Salvete Omnes,
James Atkinson (1780-1852) was a men of many talents and skills, his profession was medicine and he worked as a doctor in Bengal (part of British India) - being fluent in Persian he translated parts of Shahname into English, while being a man of his era, he was also trained in fine arts.
During the First Anglo-Afghan war he was appointed the chief surgeon to the Army of India (Indus) and thus he participated in the war until 1840, riding into Afghanistan.
Upon his return to India in 1841, he published his drawings from Afghanistan titled "Sketches in Afghaunistan' and a volume describing the war in Afghanistan titled 'The Expedition into Affghanistan: Notes and Sketches Descriptive of the Country[..].'
He was one of the European pioneer researchers into the culture of Afghanistan and Persia.
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| William Hay Macnachten receives Dost Mohammad's surrender |
a colored lithograph from Christies -
During the final fighting with Dost Muhammad the Bengal Cavalry's 2nd Regiment refused to charge Afghans and flew from their British officers .. the action was described by dr Atkinson.
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