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C1881
Map of Kafiristan
Mapmaker:
Henry Sharbau (1860 - 1904)
Detailed map of Kafiristan in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region, which includes the cities of Kabul and Jalalabad. Named after the Kafirs, a fiercely independent people who resisted conversion to Islam until the 1890s, Kafiristan literally means the “land of the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Map of Kafiristan
Date:
C1881
Mapmaker:
Henry Sharbau (1860 - 1904)
Condition:
In good condition, folds as issued.
Technique:
Original colour lithograph.
Image Size:
280mm
x 200mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1881
Description:
Detailed map of Kafiristan in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region, which includes the cities of Kabul and Jalalabad. Named after the Kafirs, a fiercely independent people who resisted conversion to Islam until the 1890s, Kafiristan literally means the “land of the infidels.” This map was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographic Society shortly after the Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878-1880.
Mapmaker:
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