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Showing posts with label Durrani tribe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Durrani tribe. Show all posts
Monday, 1 May 2023

Durrani chieftains in full armour, 1840 (c)

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Durrani chieftains in full armour, Afghanistan, 1840 (c). Painting based on a drawing by James Rattrey. Source
Thursday, 19 January 2023

Clothing in Afghanistan

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Clothing in Afghanistan. Based on paintings made around 1810 (c) and published in the 'Account of the Kingdom of Cabul' (published ...
Sunday, 27 November 2022

Pashtun soldiers of British-Indian army

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Pashtun and Hazara soldiers of the British-Indian Army, 1898. From left to right: Khattak (Jamedar), Ghilzai (Havaldar), Mahsud (Sepoy), Haz...
Tuesday, 26 July 2022

Kashmir shawl, attributed to Muhammad Azim Khan Barakzai, the Pashtun governor of Kashmir between 1813 and 1819

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  Source Persian text stitched onto the shawl, which reads:  یا حسین فرمایش نواب اشرف والا محمد عظیم خان ‘O Hussain; ordered by the most nob...
Monday, 27 June 2022

Sardar Muhammad Ayub Khan, the victor of Maiwand

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  Portrait of Ayub Khan, the exiled Afghan Prince, 1879. Engraving by Taylor from The Illustrated London News, No 2525, September 10, 1887.
Sunday, 26 June 2022

Sardar Abdullah Khan Alakozai (a Pashtun ruler of Kashmir in early 19th century)

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Sardar Abdullah Khan Alkozai (or Alakozai) served as the governor of Kashmir for the Durrani Empire from 1796 to 1800. He then ruled Kashmir...
Sunday, 19 June 2022

Amir Habibullah Khan at Peshawar, 1907

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  Source Recommended Books
Monday, 6 June 2022

Shahzada Sultan Jan Saddozai, Kurram valley, 1878

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Shahzada Sultan Jan (third from left) and Mahomed Hayat Khan (center) with Nawabs, 1878. Original cap...
Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Ataullah Khan Ozai-Durrani conducting an experiment involving rice oil

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Ataullah Khan Ozai-Durrani (1897-1964) conducting an experiment involving rice oil. Source Ataullah Khan Ozai‐Durrani (1897-1964) was an Afg...
Monday, 11 April 2022

Abdur Rahman, Ameer of Afghanistan, 1885

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Abdur Rahman, Ameer of Afghanistan, 1885. From the Graphic Illustrated Weekly Magazine, 1885.
Sunday, 27 March 2022

Shahzada Jumbhur; a descendant of Ahmad Shah Durrani, 1861

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Shahzada Jumboor Saddozai (a descendant of Ahmad Shah Durrani), Kohat, 1861.   Source: "People of India" by Watson and Kaye.
Wednesday, 23 March 2022

Ghazi Mohammad Ayub Khan, in exile in British-India, with three of his nine sons, Rawalpindi, ca.1890

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Ghazi Mohammad Ayub Khan, in exile in British-India, with three of his nine sons, Rawalpindi, ca.1890. Source  Ayub Khan is renowned for def...
Friday, 18 March 2022

Prince Abdullah Jan (son and heir apparent of Amir Sher Ali Khan of Afghanistan), 1869

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Prince Abdullah Jan (son and heir apparent of Amir Sher Ali Khan of Afghanistan), 1869.  Photo by William Baker. He died in prematurely on A...
Friday, 7 January 2022

'Shah Soojah Rajah of Cabool' (Shah Shuja Durrani), India, 1835 (c)

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  'Shah Soojah Rajah of Cabool' (Shah Shuja Durrani), India, 1835 (c). Gouache on mica by a Company artist, 1835 (c). Source
Tuesday, 14 December 2021

Portrait of an Afghan prince, circa 1850

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  Portrait of Shams al-Din son of Amir Dost Muhammad, king of Kabul', circa 1850. Source
Saturday, 11 December 2021

A Durrani of Kabul, circa 1860

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A Durrani of Kabul. The drawing is made from a photo taken in 1861.   Source: "The world's inhabitants" by George Thomas Betta...
Friday, 19 November 2021

A portrait of Barakzai Durrani lady, 1840 (c)

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  Source Kandahar lady of rank, 1840 (c) The name of that lady of rank in the above painting was Begum Jan and she belonged to the Barakz...
Saturday, 23 October 2021

Reputation of Ahmad Shah Durrani in early 19th century

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Ahmad Shah Durrani In 1839, James Rattrey (British soldier and artist) visited the tomb of Ahmad Shah Durrani in Kandahar, drew a painting o...
Friday, 24 September 2021

Sardar Abdul Khaliq Khan Muhammadzai (Barakzai), Chief of Bezoot (Bihsud?), 18th December 1878.

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Sardar Abdul Khaliq Khan Muhammadzai (Barakzai), Chief of Bezoot (Bihsud?), 18th December 1878.  Artist: William Crimea Simpson.  Source: ht...
Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Two followers of Sultan Muhammad Khan Barakzai, 1838

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  Two followers of Sultan Muhammad Khan Barakzai, 1838. Painting by Emily Eden. Source