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In the right foreground: fortifications of the lower south-eastern wall of the Bala Hissar, as seen from the east. In the left foreground: part of the moat. Behind it is a wall around a vegetable garden. In the background: fortifications, connecting Bala Hissar with the Borj-e Bala (upper tower) on the flanks of the mountain Sher Darwaza.
Place, date
Kabul, November-December 1879
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 057-099, Kabul Photographs
RE 060
Details
Almost frontal view of the Darwaza-ye Nagara Khana, called the City Gate by the British, flanked by two towers. Continued to the left and right by walls, made from stone and burned brick, crowned with a Moghul style cranellation with loopholes. This gate was situated close to the northern end of the western wall of the lower Bala Hissar, leading to the Shor Bazar. The parapet on top of the right-hand tower was probably added in December 1879 by British engineers.
Place, date
Kabul, winter 1879/80
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 057-099, Kabul Photographs
RE 061
Details
A general view over the old parts of the city of Kabul and the lower Bala Hissar before its destruction, in two parts. In the background the Mountain Koh-e Asmai. In the left foreground two circular structures, probably ice-houses (Yakhdan).
Place, date
Kabul, November-December 1879
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 057-099, Kabul Photographs
RE 062
Details
Bird's-eye view from the upper Bala Hissar in direction NNE over the palace gardens. The layout is a typical Mughal chahar bagh, a garden divided into four parts, fed by water channels. In the left background the same palace as shown on RE 064; to the right the Tapa Maranjan, at that time also called Siah Sang.
Place, date
Kabul, winter 1879/80
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 057-099, Kabul Photographs
RE 063
Details