Saturday, 27 May 2023

Saturday, 6 May 2023

Torkham crossing at Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier

Torkham crossing at Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier, 1955.

The Afghan border, Khyber Pass, N.W.F.P, 1920s (c). Postcard photo by P.D.Kapoor & sons, Peshawar

The boundary line between the British and Afghan territory, circa 1920s.


Thursday, 4 May 2023

Wednesday, 3 May 2023

Amir Yaqub Khan of Afghanistan

 

Portrait of Mohammad Yaqub Khan, emir of Afghanistan, 1879. Illustration from the magazine The Graphic, volume XIX, no 499, June 21, 1879.


Monday, 1 May 2023

Durrani chieftains in full armour, 1840 (c)

Durrani chieftains in full armour, Afghanistan, 1840 (c). Painting based on a drawing by James Rattrey. Source




Mohmands from Basaul captured by British, 1878

 

Source

Mohmand prisoners from Basaul, surrounded by Sikh servants of British raj, on the Khurd Khyber, Second Anglo-Afghan war, 1878. Photo by John Burke.