The Roashans

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Picture credits

Where the pictures on this site come from, who made them, and the licences that let us use them.

The photographs and works of art in Afghanistan in pictures, at the top of the section pages and in the memoir come from Wikimedia Commons. Each is in the public domain or under a Creative Commons licence, as listed below. Our copies are resized, and some are cropped to remove the edges of the original glass plates and slides.

You may reuse them on the same terms: credit the author and link to the licence. Pictures under a BY-SA licence must be shared under the same licence; public domain and CC0 pictures may be used freely.

The photograph of Band-e Amir at the top of the home page and the portraits of the authors come from the family’s original site.

The pictures

  1. Summer pasture in the Wakhan

    Wakhan, Badakhshan, 2019

    Photo: Benoît VicartCC0Wikimedia Commons

  2. The cliffs of Bamyan

    Bamyan, 2019

    Photo: MonikajoannahCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  3. The Panjshir valley

    Panjshir, 2011

    Photo: Michael O’Connor, U.S. Air ForceCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons

  4. Between Jalalabad and Kabul

    Kabul–Jalalabad road, 2008

    Photo: Todd HuffmanCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons

  5. Nangarhar countryside

    Nangarhar, 2010

    Photo: Todd HuffmanCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons

  6. Nomad tents

    Central Afghanistan, 1928

    Photo: Frédéric Gadmer, Archives de la Planète, Musée départemental Albert-KahnCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  7. The Minaret of Jam

    Ghor, 2017

    Photo: AhmadElhanCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  8. The Friday Mosque of Herat

    Herat, 2004

    Photo: Sven DirksCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  9. The Musalla minarets

    Herat, 1928

    Photo: Frédéric Gadmer, Archives de la Planète, Musée départemental Albert-KahnPublic domainWikimedia Commons

  10. The shrine of Hazrat Ali

    Mazar-i-Sharif, 2018

    Photo: AhmadElhanCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  11. The towers of Ghazni

    Ghazni, 2014

    Photo: AhmadElhanCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  12. Bamyan in 1976

    Bamyan, 1976

    Photo: Marek Gawęcki, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityCC BY-SA 3.0 PLWikimedia Commons

  13. From the head of the Buddha

    Bamyan, c. 1962

    Photo: Afghanistan in the Early 1960s (Flickr)CC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons

  14. Bagh-e Babur

    Kabul, 2016

    Photo: NinarasCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  15. Tomb of Ahmad Shah Durrani

    Kandahar, 1928

    Photo: Frédéric Gadmer, Archives de la Planète, Musée départemental Albert-KahnCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  16. Building the palace of Khawarnaq

    Herat, 1494–95

    Kamal al-Din BehzadPublic domainWikimedia Commons

  17. Alexander visits the hermit

    Herat, 1494–95

    Kamal al-Din BehzadPublic domainWikimedia Commons

  18. Camel fight

    Herat school, c. 1525

    Ascribed to Kamal al-Din BehzadPublic domainWikimedia Commons

  19. Babur lays out the Garden of Fidelity

    Nangarhar, c. 1590

    Mughal court paintersPublic domainWikimedia Commons

  20. A page by Mir Ali of Herat

    Herat or Bukhara, early 16th century

    Mir Ali HaraviPublic domainWikimedia Commons

  21. Rumi’s Masnavi in the hand of Mir Ali

    Herat, 1524–25

    Mir Ali HaraviPublic domainWikimedia Commons

  22. Tiles of the Blue Mosque

    Mazar-i-Sharif, 2007

    Photo: Wendy TannerCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons

  23. Pottery of Istalif

    Istalif, Kabul province, 2010

    Photo: Tigerlily143CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  24. Turkmen carpet

    Turkmenistan or northern Afghanistan, 1870s

    Saryk weavers; Cleveland Museum of ArtCC0Wikimedia Commons

  25. Kilims

    Afghanistan, 2005

    Photo: Steve EvansCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons

  26. A kilim in Gordol

    Gordol village, 1976

    Photo: Marek Gawęcki, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityCC BY-SA 3.0 PLWikimedia Commons

  27. The rubab

    Afghanistan, 2014

    Photo: Naveed.yziCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  28. Lapis lazuli

    Badakhshan, 2013

    Photo: Didier DescouensCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  29. Gold crown from Tillya Tepe

    Jowzjan, 1st century AD

    Photo: ArtacoanaCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons

  30. Head of the Buddha from Hadda

    Nangarhar, c. 3rd century

    Photo: Didier DescouensCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  31. Ivory from Begram

    Kapisa, 1st–2nd century

    Cleveland Museum of ArtCC0Wikimedia Commons

  32. King Amanullah Khan

    Kabul, 1920s

    Photographer unknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons

  33. The arch at Paghman

    Paghman, 1928

    Photo: Frédéric Gadmer, Archives de la Planète, Musée départemental Albert-KahnCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  34. Fountains at Paghman

    Paghman, 1928

    Photo: Frédéric Gadmer, Archives de la Planète, Musée départemental Albert-KahnCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  35. The road to Paghman

    Paghman, 1928

    Photo: Frédéric Gadmer, Archives de la Planète, Musée départemental Albert-KahnCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  36. The Kabul River in the city

    Kabul, 1928

    Photo: Frédéric Gadmer, Archives de la Planète, Musée départemental Albert-KahnCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  37. Bridge on the Kabul River

    Kabul, 1928

    Photo: Frédéric Gadmer, Archives de la Planète, Musée départemental Albert-KahnCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  38. The Kabul River in autumn

    Kabul, 1928

    Photo: Frédéric Gadmer, Archives de la Planète, Musée départemental Albert-KahnCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

  39. A Kabul street

    Kabul, 1966

    Photo: Wilford PeloquinCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons