NAM.1955-04-39-76

Photograph of sentries near a building set in gardens. From a photograph album by John Burke, 1878-1879 (c). Burke accompanied the British Army during the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1879). After forcing the Khyber Pass and capturing Ali Masjid, the Peshawar Valley Field Force occupied Jalalabad in December 1878. Burke accompanied the troops as an unofficial photographer and took a number of images of the city and its surroundings. The gardens were situated about half a mile to the west of Jalalabad and contained the palace of the Amir, two large tanks or reservoirs and a circular summer house, shown in this photograph. The gardens were originally planted by Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur (1483-1530), the first Moghul Emperor, in the 16th century.

2nd Afghan War (1878-1880)