Showing posts with label 1908. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1908. Show all posts

Monday, 21 February 2022

Bagh-i-Sardeh, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1908

Bagh-i-Sardeh, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1908. Source


The Joi-e-Shah inside the Bagh-i-Sardeh


A bridge over Joi-e-Shah inside the Bagh-i-Sardeh

Joi-e-Shah, in a deep channel near the outlet from the Bagh-i-Sardeh.




The Joi-e-Shah is a Mughal-era irrigation channel north of Kandahar in the Arghandab valley.


Joi-e-Shah, near the Bagh-e-Sardah, north of Kandahar in the Arghandab valley. 




Saturday, 29 January 2022

"The capture of a Mohmand raider", 1908

A Pashtun belonging to Mohmand tribe captured by British in 1908
"The capture of a Mohmand raider", 1908. From The Sphere newspaper. Source

Caption: "The Zakka Khel people, crushed by the recent expedition, have ceased raiding in British Territory for the time being but have handed on their restless spirit to near neighbours, the Mohmands, who lately have committed several raids in British territory. Gangs of these raiders swoop down suddenly at night on villages known to contain wealthy Hindy banniahs, and closing all exits from the village they loot and burn a few houses, then, scattering in groups of twos and threes, disappear as rapidly as they come. The raider shown here was captured thirty miles from Peshawar."

Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Jirga with Zakha Khel clan of Afridis, 1908




Jirga with Zakha Khel clan of Afridis, 1908. Photographed by Captain E.T. Rich, Published by Mela Ram, Peshawar. 

Source: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15313/lot/221/