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X717/Plate 25

Lithograph

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Title

Gool-Mahomeed Khaun, King of the Ghilgies, 1841.

Date

1841

Material

Lithograph

Description

Scope and content : After surrendering to the British in April 1841, the Ghilzai chief Gul Muhammad Khan was put under house arrest in Kabul, where Rattray sketched him in a caravanserai, seen on the right. Despite his fearsome reputation, Rattray found him very friendly.

Institution

British Library

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