Thursday 11 February 2021

Types of nationalities in the Turkestan krai : Afghans (Pashtuns), 1865 (c)


 Types of nationalities in the Turkestan krai : Afghans (Pashtuns) ; Alam khan. Circa 1865-1872. 


 Types of nationalities in the Turkestan krai : Afghans (Pashtuns) ; Jan Makhmad Khan. Circa 1865-1872. 


Types of nationalities in the Turkestan krai : Afghans (Pashtuns) ; Ayaz Khan. Circa 1865-1872. 



The photos are from an album of photographs showing individuals representing the Kyrgyz, Kazak, Uzbek, Sart, Tajik, Iranian, Gypsy, Indian, Afghan, Arab, and Jewish populations of Russian Turkestan. It was commissioned by Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman (1818–82), the first governor-general of Russian Turkestan. The original Russian word for Afghan in the caption is "Avgantsy".

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