Twigg, Roberts, Durand, Manners-Smith, N.W. Frontier India. C1890

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Description: Twigg, Roberts, Durand, Manners-Smith, Northwest Frontier India. C1890. Colonel Algernon Durand stormed the Fort at Nilt and occupied Hunza and Nagar. He wrote about this campaign in his book 'The Making of a Frontier. Five years experiences and adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral, and the Eastern Hindu-Kush.' published in 1899 when he was Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India, a post he held from 1894. Prior to that he was the British Political Agent in Gilgit from 1889 - 1894. John Manners-Smith won a Victoria Cross for bravery in 1891 and later became British Political Agent for Gilgit 1898 - 1901.

Status: For Sale	Reference#: 3in1221
Condition: Very good contrast and tonality	Year: c1890
Country: Northwest Frontier India	Maker: William Holmes
Height: 4.375 in. (11.11 cm)
Width: 6 in. (15.24 cm)
Materials: Albumen photograph in archival mat

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