037
Collection
Souvenir d’Afghanistan 1925-1927
Series
SdA 3/2 (double face, 1927) 033 à 088 : Paghman, Bâtiments 1
Format
image : 134/200 mmplanche : 148/218 mmcouverture bleue ou verte
Quality
excellente ; noir et blanc
Place, date
Paghman, 1927
Descriptors
  • 0108. Paghman
  • 1.57 Pictures of Landscapes, Cities
  • 3.721 Sculpture in Stone / Stucco
  • 3.825 Representative / Administrative Buildings
  • 3.829 Parks / Gardens
  • 4.371 Emir/King Amanullah (1919-1929)
  • Latitude / Longitude34.605170 / 68.944828
    Google Earth34°36’18'' N / 68°56’41'' E / 2440 m

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