This photograph of the ornately decorated courtyard of a palace in
Kandahar is from an album of rare historical photographs depicting
people and places associated with the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The
photograph most likely was taken during the British occupation of
Kandahar, which lasted from September 1880 to April 1881. It shows the
exterior of the zenana, the women’s quarters
of
the palace of Sher Ali Khan, who was amir of Afghanistan for most of the
period 1863–79. Sher Ali Khan was the son of Dōst Moḥammad Khān,
founder of the Barakzai Dynasty in Afghanistan.
Source: Library of Congress
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