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      On the way to get to know land and people  
 

                                           
 
Both friends were on the way to get to know land and people. As you can see it happened by horse or by motorcycle. Unfortunately I do not know where these photographs are taken. Certainly these pictures were taken at the same place.
Außerdem stand die Bildplattenkamera auf einem Stativ, da es sich um die selbe Einstellung handelt. Die Fotos dieser Touren finden Sie hier auf der Seite unter den Fotoalben.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                           
   
   
       
       
   
   
"The fotographer"
        
                               
Afghanistan Kinder      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
"Mr. Maass"
                         
   
Moschee in Kandahar
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
As my great-grandfather took the pictures of these children my grandmother was the same age and in Berlin. ......
      
"mosque in Kandahar"
text on the backside:
"for my opinion the most beautiful city in Afghanistan"
     
     
                                                   
Leider sind aus dieser Zeit weder Brief noch das beschriebene Tagebuch erhalten. Deshalb weiß ich nicht wie sich mein Urgroßvater ohne Frau und Tochter gefühlt hat. Ich kann mir aber vorstellen, dass es nicht einfach war in einem fremden Land alleine mit einer fremden Kultur zu leben. Im Gegensatz zu heute waren die Abstände zwischen den Kulturen wesentlich größer. Briefe waren damals, wenn sie überhaupt ankamen, wochen- vielleicht sogar monatelang unterwegs. Deshalb glaube ich, dass die Fotoserie der Kinder durch Heimweh entstanden ist.
                                                   
Here you can see a picture of Paghman - an idyllic area, approximately 50 km in the west of Kabul. Paghman was famous for its gorgeous palaces and gardens. King Amanullah was born there.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
                                                           
                                                   
This picture was taken from a hill and shows Paghman in direction to the west.
                                       
 

If you move the cursor to different parts of the general view, you can see separate buildings.
These are details of the originale Fotos .

     
                                           
                     
                             
                             
On the website of Ahmad Fraidoon Torialy you can see how beautiful these buildings once were.
                             
The picture on the right side probably shows a summer trip of the Germans to Paghman. The gentleman on the left side could be Dr. Gerber. My great-grandfather is the second person from the right side. Unfortunately I do not know who the other gentlemen are. But since he lived together with Mr. Standke, Mr. Sonnabend and Mr. Buente, it could be these gentlemen. His friend Mr. Maas is not on the picture.
 
"hotel in Bagman"    [Paghman]
                                                   
During these trips he met the emir of Buchara who lived in exile. Alim Khan was the last emir of Buchara, who was driven out of his home land by the soviet troops of General Frunze. The country became the independent state of Buchara with the capital Samarkand. Later Buchara became a part of the Soviet Union belonging to the republic of Uzbekistan. Alim Khan died in the age of 44 in his exile in Kabul.
                            Unten: "The residenz of the emir of Buchara"
in his exil in Afghanistan.		  
 
Alim Khan the emir of Buchara
          
        Die Residenz und Hofwürdenträger des Emirs von Buchara in seinem Exil in Afghanistan
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
   
"Alim Khan
the emir of Buchara"
        
           
                         
afghanistan Freunde  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oben: "Hofwürdenträger"
     
                           
         
My grandmother told me, that he also learned the language of Afghanistan. Unfortunaly she did not know what language(s) he spoke.
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
He made friends of course. On the left you can see two of them.                            
     
Afghanistan Familie
                             
Lalander Afghanistan    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
"the family of our Gastgeber"
"Lalander seen from he hill"
                            
                   
One of his trips brought him to Lalander into the middle of Afghanistan. He probably spend the night at the family´s place who are on the picture on the right side. He has made four photos of Lalander.
                     
                                                   
He used his vacation to travel with friends to farer places and countrys. Hier ein Foto von einer Fahrt die er wahrscheinlich 1926 nach Indien unternahm. Möglicherweise befand er sich im Urlaub auf dem Weg nach Hause und fuhr von Dehli über Agra nach Bombay. Von dort mit dem Schiff über Aden und Neapel nach Berlin.
  
 
 
 
 
                                             
Thaj Mahal                                    
   
Wilhelm Rieck, Parron und Baron Plessen
   
   
   
   
   
   
Thaj Mahal
                
                             
   
Fort Agra in Indien
          
   
   
     
Wilhelm Rieck went on a journey to India together with his friends Mr. Parron and baron Plessen. Probably he travelled home from Bombay.
     
     
     
                         
   
The fort Agra
                               
                             
Karte Reise nach Indien von Kabul Afghanistan
       
Bombay das Tor nach Indien
      
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
       
Bombay the gate to India
     
                             
 
Museum von Bombay
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
museum of Bombay
            
                                                   
Da ich nicht weiß in welcher Reihenfolge bzw. wann mein Ergroßvater die einzelnen Städte besucht hat, habe ich keine Route eingezeichnet. Aber vielleicht bekomme ich noch Hinweise von den Nachfahren der Herren Parron und Plessen.