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Title

Bala Hissar, Kabul, showing Shah Shuja鱠Palace, 1879_80.

Date

1879 to 1880

Material

Albumen pri

Description

Scope and content : At the centre of the palace in the lower enclosure of the Bala Hissar lay an extensive formal garden or chaharbagh, on to which the audience hall opened. Behind this to the left are the residential quarters that were used by Shah Shuja in the early 1840s. The smaller complex to the far right is a palace used by Yaqub Khan

Institution

British Library

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