Tuesday, June 11, 2024

James Rattray - views from Afghanistan 1838-42

 Salvete Omnes,

Captain James Rattray was a British officer in the Bengal Army and an artist.



As a Lieutenant  Rattray in the Bengal Army infantry he also explored the country and  drew & painted the Afghans and Afghanistan during 1838-42 or  the First  Anglo-Afghan war.



It should be noted that he made alive the disastrous retreat from Kabul across the Kyber Pass back into the British Imperial India. 



His brother  Charles Rattray, also an officer in the Bengal Army & Indian Army, was killed or murdered  near Kabul in 1841.
James Rattray 




The little gallery of  Captain Rattray's artwork showing camels and horses

two Afghan brothers of Cpt Rattray's cavalry escort Sept 1841
the Ghilzai or Kochis Pashtun nomads as seen by Rattray








the women of nomad Ghilzai - description here






also available on the world library website - Archive.

Valete

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