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| Keywords: Khyber chiefs with captain tucker.jpg Photograph of Afghan chiefs and a British Political Officer posed at Jamrud fort at the mouth of the Khyber Pass taken by John Burke in 1878 Burke the most intrepid of the photographers active in Victorian India accompanied nearly all of the British military campaigns of this period but is best known for his photography during the Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80 He accompanied the Peshawar Valley Field Force during the two-year campaign and worked steadily in the hostile environment of Afghanistan and the North West Frontier Province Pakistan the scene of the military operations Source http //www collectbritain co uk British Library originally uploaded on English Wikipedia under PD-old 1878 John Burke died 1900 PD-old-100 Group photographs People of Pakistan 1878 Pashtuns in the 19th century Khyber Pass Group portraits with many people Jamrud Fort John Burke | ||||
