Sujet

The Yarkund Mission: Fort of Shahid-Ulla-Khoja, on the Karakash, 1874. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Yarkund Mission: Fort of Shahid-Ulla-Khoja, on the Karakash, 1874. Scene from '...the journey of Mr. Douglas Forsyth and his party from India across the Himalayas and Karakorum mountains...We are indebted to Captain E. F. Chapman...[for the] view of the fort of Shahid-ulla-Khoja, or Shadulla, on the Karakash river...12,000 ft. above the sea level. The British Envoy and his party reached this place on Oct. 17, and remained there until the 23rd, awaiting the arrival of Syad Yakoob Khan, the late Envoy of the Atalik Ghazeh to Constantinople...Shahid-ulla-Khoja is the frontier outpost of Upper or Eastern Turkestan on its southern side. It was originally built by the Maharajah of Cashmere, at the suggestion of the British Government, for the protection of traders when the Chinese ruled in Yarkund and Kashgar; but it came into possession of the Atalik Ghazeh when he became master of these countries in 1866...A small ziarat, or shrine, dedicated to the saintly memory of this Shahid-ulla, is found upon the rock which appears to the left hand in our Engraving...In the foreground of Captain Chapman's view of Shahid-ulla-Khoja we observe the "akoe," or Kirghiz tent, which was pitched for the accommodation of the English travellers.... From "Illustrated London News", 1874.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A32_233

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

6,7Mo (668,1Ko) / 14,8cm x 11,3cm / 1748 x 1339 (300dpi)

Mots clés

river animal building animals fort arts mountain mountains country China art valley British geography fortifications fortification camping tent tents location century camp Britain newspapers press print mule mules expedition B&W engraved engraving xinjiang Gers 19th century encampment black & white black and white B W nineteenth century yurt yurts The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN wood engraving ILN Ger newspaper landscape Unknown Thomas Forsyth Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 19th-century The Illustrated London News Mission to Yarkand Mission to Yarkund Yarkand Mission Yarkund Mission Thomas Douglas Forsyth Thomas Douglas Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth Douglas Forsyth Edward Chapman Chapman Edward General Sir Edward Francis Chapman Sir Edward Francis Chapman Captain Edward Francis Chapman Chapman Edward Francis Edward Francis Chapman Karakash River Shahidulla Xaidulla