NAM.1950-11-55-24

Mahommed Akbar Khan. From folio of 29 coloured lithographs by and after Lt Vincent Eyre, Bengal Artillery, (to be) published by John Murray, 1843. Officers, ladies, and scenes in Afghanistan, 1842. From drawings made during the artist’s capture in Afghanistan; some with notes for printing; in green leather bound album. Mahommed Akbar Khan, head and shoulders portrait, in helmet and chainmail, with shield on his back. Associated with the 1st Afghan War (1838-1842). Muhammad Akbar Khan (1813-1845) was the son of Emir Dost Mohammad who was overthrown by the British in 1839 and replaced by Shah Shuja. In November 1841 Akbar Khan led the tribal insurrection against Shah Shuja which resulted in the death of the British envoys in Kabul. He also commanded the subsequent pursuit of the retreating British army from Kabul to Gandamak in 1842. He died in suspicious circumstances in 1845, with many suspecting that his father, who feared his ambitions, had poisoned him.

Kabul, Retreat from, 1842 (1st Afghan War 1838-1842)