"This photograph of a scene, assumed to be in Kandahar, is from an album of rare historical photographs depicting people and places associated with the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Men and young boys have gathered on both levels of a ruined building and in its courtyard and are observing the photographer. In the foreground is a charpoy (also seen as chaar payee), a bed frame made of woven rope used throughout Afghanistan as an outdoor bed during the hot summer."
Benjamin Simpson (1831-1923)
circa 1880 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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