- The area was a British military camp or cantonment and the site of the 1879 Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
- The area was a British military camp or cantonment and the site of the 1879 Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
- Major-General Sir Frederick Roberts' Kabul Field Force spent the winter of 1879-1880 besieged at Sherpur cantonment by vastly superior numbers of Afghans.
- Media in category "Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment". The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total.
- RMM5DW6C–Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment, 15–23 December 1879, Kabul, Afghanistan during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
- ...it was observed, had been amassing their forces both to the north and the south of the city and would eventually lead to the Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment...
- The British and Indian troops took over the Sherpur military cantonment north of Kabul, built by their predecessors in 1839 during the occupation of the city in the...
- The area was a British military camp or Cantonment and the site of the 1879 Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
- The Sherpur Cantonment, seen from Asmai Hills was situated a mile north of the city of Kabul, Afghanistan; it was planned by the Amir of Afghanistan...
- Photograph taken by John Burke in 1879, showing the Maidan or open space at the cantonment at Sherpur, situated a mile north of the city of Kabul...
