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Gateway 72nd Highlanders [Sherpur Cantonment, Kabul].

Description: Photograph with a view within the Sherpur Cantonment situated a mile north of the city of Kabul in Afghanistan, looking towards the gateway at the south-west corner, the camp of the 72nd Highlanders to the right. It was taken in the winter of 1879-80 by John Burke. It is part of a series of pictures of Afghanistan taken by Burke during the Second Afghan War (1878-80), which form an important visual document of the country as it was during the time of the Great Game or Anglo-Russian rivalry in the region. In 1878 Burke accompanied the British forces into Afghanistan, despite being rejected for the role of official photographer. He financed his trip by advance sales of his photographs 'illustrating the advance from Attock to Jellalabad'. The Sherpur cantonment on the outskirts of Kabul was planned by Sher Ali (1825-1879), Amir of Afghanistan, as the main winter headquarters of his army. The cantonment wall was over a mile and a half long with massive towers at regular intervals for artillery. In October 1879 British forces under General Roberts re-entered Kabul and occupied the Bala Hissar citadel in a fresh phase of the Second Afghan War after the killing of the British Resident Major Cavagnari and his mission in September. Roberts' tasks were to establish a line of communication with British forces via the Khyber Pass, secure his forces at Kabul, and punish those responsible for the death of Cavagnari. Realising that the arrival of reinforcements during the harsh Afghan winter was difficult, Roberts decided to quarter his troops at the more modern and well-defended Sherpur for the winter season.
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Photographer : Burke, John

Geographic coverage: 69.183334,34.516666; Kabul
Date: [1879]
Date of creation: 1879-80
Type: StillImage; Photograph; http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/6205
Format: jpeg; 19.1; 31; Centimetres; Photographic print
Subject: Afghanistan; Kabul; cantonments; Curzon Collection; military (general); military campaigns; military facilities; Sherpur Cantonments (Kabul); South Asia -- History; 954
Identifier: 019PHO0000430S3U00027000; Photo 430/3(27)
Is part of: Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections. Collect Britain
Rights: Copyright © British Library Board
Data provider: The British Library
Provider: The European Library
Providing country: United Kingdom

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