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The Entry of Shah Soojah into Cabool
lithograph, coloured, print
Accession Number

NAM.1971-02-33-480-13

Description

The Entry of Shah Soojah into Cabool, 1839. From a volume of 15 coloured lithographs 'The Storming of Ghuznee and Kelat' by W Taylor after Lt T Wingate, 2nd Queen’s Royal Regiment, 1839 (c). Associated with the 1st Afghan War (1838-1842). After Dost Mohammed had received a Russian envoy to Kabul, Lord Auckland, the Governor-General of India, took the decision to replace him as Emir with a former ruler, Shah Shuja who was considered to be more pro-British. In spring 1839 a 12,000 strong British-Indian force, the Army of the Indus under Sir John Keane, forced the Bolan Pass and captured Kandahar without a fight. Soon after the fortress of Ghazni was seized. Dost Mohammed fled from Kabul and Shah Shuja was duly installed as Emir in August. An unpopular choice of Emir among the residents of Kabul, he is shown here at the head of a column of East India Company troops.

Campaigns

1st Afghan War (1838-1842)