‘Caubul’, 1839 circa (coloured lithograph)

‘Caubul’, 1839 circa. Coloured lithograph from ‘Views in Affghaunistaun from sketches taken during the Campaigns of the Army of the Indus’, by W L Walton after Captain Sir Keith A Jackson, Bt, 4th (Queen’s Own) Light Dragoons, published by W H Allen and Co and T McLean. This view of the Bala Hissar fortress, located south of Kabul city and overlooking the houses and bazaars from a commanding height, includes rows of tents. The later belonged to the Army of the Indus whose soldiers had occupied Kabul in August 1839. The fortress itself was divided into two parts, the lower fort contained royal palaces, stables and barracks and the upper housed the armoury and dungeons.