Afghanistan Collection (#5)

Kabul (colour litho)
5991997 Kabul (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kabul. Illustration for Glimpses of the British Empire (Collins, c 1910).); © Look and Learn

Zal climbs to reach Rudaba from a Shahnama (Book of kings), c
5932575 Zal climbs to reach Rudaba from a Shahnama (Book of kings), c.1440 (ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper) by Persian School, (15th century); 25.6 x 17.2 cm; Freer Gallery of Art

The Afghan War, with Sir Samuel Browne (engraving)
1058770 The Afghan War, with Sir Samuel Browne (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, with Sir Samuel Browne)

The Afghan War, burning the Body of a Ghazi Assassin outside the Peshawur Gate
1058722 The Afghan War, burning the Body of a Ghazi Assassin outside the Peshawur Gate, Jellalabad (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Rebellion in Afghanistan, the Shutargardan Pass, looking towards Cabul (engraving)
1054155 The Rebellion in Afghanistan, the Shutargardan Pass, looking towards Cabul (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rebellion in Afghanistan)

The Rebellion in Afghanistan, Group of the Corps of Guides
1054150 The Rebellion in Afghanistan, Group of the Corps of Guides, Some of whom formed the Escort of the British Embassy at Cabul (engraving) by English School

Major Cavagnari and Chief Sirdars and their Followers at Jellalabad (engraving)
1054145 Major Cavagnari and Chief Sirdars and their Followers at Jellalabad (engraving) by English School

The First Horse-Show in Afghanistan (engraving)
1054114 The First Horse-Show in Afghanistan (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The First Horse-Show in Afghanistan)

The End of the Afghan War, Elephants at Mess, Safaed Sung (engraving)
1058951 The End of the Afghan War, Elephants at Mess, Safaed Sung (engraving) by Waller, Samuel Edmund (1850-1903) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The End of the Afghan War)

The Afghan War, Shadi Bogiar Pass, Khyber, from the Sarkai Heights (engraving)
1058945 The Afghan War, Shadi Bogiar Pass, Khyber, from the Sarkai Heights (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, Shadi Bogiar Pass, Khyber)

The Afghan War, Officers of the Fifty-First (Kings Own Light Infantry) engaged at the Capture of Ali Musjid (engraving)
1058913 The Afghan War, Officers of the Fifty-First (Kings Own Light Infantry) engaged at the Capture of Ali Musjid (engraving) by English School

With General Sir Samuel Browne, remarkable Buddhist Caverns near Jellalabad (engraving)
1058730 With General Sir Samuel Browne, remarkable Buddhist Caverns near Jellalabad (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: With General Sir Samuel Browne)

The Afghan War (engraving)
1058691 The Afghan War (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

Cabul Illustrated, the Main Street in the Bazaar in the Fruit Season (engraving)
1058684 Cabul Illustrated, the Main Street in the Bazaar in the Fruit Season (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cabul Illustrated)

The War in Waziristan, Camp Wano attacked by Mahsud Waziris, 3 November 1894 (litho)
1627791 The War in Waziristan, Camp Wano attacked by Mahsud Waziris, 3 November 1894 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War in Waziristan)

The Platform of the Famous Fortress of Candahar
1037730 The Platform of the Famous Fortress of Candahar, which is the best place in all Asia, 1660 (engraving) by English School

The Afghan War, Sketches on the Line of March (engraving)
1621665 The Afghan War, Sketches on the Line of March (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, Sketches on the Line of March)

Fortress and Citadel of Ghuzni, Afghanistan, with the Two Minars (engraving)
1621609 Fortress and Citadel of Ghuzni, Afghanistan, with the Two Minars (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fortress and Citadel of Ghuzni, Afghanistan)

Cabul, the Capital of Shere Alis Dominions in Afghanistan (engraving)
1621565 Cabul, the Capital of Shere Alis Dominions in Afghanistan (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cabul)

The Rock-Cut Statues of Bamian, Central Asia (engraving)
1624809 The Rock-Cut Statues of Bamian, Central Asia (engraving) by Simpson, William Crimea (1823-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rock-Cut Statues of Bamian, Central Asia)

The Afghan Frontier, Arrival of Indian Guns at Herat (engraving)
1623101 The Afghan Frontier, Arrival of Indian Guns at Herat (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan Frontier, Arrival of Indian Guns at Herat)

The Battle of Kandahar, September 1st 1880 (litho)
STC373396 The Battle of Kandahar, September 1st 1880 (litho) by Clark, Christopher (1875-1942) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Last major conflict of the Second Anglo-Afghan War)

The Afghan Campaign, a "Freshet"in the Bolan Pass (engraving)
1045149 The Afghan Campaign, a " Freshet" in the Bolan Pass (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan Campaign)

Mountain Perils in Afghanistan, an Accident to the Amirs Guard (litho)
1051175 Mountain Perils in Afghanistan, an Accident to the Amirs Guard (litho) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mountain Perils in Afghanistan)

Afghanistan, Native Sports at Candahar (engraving)
1045475 Afghanistan, Native Sports at Candahar (engraving) by Waller, Samuel Edmund (1850-1903) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Afghanistan, Native Sports at Candahar)

Construction of the Candahar Railway
1045394 Construction of the Candahar Railway, celebrating the Completion of the Line as far as Sibi (engraving) by English School

The Afghan Campaign, Jugdulluck Fort, Scene of the Recent Ghilzai Raids (engraving)
1045247 The Afghan Campaign, Jugdulluck Fort, Scene of the Recent Ghilzai Raids (engraving) by Boot, William Henry James (1848-1918) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan Campaign)

In Camp at the Rawul Pindi Durbar (engraving)
1045025 In Camp at the Rawul Pindi Durbar (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In Camp at the Rawul Pindi Durbar)

A Flying Column of Bengal Cavalry crossing a River in Afghanistan (engraving)
1048169 A Flying Column of Bengal Cavalry crossing a River in Afghanistan (engraving) by Charlton

The Afghan War, Major Cavagnari arranging with the Shinwarries for the Protection of the Road from Dakka to Lundi Khana
1106738 The Afghan War, Major Cavagnari arranging with the Shinwarries for the Protection of the Road from Dakka to Lundi Khana (engraving) by Woodville

The Afghan War, Lyric Theatre in the Camp, Jellalabad (engraving)
1106665 The Afghan War, Lyric Theatre in the Camp, Jellalabad (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, Lyric Theatre in the Camp, Jellalabad)

The Afghan War, an Incident in the Battle of Futtehabad, 2 April (engraving)
1106656 The Afghan War, an Incident in the Battle of Futtehabad, 2 April (engraving) by Overend, William Heysham (1851-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, the Shaturgardan (engraving)
1106624 The Afghan War, the Shaturgardan (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, the Shaturgardan)

The Afghan War, Sketches on the Route to Quetta and Candahar (engraving)
1106529 The Afghan War, Sketches on the Route to Quetta and Candahar (engraving) by Furniss, Harry (1854-1925) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Blockade of the Mahsud Waziris, Fort Jandola (engraving)
1628750 The Blockade of the Mahsud Waziris, Fort Jandola (engraving) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Blockade of the Mahsud Waziris, Fort Jandola)

The Afghan War, Head-Quarters Mess at Dakka, 27 November (engraving)
1106476 The Afghan War, Head-Quarters Mess at Dakka, 27 November (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War, Head-Quarters Mess at Dakka)

The Afghan War, Native Camp Followers looting the Afghan Camp at Fort Ali Musjid (engraving)
1106455 The Afghan War, Native Camp Followers looting the Afghan Camp at Fort Ali Musjid (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Afghan War, writing out the Treaty of Peace at Gundamuk (engraving)
1099768 The Afghan War, writing out the Treaty of Peace at Gundamuk (engraving) by Simpson, William Crimea (1823-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

Dost Mohamed (engraving)
1095464 Dost Mohamed (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dost Mohamed)

Bas-relief, Museum of Peshawur (engraving)
967210 Bas-relief, Museum of Peshawur (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bas-relief, Museum of Peshawur)

Afridis firing on British troops (engraving)
967205 Afridis firing on British troops (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Afridis firing on British troops)

The Royal Air Force to the rescue in Afghanistan (colour litho)
976575 The Royal Air Force to the rescue in Afghanistan (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Air Force to the rescue in Afghanistan)

Afghan costumes, 19th Century (engraving)
968753 Afghan costumes, 19th Century (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Afghan costumes, 19th Century)

With the Afghan Boundary Commission (engraving)
1061775 With the Afghan Boundary Commission (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: With the Afghan Boundary Commission)

The Withdrawal from Cabul, Mr Lepel Griffin
1060192 The Withdrawal from Cabul, Mr Lepel Griffin, the British Political Agent, and his Staff (engraving) by English School

Afghanistan, Notes in and about Camp Peywan (engraving)
1060117 Afghanistan, Notes in and about Camp Peywan (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Afghanistan, Notes in and about Camp Peywan)

Afghanistan, the Khyber Pass and Views in North Western India (engraving)
1060080 Afghanistan, the Khyber Pass and Views in North Western India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Afghanistan)

The Afghan War (engraving)
1060002 The Afghan War (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

The Impending Afghan War, a Street in Peshawur (engraving)
1059971 The Impending Afghan War, a Street in Peshawur (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Impending Afghan War, a Street in Peshawur)

Afghanistan, View of Attock, showing the Bridge over the Indus (engraving)
1059934 Afghanistan, View of Attock, showing the Bridge over the Indus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Afghanistan, View of Attock)

The Return from a Shooting-Expedition
1063437 The Return from a Shooting-Expedition, the Amir of Afghanistan on his Way to the Erg Palace from the Bala Hirsa Marsh (engraving) by Dadd

Sirdar Habibullah Khan (engraving)
1063122 Sirdar Habibullah Khan (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sirdar Habibullah Khan, Eldest son of the Amir of Afghanistan)

Review of the Amirs Volunteers in the Bamian Valley (engraving)
1064201 Review of the Amirs Volunteers in the Bamian Valley (engraving) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Review of the Amirs Volunteers in the Bamian Valley)

Plan of Cabul and its Approaches (engraving)
1099793 Plan of Cabul and its Approaches (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of Cabul and its Approaches)

The War in Afghanistan, the Action on the Heights above Charasiab, 6 October (engraving)
1099989 The War in Afghanistan, the Action on the Heights above Charasiab, 6 October (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War in Afghanistan)

The Advance on Cabul (engraving)
1099820 The Advance on Cabul (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Advance on Cabul)

The Ameer of Cabool on his Way to Peshawur (engraving)
1103957 The Ameer of Cabool on his Way to Peshawur (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ameer of Cabool on his Way to Peshawur)

A String of Blind Beggars, Cabul, 1843 (colour litho)
468710 A String of Blind Beggars, Cabul, 1843 (colour litho) by Atkinson

Dards, tribe from NW India
Dards, tribe from northern Pakistan, north-western India, and eastern Afghanistan, c.1880 s

Afridi solders from the Khyber Pass - north west frontier
c. 1860s India - Afridi solders from the Khyber Pass - north west frontier

Ko-i-Staun foot soldiery in summer costume, actively employed among the rocks
3062282 Ko-i-Staun foot soldiery in summer costume, actively employed among the rocks (colour litho) by Carrick, Robert (c.1829-1904); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: London)

The Wild Pass of Siri-Kajoor, 1842 (colour litho)
3062280 The Wild Pass of Siri-Kajoor, 1842 (colour litho) by Atkinson, James (1780-1852) (after); National Army Museum

Rival sportsmen. I say now, as I have said before, that there is room enough in Asia for both England and Russia. - Lord Beaconsfield (Disraeli)

The Afghan War: negotiating peace with Yakoob Khan (Mohammad Yaqub Khan) at Hashim Kheyl in Afghanistan. Date: 1879

Afghanistan: The march of the Kabul column to Khandahar, August 1880
3082860 Afghanistan: The march of the Kabul column to Khandahar, August 1880, illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea, 1915 (litho) by Holland Tringham

The end of the Afghan War featured on the cover of The Graphic, 12th July 1879 - photographing the Ameer Yakoob Khan (Emir Mohammad Yaqub Khan) at Gandamak where the treaty of peace was signed

Major Cavagnari sealing the treaty of peace at Gandamak, 26th May 1879. The treaty officially ended the first phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Date: 26th May 1879

Afghan War: writing out the treaty of peace, 1879
The Afghan War: writing out the treaty of peace at Gundamuk, 1879

The Afghan War: attack on Ali Musjid - the first shot (about 10 am, Nov. 21). 1. Karamna Peak. 2. Abatch Peak. 3. Old Fort. 4. and 5. Peaks, with tents and troops. 6. Ali Musjid. 7

The Afghan War: Major Cavagnari arranging with the shinwarries for the protection of the road from Dakka to Lundi Khana. Date: 1879

Dangers of archaeology at the Pheel Khana Tope, near Jellalabad, Afghanistan, 1879. Shot at by an Afghan tribesman. Date: 1879

Our Troops in Afghanistan, Athletic Games at Jellalabad, a Dooley Race (engraving)
1614089 Our Troops in Afghanistan, Athletic Games at Jellalabad, a Dooley Race (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our Troops in Afghanistan)

The Indian Frontier Rising, watching the Conveyance of the Dead
1615055 The Indian Frontier Rising, watching the Conveyance of the Dead, a Daily Occurrence (engraving) by Prior

The Afghan War, Conflict with the Zaimukhts at Zawa, near the Kuram Valley (engraving)
1613879 The Afghan War, Conflict with the Zaimukhts at Zawa, near the Kuram Valley (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afghan War)

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"Journey through Afghanistan: A Tapestry of History and Beauty" In the rugged terrain of Afghanistan, a US Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter soars above, symbolizing resilience and determination. The Kings Own Scottish Borderers stand tall in Afghanistan, showcasing the international effort to bring stability and peace to this ancient land. At the Shrine of Hazrat Ali in Mazar-I-Sharif, spirituality intertwines with history as worshippers pay homage to their revered saint. Unveiling a glimpse into the past, a vintage map from the 1860s reveals the intricate borders and diverse regions that make up modern-day Afghanistan. An RAF Chinook Helicopter maneuvers its way towards a landing site - an emblematic image representing support and aid for Afghan communities. Peering through the Khyber Pass, one can catch sight of breathtaking vistas that stretch deep into Afghanistan's heartland – a testament to its natural beauty. Once standing proudly in Bamiyan Valley, a colossal Buddha statue now exists only in memories after being destroyed by Taliban forces; reminding us of cultural loss but also resilience against extremism. Amidst picturesque landscapes lies the Panjshir Valley – an oasis of tranquility amidst turbulent times – where hope blossoms against all odds. Witnessing power in motion, Apache helicopters unleash rockets upon enemy targets - exemplifying bravery displayed by coalition forces protecting Afghan citizens' freedom. High above Afghan skies soar U. S Air Force C-17 Globemasters carrying vital supplies; bridging nations together during challenging times. Intriguingly complex yet undeniably captivating, Afghanistan weaves together tales of struggle and triumph while preserving its rich heritage amidst adversity.