Kurram valley in late 19th century (historical photos)

The gate of Ahmadzai, Kurram valley, 1895 (c). Photo by Frederick Saint John Gore. The old man standing on left is Shahzada Sultan Jan Saddozai, a descendant of Ahmad Shah Durrani. Details about him here.

Watermill at Sadda, Kurram valley, 1895 (c).

Turi Militia, Kurram valley, 1895 (c).

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Village scenes, Kurram valley, 1919 (c)

Turi tribe of Kurram

Colonel Warburton and a group of Afridi levies, 1890s

 

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"The Frontier troubles in India, Colonel Warburton and a group of Afridi levies".

Caption: "The Afridis, the levies of whom held the fort of Ali Masjid, are a powerful tribe, brave and fond of fighting within the shelter of their own hills. The Indian government pays them annually a sum of money, and employs a certain number of tribesmen in keeping open the Khyber Pass. In  the last Afghan war the Afridis, who are now in revolt, threw in their lot with us." 

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Bala Hissar and surroundings, Peshawar, 1878

 

"Peshawur fort and surroundings from jail", 1878. Photo by John Burke. Source

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Pashtun horse dealers, Kandahar, 1880

 

"Affghan horse dealers", 1880. Photo by Benjamin Simpson. Source

"Pathan horse dealers, Kandahar". Source

Afghan men and dome-covered shops at Char-su, Kandahar, 1880

Afghan men and dome-covered shops at Char-su, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1880.

Photo by Benjamin Simpson.

Original caption: "Char Su, the point to which the roads from the principal gates converge – the scene of Capt.Willis' murder by a Ghazi."

22-year old British officer Herbert Valiant Willis of the Royal Artillery was attacked and killed by an Afghan Ghazi at Char Su on 15 January 1879.

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Camels with merchandise, trading between Peshawar and Kabul, 1889

 

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Eidgah gate, Kandahar, 1880

Eidgah gate, Kandahar city, 1880.

Photo by Benjamin Simpson. Source

The walled city of Kandahar had six gates :

1- Bar-Durrani gate

2- Kabul gate

3- Shikarpur gate

4- Herat gate

5- Topkhana gate

6- Eidgah gate

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Pashtuns of Peshawar valley, 1860 (c). Photo by Samuel Bourne

Pashtuns from the Peshawar valley, 1860 (c). 

Photo by Samuel Bourne. 

Original caption of the photo is "Pathans, Peshawur valley". The young boys must be sons of some important chieftain but particulars about them are not given.

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Ali Khel headmen of the Kurram valley, Afghanistan, 1878

 

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Original caption : "Mahomed Nyat Khan & Ali Khyel headmen of the Kurram valley, Afghanistan".

Ali Khel is a "hamsaya" clan of Orakzais. Four of its seven branches trace its roots to the Yousafzai tribe who in the remote past, got separated from the parent tribe and became hamsayas of the Orakzai.

Shinwaris of the Khyber Pass, 1890 (c)

Shinwaris of the Khyber Pass, 1890 (c).

From "Tribes on our Frontier" series of photos by Bourne & Shepherd.

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Shabqadar Fort, 1897

 

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Muhammad Sharif, Khan of Dir, and followers, 1898

 

Muhammad Sharif, Khan of Dir, and followers, 1898. Source

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Muhammad Aslam Khan Saddozai, first Muslim commandant of Khyber Rifles

Sardar Muhammad Aslam Khan (a Kamran Khel Saddozai) was the first Muslim Commandant of Khyber Rifles. Aslam Khan's father Usman Khan, who had served as Grand Wazir of Shah Shuja Durrani in 1840-1842, fled to Peshawar after the Anglo-Afghan war and joined the British.

Mahomed Uslum Khan (Ressaldar-Major, 5th Bengal Cavalry. From London Illustrated News, June 21, 1879.

The newspaper has following details about him: "Sketch portraits of four picturesque-looking natives of the Afghan hill country, types of different races among its very mixed population. One of these men, Mahomed Uslum Khan, is an officer in the rank of Messalder-Major of 5th Bengal lancers, and is acting as one of the Brigadier-General Gough's native orderly officers. But he is a Suddozye, of the late reigning princely family of Cabul; his father was Prime Minister or Wuzeer to Shah Shoojah, the Prince who was for a short time put on the Afghan throne by the intervention of the British Governament in 1839, and who was driven out in 1842. The late Shere Ali was brother in-law to this Mahmoed Uslum Khan, whose brother Afzul Khan, an officer of the 11th Bengal Lancers, was attached to the suite of the Prince of Wales in India, and accompanied his Royal Highness on his return home to England."

Lieut. Colonel Muhammad Aslam Khan and Robert Warburton, 1897.

Aslam Khan, 1906

Aslam Khan, 1900 (c). Photo by W.D.Holmes.

Meeting of the Hassanzai chiefs of Black mountain (Tor Ghar), 1890 (c)

 

Meeting of the Hassanzai chiefs of Tor Ghar, ca.1890. Glass lantern slide.

Bara fort

A group of Afridi tribesmen in front of the Bara fort, 1898.Photo by Holmes

Bara fort, 1898. Photo taken by Sergeant A.J.Clarke.

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