The Indian Punjabi Mir Munshi Sultan Mohammad, head of the English department of the secretarait of Emir Abd or-Rahman. Translator and compiler of the autobiography of the Emire and Afghanistan ambassador to London.

Two Russian type water boilers(samowars)

Six Kafir boys.

Palace of Bagh-e Bala

Sultan Mohammed Khan, seated.

Seven Kafir girls

Bagh-e Babor on the western slope of mountain

Men seated with bread

Five women enjoying an Afghan meal.

Junction of two dry river beds

The Indian Punjabi Mir Munshi Sultan Mohammad standing, legs astraddled, over a water channel. Next to him is a European Lady, possibly the nurse Mrs. Kate Daly. Kabul

Two women in Turkoman dress

Bagrami pavilion, east of Kabul.

Ladies of the royal harem enjoying an Afghan meal. Kabul

Hamilton's house in Kabul, patients waiting.

The Indian Punjabi Mir Munshi Sultan Mohammad, head of the English department of the secretarait of Emir Abd or-Rahman. Translator and compiler of the autobiography of the Emire. Kabul and and Afghanistan ambassador to London.

Afghan ladies in their Purdah dress (Chador). Kabul.

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Lillias Anna Hamilton

Images from the collections

Images by Lillias Anna Hamilton

Works from the collections

Bagrami pavilion, east of Kabul.

Ladies of the royal harem enjoying an Afghan meal. Kabul

Hamilton's house in Kabul, patients waiting.

The Indian Punjabi Mir Munshi Sultan Mohammad, head of the English department of the secretarait of Emir Abd or-Rahman. Translator and compiler of the autobiography of the Emire. Kabul and and Afghanistan ambassador to London.

Afghan ladies in their Purdah dress (Chador). Kabul.

Lillias Anna Hamilton

Images from the collections

Images by Lillias Anna Hamilton

Works from the collections

Bagrami pavilion, east of Kabul.

Ladies of the royal harem enjoying an Afghan meal. Kabul

Hamilton's house in Kabul, patients waiting.

The Indian Punjabi Mir Munshi Sultan Mohammad, head of the English department of the secretarait of Emir Abd or-Rahman. Translator and compiler of the autobiography of the Emire. Kabul and and Afghanistan ambassador to London.

Afghan ladies in their Purdah dress (Chador). Kabul.

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