'Kabul Types', 1840s, (1901). Creator: James Atkinson.

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'Kabul Types', 1840s, (1901). Portraits of people in the capital of Afghanistan: a woman donning a burqa before going out (top left), 'An Afghan Sirdar', (a term denoting a prince or noblemen, or a tribal chief, centre). From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. III. - To The End of Lord Roberts's Indian Career", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]

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