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| Keywords: Mir Wali with an Uzbek ambassador in 1840.jpg Meerz Fyze an Oosbeg Elchee or Ambassador This lithograph is taken from plate 22 of 'Afghaunistan' by Lietenant James Rattray In September 1840 the British were in negotiations with Mir Wali prince of the frontier town of Kulum near Kunduz so that he would transfer his allegiance to Shah Shuja Rattray wrote I sketched this Uzbeg at the Fort of Lughmaunee Cohistaun He was an emissary from Meer Wallee and a splendid specimen of his race Mir Wali had received the former Emir Dost Mohammad and supplied him with troops in several expeditions against the British Captain Rattray James' brother had been much involved in offering terms to Dost Mohammed receiving his family and his brother Nawab Jabbar Khan as hostages and escorting them to Bamiyan http //www bl uk/ The British Library 1839-42 Lieutenant James Rattray PD-Old PD-old-70 Men of Afghanistan in the 19th century 19th-century lithographs Men of Afghanistan in art Uzbeks in art Clothing of Afghanistan | ||||
