'Fort of Bukkur and Roree from Sukkur', 1838 (c)

Coloured lithograph from 'Views in Affghaunistaun from sketches taken during the Campaigns of the Army of the Indus', by W L Walton after Captain Sir Keith A Jackson, Bt, 4th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons, published by W H Allen and Co and T McLean.

The fortress of Bukkur was on a strategically important island in the Indus River, between Rohri and Sukkur. During the 1st Afghan War (1839-1842) it was used as a depot for Sir John Keane's Army of the Indus. The fort had been presented to the British in 1831 by the Emir of Khirpur, Mir Rostum.