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The Amir Yakub Khan's Camp Safed Sang, 1879

Photograph by John Burke, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880), 1879.

Yakub Khan stayed at Safed Sang, situated in the Peshawar valley, prior to signing the Treaty of Gandamak in May 1879, whereby the Amir ceded territories to the British and accepted their envoy in Kabul.

From an album of 100 photographs by John Burke, 1878 (c).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1955-04-39-97

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1955-04-39-97