ELD 107 — Turkoman Raid
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing a group of Turkoman horsemen, carrying away booty and men and women as slaves from a village they plundered.
The Graphic, 1885/1, p. 456: Jamshedi scouts bringing the alarm of a Turcoman raid.
The Graphic, 1885/1, p. 455: Description of a Turcoman raid, which was the reason for the de-population of the whole area of Badghis at the time of the Afghan Boundary Commission. Such raids were only terminated after the Russian campaigns against the Turkomans of Khiva and Gök Tepe.
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing a group of Turkoman horsemen, carrying away booty and men and women as slaves from a village they plundered.
[Sketch, recto:] TURKOMAN / RAID / E D. // Photographed by the Survey of India Department. // TURKOMAN RAID.
[Lumsden Album:] Cutting from C.E. Yate: Northern Afghanistan, p. 232
[List:] (64) Turkuman raid.
[Lumsden Album:] Cutting from C.E. Yate: Northern Afghanistan, p. 232
[List:] (64) Turkuman raid.
- The Illustrated London News, Vol. 86 (1885/1), April 25, pp. 447-448: engraving based on a sketch by W. Simpson and description of a Turkoman raid; Vol. 87 (1885/2), September 6, p. 245: another engraving of a Turkoman raid based on a sketch by W. Simpson.
- The Graphic, Vol. 31 (1885/1), May 9, p. 455: description of a Turkoman raid; p. 456: engraving based on a sketch by Sergeant Galindo.
- Peacocke, W (1887): Records of Intelligence Party ABC, Vol. 3, p. 250 (Dec. 26, 1885): “[…] The Turkman raiders almost invariably cover their retreat by throwing a sheep into the well, so that at present the water in most of the wells is unfit for drinking. […]”
- Maitland, P.J. (1888): Records of Intelligence Party ABC, Vol. 1, p. 227 (Febr. 13, 1885): description of a Turkoman alaman/raid.
- Yate, C.E. (1888): Northern Afghanistan or Letters from the Afghan Boundary Commission, p. 232: the story of a Turkoman raid in Ata Khan Khoja in 1887, as told by Kok Sirdar (see ELD 106).
Image No.
ELD 107
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission 1884-86
Series
ABC 5, ELD Sketches 054 to 107
Format
Original wash sketch, whereabouts unknownLithograph in the Lumsden Album 239/192 mm
Place, date
?, 188?
Descriptors
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