Shahr-i-Kohna Bala Hissar.

16 November 1975
372 km; 232 mi; 5 3/4 hours from Kabul. 60 km; 38 mi; 3/4 hours from Mazar.
Out of sequence. Visited on return trip after terrible snow storm while we were spending the night of 14-15 November at Delbarjeen with soviet mission and after photographing Noh Gumbad 16th a.m.
Built 1768 after Ahmad Shah took northern plains from Amir of Bokhara and established Amu Darya as frontier occupied to end of 19th, now in ruins, snow covered mountain in the background.

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16 November 1975<br />
372 km; 232 mi; 5 3/4 hours from Kabul. 60 km; 38 mi; 3/4 hours from Mazar.<br />
Out of sequence. Visited on return trip after terrible snow storm while we were spending the night of 14-15 November at Delbarjeen with soviet mission and after photographing Noh Gumbad 16th a.m. <br />
Built 1768 after Ahmad Shah took northern plains from Amir of Bokhara and established Amu Darya as frontier occupied to end of 19th, now in ruins, snow covered mountain in the background.