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English: Outside the Kandahar
Citadel (locally called "Arg"). The men sitting and standing (and looking at the camera) are mostly camp followers of the British forces from then British India (now Pakistan, India and Bangladesh). The precise location where this photo was snapped is the backside of today's Kandahar Governor House, looking toward the direction of the Baba Saab area in Arghandab. The British
military operation was conducted in that area on 1 September 1880 to defend Kandahar from the army of
Ayub Khan (son of
Sher Ali Khan and cousin of
Abdur Rahman Khan), who was supported by then Persia and Russia against British India. Ayub Khan and his army had come from
Herat. Based on how the men are dressed, this photo was likely created before or after the 27 July 1880
Battle of Maiwand. |
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| Author | Benjamin Simpson (1831-1923) | ||
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| current | 20:43, 8 May 2019 |
| 881 × 687 (201 KB) | Officer | {{Information |Description='''Artillery Square, Kandahar''' The men sitting and standing in the front are Indian camp followers of the British forces, who are inside the larger camps in the back (next to the fortified city of Kandahar). This photograph of British Army artillery unit in Kandahar is from an album of rare historical photographs depicting people and places associated with the Second Anglo-Afghan War. A large citadel, possibly Kandahar Bala Hissar (High Fort), dominates the skyl... |
| 19:29, 24 August 2011 |
 | 490 × 354 (69 KB) | Officer | {{Information |Description=The city of Kandahar in 1881, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The defensive wall around the city was removed in the early 1930s by the order of King Nader Khan, the father of King Zahir Shah. |Source=http://images.rgs.org/ |
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