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Phototheca AfghanicaPhototheca Afghanica
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing the Hari Rud River leaving a gorge between steep rock faces. In this area the river forms the boundary between Afghanistan and Iran. On the left side is Persian territory, on the right it is Afghan. The identification of the exact location of ELD 053 and 054 is possible thanks to a photograph taken by Ehsan Hasani and published by Goggle Earth, showing the same site from the opposite direction (north).
Place, date
Nehalshani, December, 1885
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 5, ELD Sketches 054 to 107
ELD 054
Details
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing the northern descent of the Nehalshani Pass (Kotal-i-Nehal Shani) in direction of the Zulfikar Pass. In the foreground a survey group of the ABC is resting: a British Officer, Bengal Lancers, and some Afghan guides with horses.
Place, date
Nehalshani, May-June, 1885
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 5, ELD Sketches 054 to 107
ELD 055
Details
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing the wide and rather flat pass on the road from Kohsan to Gulran, which forms the watershed between the Hari Rud and Murghab Rivers. Spread on the plain are some groups of men and horses and a tent.
Place, date
Ao Safed, June 30, 1885
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 5, ELD Sketches 054 to 107
ELD 056
Details
Sepia-toned photo-lithograph of a wash sketch, showing on the left margin the remains of brickwork of the old keep of Gulran with the ditch in front of it. In the right background the tents of the ABC are visible.
Place, date
Gulran, March 5, 1885
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 5, ELD Sketches 054 to 107
ELD 057
Details