Image: Chilzina Mountain at Kandahar in 1881

Description: Chilzina or the 40 Steps [Kandahar]. Photograph of Chilzina in Kandahar from the 'Bellew Collection: Photograph album of Surgeon-General Henry Walter Bellew' taken by Sir Benjamin Simpson c.1881. Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan and is situated in the south of the region. Chilzina is a rock-cut chamber on the northern side of the old citadel and is accessed by forty steps. A Persian incription at the site reveals that the chamber was completed under the patronage of the Moghul Emperor Babur in the 16th century. The old citadel was destroyed by Nadir Shah Afshar of Persia in 1738.
Title: Chilzina Mountain at Kandahar in 1881
Credit: The British Library - Online Gallery
Author: Sir Benjamin Simpson (1831-1923)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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