Afghan Collection (page 3)

Khyber Pass - Afghanistan / Pakistan - Jamrud Fort
The Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location

Aka Khel, Pashtun Afghan tribe, NW Frontier
Men of Aka Khel, a Pashtun Afghan tribe on the North West Frontier. Date: circa 1890s

Afghan hound on a pebbly beach
Unusual Friends - Afghan hound on a pebbly beach. 1950s

Afghan hound with baby in highchair
Unusual Friends - Afghan hound with baby in highchair. 1950s

RETRAITE DE CABOUL. Premiere Journee, 6 Jan 1842. Coloured engraving by de Villain and Karl Loeillot, published by Ostervald l Aine, Paris, 1842

Route taken by Front attack of Peiwar Kotal
Photograph of a view of the route taken by front attack of Peiwar Kotal. Photographer: John Burke, 1878-1879 (c). From album of 115 photographs by Bourne and Shepherd

Soldiers of the 72nd (Duke of Albany?s Own Highlanders) Reg
Photograph: Soldiers of the 72nd (Duke of Albany?s Own Highlanders) Regiment, 1879. From an album of 60 photographs by John Burke, 1878-1880

NWFP - A carrier pigeon Trainer
Pakistan - NWFP (North West Frontier Province) - A carrier pigeon Trainer. Date: circa 1920

North West Frontier Province - Picket of Afghan Infantry at the boundary line between the British and Afghan Territory. Date: circa 1910s

Train crash in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, with people in a field in the foreground. Date: circa 1890s

1879 / Afghan Accident
Members of the Royal Horse Artillery have an accident while attempting to manoeuvre along the narrow road over the Lundi Kotul Pass in the Kyber. Date: 1879

Kabul / Afghanistan / 1878
Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, then under the rule of Sher Ali, shortly before the 2nd Afghan War. Date: 1878

NWFP - Khyber Pass - Showing Railway Bridge, Tunnel and defences. Date: circa 1920s

Frontispiece illustration by Cecil Aldin, an Afghan Hound. Date: 1927

Return of hostages at end of first Afghan War
The return of military and civilian British hostages towards the end of the first Afghan War. They had been held by Akbar Khan. Date: 1842

Henry Havelock in action during first Afghan War
Henry Havelock in action against the forces of Akbar Khan during the first Afghan War. Date: 1842

Eldred Pottinger in Herat, Afghanistan
Eldred Pottinger (1811-1843), Anglo-Indian soldier and diplomat, in Afghanistan, helping a local commander at Herat during a conflict. Date: circa late 1830s

Little girl with a cat and a dog in a garden
Little girl with a cat and an Afghan dog in a garden. Date: circa 1920s

Boy Scout activities in Afghanistan, in the scouting magazine Jamboree, April 1933. Date: circa 1930s

Boy Scouts in Afghanistan. Date: circa 1930s

Afghan horse dealer, India. Date: circa 1890s

Afridis from the Khyber Pass
Afridi (Afreedis / Abaorteans) - a Pashtun (Pathan) tribe from the Khyber Pass region. Date: 1907

Khyber Pass - Dead Afghan Frontier Loosewala
The Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location

Camel Caravan at the Caravaniserai Landikotal - NWFP
Camel Caravan at the Caravaniserai, Landikotal, NWFP en route from Afghanistan to Peshawar, Pakistan. Date: circa 1920s

Waziri Tribal Family of Waziristan - NWFP
Family of a Waziri Tribesmen of Waziristan - North West Frontier Province. Date: circa 1920s

United Provinces, India - Camel Conveyance
United Provinces, India - A Camel Conveyance - a superb camel-pulled two-level wagon, transporting goods and people! Four British soldiers stand in front of this unique mode of transport

Indian Village Life - Separating Butter and Crushing Spices. This is from the North West Frontier Province, then Northern India on the border with Afghanistan - now part of Pakistan

Frontier Raiders under military escort, NWFP
Frontier Raiders ( Loosewallahs ) - religious fanatics from the border territory of the NWFP, under military escort by British Indian Colonial soldiers. Date: circa 1920s

Motor Ambulance passing through the Khyber Pass, NWFP Date: circa 1920s

Khyber Railway Station at Landikotal, NWFP - The Train ready to depart. Note the superb automobile (left) converted for use on the tracks! Date: circa 1920s

British Mortar Battery in action at Landikhana, NWFP Date: circa 1920s

Afridi Tribesmen, NWFP
Two (heavily-armed!) Afridi Tribesmen (Afreedis / Abaorteans) - a Pashtun (Pathan) tribe from the Khyber Pass region Date: circa 1920s

Armoured Train - Peshawar, NWFP
British Military Armoured Train at Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, during the visit of The Prince of Wales, 1922. Date: 1922

de Havilland DH9 in Afghan markings

Allactaga euphratica, Euphrates jerboa
Afghan jerboa. Annotated watercolour drawing by Oliva Fanny Tonge (1858-1949), from one of 16 sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952

Lapis lazuli
Beads of lapis lazuli, with rough lapis lazuli, from Afghanistan. Lapis lazuli (sodium calcium aluminum silicate sulphur sulphate) is a rich blue opaque, semi-precious stone

Fort Ali-Musjid - Khyber Pass, NWFP
Fort Ali-Musjid - Khyber Pass, North West Frontier Province Date: circa 1920s

Armed Afghan Tribesmen, Afghanistan Date: 1903

Landi Kotal Pass - Khyber Pass
A view of Landi Kotal - the highest point on the Khyber Pass and a British fort/garrison during their rule of the subcontinent

Turkish Legation in Kabul, Afghanistan
Turkish Legation (Embassy) in Kabul, Afghanistan Date: circa 1910s

Khyber Pass - Border - NWFP
Khyber Pass - Border between Afghanistan and North West Frontier Province. Date: 1909

Pakistan - Peshawar - British Infantry Barracks Date: circa 1910s

Caravan on the way to Kabul in the Khyber Pass
Caravan on the way to Kabul, Afghanistan in the Khyber Pass. Date: 1906

The Prince of Wales at the Khyber Pass
Edward, Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VIII) leaving the Khyber Pass during his world tour in 1921-2. Date: circa 1922

Entrance to the Khyber Pass, NWFP
Entrance to the Khyber Pass, North West Frontier Province Date: circa 1920

Trade Treaty between British and Afghan Governments
North West Frontier Province - Trade Treaty between British and Afghan Governments at the Frontier Post. The card shows a picket of Afghan infantry (on the left) and Britsih Infantry (on the right)

Afghan government official on horseback
The Umla Baushee in his Dress of Office. A 19th century Afghan government official in uniform, riding a horse. 1815

The Chaous Baushee, Afghan court official
The Chaous Baushee in his dress of Office. A 19th century Afghan official in uniform, riding a horse. The Chaous Baushee presents persons admitted to pay their respects to the King

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