3-052-473 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Afghan War: a sketch in General Sir F. Roberts's head-quarters, Sherpore Cantonments, 1880. The British Army in Afghanistan. Illustration shows '...the Malik or Chief of Bhutkak, Timour Kooli Khan, at the gate of General Roberts's head-quarters in Sherpore cantonment, in the act of presenting letters to the officer who meets him there. This Chief of Bhutkak is in possession of a letter given to him by General Pollock in 1842, of which he is very proud'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.