‘Mountains at Zirta Bolan Pass’, 1839 circa (coloured lithograph)

‘Mountains at Zirta Bolan Pass’, 1839 circa. Coloured lithograph from ‘Views in Affghaunistaun etc 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 Army of the Indus, a combined force of British and Indian troops, invaded Afghanistan via Baluchistan and the Bolan Pass. During the army’s passage it was subjected to ambushes and sniping attacks by the local tribesmen. Many of the troops and camp followers were also suffering from food shortages caused by the mismanagement of supplies.