James Atkinson served as the official Superintending Surgeon of the Army of the Indus, a British-Indian force that marched through the Bolan Pass in 1839 to attack Kabul. Atkinson published his "Sketches in Afghaunistan" in 1842; shown above is plate 3. (BL)
==*Rohri
and the island fortress of Bakhar (Sind) (plate 2, Sketches, colored*;
[*Atkinson 02*]
==*Dadhar
and the entrance to the Bolan Pass (Baluchistan) (plate 3, Sketches, colored)*
(shown above)
==*Entrance
to the Bolan Pass from Dadur (plate 5, Sketches)*; [*Atkinson
05*]
==*Sepoys
attacking Baluchi snipers in the Siri-Kajur Pass (Baluchistan) (plate 6,
Sketches, colored)* [*Atkinson 06*]
==*The
narrow pass above the Siri Bolan (Baluchistan); Baluchi snipers attacking
British troops from the heights as they pass through (plate 7, Sketches,
colored)* [*Atkinson 07*]
==*Approach
to Quetta (Baluchistan); Sir John Keane and staff in middle distance (plate
8, Sketches, colored)* [*Atkinson 08*]
==*Entrance
to the Kojak Pass from Parush (plate 9, Sketches)* [*Atkinson
09*]
also: *The
British troops emerging from the defile in the Khojak Pass (Baluchistan)
(plate 10, Sketches, colored)*; [*Atkinson
10*]
==*The
first descent through the Koojah Pass (plate 11, Sketches)* [*Atkinson
11*]
==*The
second descent from the Khojak Pass (Baluchistan) (plate 12, Sketches,
colored)* [*Atkinson 12*]
==*The
third descent from the Khojak Pass (Baluchistan). In the foreground the
encampment of the 1st Bengal European Regiment with camp followers (plate
13, Sketches, colored)* [*Atkinson 13*]
==*Kandahar
(Afghanistan); view taken from the camp of the 4th Brigade about one and
a half miles south of Kandahar (plate 14, Sketches, colored)* [*Atkinson
14*]
==*The
fortress and citadel of Ghazni (Afghanistan) and the two Minars (plate
15, Sketches, colored)* [*Atkinson 15*]
==*The
Maidan Valley (Afghanistan) (plate 16, Sketches, colored)* [*Atkinson
16*]
==*Arghandi
(Afghanistan). Guns surrendered by Dost Muhammad Khan in centre secured
by Major Cureton and his lancers (plate 17, Sketches, colored)* [*Atkinson
17*]
==*Surrender
of Dost Mohommed Khan, to Sir William Hay Macnaghten Bart, at the Entrance
into Caubul from Killa-Kazee (plate 18, Sketches)* [*Atkinson
18*]
==*The
main street in the bazaar at Caubul in the fruit season (plate 19, Sketches)*;
==*Shah
Shuja holding a durbar at Kabul (plate 22, Sketches, colored)* [*Atkinson
22*]
==*The
avenue at Baber's Tomb (plate 23, Sketches)* [*Atkinson
23*]
==*Tomb
of the Mughal Emperor Babar, near Kabul (Afghanistan) (plate 24, Sketches,
colored)* [*Atkinson 24*]
==*'Caubul
from a burying ground N. E. of the city' (Sketches)* [*Atkinson
x01*]
==*'The
Bala Hissar and city of Caubul from the Citadel' (Sketches)* [*Atkinson
x02*]
==*Entrance
to the Khoord Caubul Pass from Bhootkah* [*Atkinson
x03*]
==*Khoord
Khyber or Little Khyber. Descent on the north side* [*Atkinson
x04*]
==*The
Tezeen Valley, winding up to the Heft Kotul; a battle scene* [*Atkinson
x05*]
==*The
Mikras (Shears) or entrance into the Khyber Pass from the Peshawer hill
(folio 7, 1840)* [*Atkinson x06*]
==*Jellalabad
from the north near the Caubul River (folio 7 verso, 1840)* [*Atkinson
x07*]
==*First
ascent of the Khyber Pass (folio 8, 1840)* [*Atkinson
x08*]
==*Khyber
Pass. Ghurie Lala Beg (folio 9, 1840)* [*Atkinson
x09*]; and *Jugduluk
(the Jagdalak Pass)* [*Atkinson x09b*]
==*Approach
to Ali Musjid on the Peshawer Side (folio 10, 1840)* [*Atkinson
x10*]
==*Khyber
Pass. Lundikana (folio 11, 1840)* [*Atkinson
x11*]
==*Pooli
Suffeed Sung; the Broken Bridge at Gundumuk (folio 12, 1840)* [*Atkinson
x12*]
==*Leconeti
Seh Baba, or Giant's Tomb. An Affghan family halting (folio 13, 1840)*;
[*Atkinson x13*]
==*Descent
from the Khyber Pass at Dukka, Lulpoora on the opposite side of the Caubul
River (folio 14, 1840)* [*Atkinson x14*]
==*Burying
an Affghan on the height near Caubul (plate 16)* [*Atkinson
x16*]
==*Khyber
Pass Ali Musjid from the north (folio 17, 1840)* [*Atkinson
x17*]
==*The
Balla-Hissar, Caubul (folio 18, 1840)* [*Atkinson
x18*]
==*The
Caubul Cantonments from the Bridge, near the fort of Mahmood Khan Byab
(?) (folio 19, 1840)* [*Atkinson x19*]
*'Near S.E. end of Bolan Pass. Attacked Feb. l9th, 1841', a drawing by George Boyd* (BL); [*Boyd 1841*]
*'Kulat i Ghilzie 14 April 1842. S. View' [Kalat-e Gilzai], a watercolor by Thomas Studdert, 1842* (BL); [*Studdert 1842*]
*Dost Mahomed Khan and part of his family: Mahomed Akram Khan, Hyder Khan, Abdool Ghunee Khan; by Emily Eden, 1844* (BL); [*Eden 1844*]
Lieutenant James Rattray served in the Army of the Indus, and published his sketches in "Afghaunistan," 1847; shown above is plate 13 (BL)
==*Dourraunnee
chieftains in full armour (frontispiece)* [*Rattray
01*]
==*Dost
Mahommed, King of Caubul, and his youngest son (plate 2)* [*Rattray
02*]
==*Interior
of the palace of Shauh Shujah Ool Moolk, Late King of Cabul (plate 3)*
[*Rattray 03*]
==*Hawkers
of Ko-i-staun, with Valley of Caubul and Mountains of Hindoocoosh (plate
4)* [*Rattray 04*]
==*Encampment
of the Kandahar Army, under General Nott (plate 5)* [*Rattray
05*]
==*Ghiljie
women in the lower orders (plate 6)* [*Rattray
06*]
==*Kelaut-I-Ghiljie
(plate 8)* [*Rattray 08*]
==*'Atmaran',
Hindoo of Peshawar (plate 9)* [*Rattray 09*]
==*Mosque
and Tomb of the Emperor Soolta Mahmood of Ghuznee (plate 10)* [*Rattray
10*]
==*Afghaun
foot soldiers in their winter dress, with entrance to the Valley of Urgundeh
(plate 11)* [*Rattray 11*]
==*Ko-i-staun
foot soldiery in summer costume (plate 12)* [*Rattray
12*]
==*Fortress
of Alimusjid, and the Khybur Pass (plate 13)* (shown above)
==*Chief
Executioner and Assistant of his Majesty, the late Shah (plate 14)*
[*Rattray 14*]
==*Mahomed
Naib Surreef, a celebrated Kuzzilbach chief of Caubul and his Peshkidmut
(plate 15)* [*Rattray 15*]
==*Jaunbauz,
or Afghan cavalry, with horse, bearing implements for smoking (plate 17)*
[*Rattray 17*]
==*Town
and Citadel of Ghuznee (plate 18)* [*Rattray
18*]
==*Hyder
Khan, the Governor of Ghuznee (plate 19)* [*Rattray
19*]
==*Oosbegs
of Mooraud Bev (plate 20)* [*Rattray 20*]
==*Jugdelluk,
the last stand made by General Elphinstone's army in the calamitous retreat
(plate 21)* [*Rattray 21*]
==*Meerz[a]
Fyze, an Oosbeg Elchee or Ambassador (plate 22)* [*Rattray
22*]
==*Interior
of the City of Kandahar, from the house of Sirdar Meer Dil Khaun (plate
23)* [*Rattray 23*]
==*Ladies
Of Caubul (plate 24)* [*Rattray 24*]
==*Gool
Mahommed Khaun, King of the Ghiljyes (plate 25)* [*Rattray
25*]
==*The
Bullock's Hump and Military Cantonments [Kandahar] (plate 26)* [*Rattray
26*]
==*Temple
of 'Ahmed Shauh', King of Afghanistan (plate 27)* [*Rattray
27*]
==*Kandahar
Lady of Rank, Engaged in Smoking (plate 29)* [*Rattray
29*]
==*Mosque
of Goolaum Hoosein Huzrut-Jee, a Great Prophet of the Afghauns (plate 30)*
[*Rattray 30*]
A later British depiction of the capture of the Ghazni fort, date unknown
Source: http://www.bsakirkee.org/Photo%20Gallery/img_Ghuznee.html
(downloaded Feb. 2005)
Source: ebay, Jan. 2007
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