Online Collection

The Online Collection showcases a selection of our objects for you to discover and explore. This resource will grow as the Museum's Collection is catalogued and computerised, and as new acquisitions are added.

« New search

« Prev - 1 of 1 results - Next »

'Ko-i-Staun Foot Soldiery in Summer Costume, Actively employed among the Rocks'

Coloured lithograph by R Carrick after James Rattray, 2nd Bengal Native Infantry, 1842 (c), published by Hering and Remington, London, 1847. Taken from the set 'Scenery, inhabitants and costumes of Afghaunistan', No 11.

The men shown here belonged to a British irregular unit raised in Kohistan, a region to the north-east of Kabul. Under the command of Lieutenant Richard Maule, Bengal Artillery, the so-called 'Kohistan Rangers' were part of Shah Shuja's force. Rattray himself left Kohistan in September 1841, but Maule, his subaltern and sergeants were murdered by the troops under their command on 3 November 1841 at Kahdarrah.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1966-08-26-12

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1966-08-26-12