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Book/Printed Material Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi albisah-ʼi ʻaskarīyah نظامنامۀ البسۀ عسکريه

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Title

  • Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi albisah-ʼi ʻaskarīyah

Other Title

  • نظامنامۀ البسۀ عسکريه

Summary

  • Niẓāmnāmah-i albisah-i ʼaskarīyah (Military uniform regulation book) contains the uniform and dress regulations for the Afghan military under the rule of Amanullah Khan (reigned from 1919 to 1929). The book was published in January 1921, soon after the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Afghan War (May-August 1919), in which Amanullah Khan was the leader of the Afghan forces and through which Afghanistan gained its complete independence from Great Britain. The book outlines the form and color of the kurtī (coat) and birjis (breeches) of military personnel, and it also illustrates the collar and shoulder insignia for each military rank. The work is printed in black and white, but a page near the beginning contains a hand-colored palette using opaque watercolors to depict the regulation uniform colors. The book was printed in 1,000 copies at the Maktabah-i Funun-i Harbiyah (The Military Arts Library) printing press in Kabul. World Digital Library.
  • The first book containing illustrations and details of army uniforms of Afghan army during 18th and 19th century.

Names

  • Afghanistan. Maktab-i Funūn-i Ḥarbīyah

Created / Published

  • Kābul : Maṭbaʻah-ʼi Maktab-i Funūn-i Ḥarbīyah, 1299 [1920 or 1921]

Headings

  • -  Afghanistan.--Afghan National Army--Uniforms
  • -  Military uniforms--Afghanistan--History--18th century
  • -  Military uniforms--Afghanistan--History--19th century
  • -  Afghanistan

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  08/01/02 T;05/05/02 T
  • -  Acquire for LC only.

Medium

  • 9 pages, 23 plates : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • UC485.A3 N59 1920

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2002362440

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Afghanistan. Maktab-I Funūn-I Ḥarbīyah. Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi Albisah-ʼi ʻaskarīyah. [Kābul: Maṭbaʻah-ʼi Maktab-i Funūn-i Ḥarbīyah, 1920 or 1921, 1920] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002362440/.

APA citation style:

Afghanistan. Maktab-I Funūn-I Ḥarbīyah. (1920) Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi Albisah-ʼi ʻaskarīyah. [Kābul: Maṭbaʻah-ʼi Maktab-i Funūn-i Ḥarbīyah, 1920 or 1921] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002362440/.

MLA citation style:

Afghanistan. Maktab-I Funūn-I Ḥarbīyah. Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi Albisah-ʼi ʻaskarīyah. [Kābul: Maṭbaʻah-ʼi Maktab-i Funūn-i Ḥarbīyah, 1920 or 1921, 1920] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2002362440/>.