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The opening into the narrow pass above the Siri Bolan
Summary
Illustration shows skirmish between Baluchis and soldiers as they march through the Bōlan Pass in the Toba Kakar Mountains, Pakistan, en route to Afghanistan; Indian civilians, who traveled with the army, stand nearby.
Lithograph by Louis and Charles Haghe after drawing by James Atkinson.
Illus. in: Sketches in Afghaunistan, by Jas. Atkinson, Esq. London : Henry Graves & Company ... and W.H. Allen & Co., 1842, plate 7.
James Atkinson travelled with the Army of the Indus, Bengal Division, as Superintending Surgeon during the First Anglo-Afghan War, through part of India (now Pakistan) into Afghanistan.
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Date
01/01/1842
Location
afghanistan
Source
Library of Congress
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