Khirka Sharif

The shrine where the mantle of the Prophet is preserved. The old Kazi in the picture is stated to be 112 years of age.

This photograph is part of the Getty Research Institute's Qandahar Album compiled between 29 November 1880 and 21 April 1881. The photographs were taken while Benjamin Simpson resided in Qandahar as the deputy-surgeon of the South Afghanistan Force during the British withdrawal at the end of the Second Anglo-Afghan War.