Beloochees in the Bolan Pass
lithograph, tinted, print
Accession Number

NAM.1971-02-33-481-1

Description

Beloochees in the Bolan Pass. Frontispiece from bound volume of 26 tinted lithographs, 'Sketches in Afghanistan', 1838-1842, by Louis and Charles Haghe after James Atkinson, published by Henry Graves and Company and J W Allen and Company, 1 Jul 1842. The Army of the Indus entered Afghanistan through the Bolan Pass, a passage 60 miles long and 5,880 feet tall at its highest point. It took the army two weeks to pass through it. During this period they were constantly fired upon by Baluchi tribesmen who hid in the caves overhanging the pass.

Campaigns

1st Afghan War (1838-1842)