Category:Photographs taken by Lt. Col. Sir Percy Sykes to illustrate Chinese Turkestan, the Russian Pamirs and Osh April-November, 1915

The 48 photographs by Sir Percy Moleworth Sykes were taken mainly during his travels in a mountainous region of Central Asia, now the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, with his sister, Ella Sykes. The gelatin silver prints measure approximately 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches and are window-mounted two to a page with calligraphic captions in white ink. Subjects include landscapes, strategic buildings such as forts and trading posts, and local Uighur, Beg, Kyrgyz, and Kazak people and their dwellings and animals, as well as British, Russian, Turkish, and Chinese people and officials. Specific locations in captions include Kashgar, the Tuman River, Yarkand, Khotan, Merkit, Bulunkul, the Pamirs, Tashkurgan, Muztagh Ata, Karakul lake, the Tian Shan mountains, and Osh. The images are large, crisp, and rich with detail, offering views of a remote area and its culture immediately following the Xinhai Revolution in Xinjiang and immediately prior to the Basmachi rebellion, the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War.

Media in category "Photographs taken by Lt. Col. Sir Percy Sykes to illustrate Chinese Turkestan, the Russian Pamirs and Osh April-November, 1915"

The following 48 files are in this category, out of 48 total.

A Caravanserai on the Osh-Kashgar road.jpg 4,198 × 2,784; 1.83 MB
A cart in the Osh oasis.jpg 4,327 × 2,867; 1.97 MB
A distant view of Muztagh Ata.jpg 4,251 × 2,804; 1.46 MB
A Dulani Beg of Merkit.jpg 2,803 × 4,216; 1.84 MB
A Ferry on the Yarkand River.jpg 4,205 × 2,780; 1.11 MB
A Glacier from the Muztagh Ata.jpg 4,256 × 2,829; 1.4 MB
A Kashgar School.jpg 4,264 × 2,793; 1.52 MB
A leading Divine, Kashgar.jpg 2,776 × 4,232; 1.31 MB
A Soothsayer.jpg 2,736 × 4,153; 1.62 MB
A successful pick-up.jpg 4,183 × 2,767; 1.71 MB
A Tungani Shaykh.jpg 2,792 × 4,208; 1.65 MB
A Ya-Yieh or Yamen Runner.jpg 2,846 × 4,199; 1.99 MB
Bringing in an Ovis Poli.jpg 4,206 × 2,783; 1.56 MB
Chinese Soldiers at the feet of the War God.jpg 2,796 × 4,240; 1.69 MB
Chinese Troops at Khotan.jpg 4,220 × 2,820; 1.76 MB
Hunting dogs in the Pamirs.jpg 2,799 × 4,197; 1.51 MB
Hunting Eagles of Merkit.jpg 4,232 × 2,811; 1.46 MB
In the Khotan Oasis.jpg 4,214 × 2,792; 2.12 MB
K.B. Mulla Sabit, British Aksakal, Yarkand.jpg 2,785 × 4,176; 1.61 MB
Kashgari Musicians.jpg 4,196 × 2,752; 2.2 MB
Kirghiz Women in Gala dress.jpg 4,188 × 2,772; 1.47 MB
Loading up in the Pamirs.jpg 4,241 × 2,828; 1.54 MB
Men playing Buzkashi.jpg 4,217 × 2,796; 1.81 MB
Nasir Ali Khan, a leading "Muki" of Sarikol (A "Muki" is a leader of the Aga Khan Sect).jpg 2,846 × 4,260; 1.7 MB
Osman Beg of Bulunkul.jpg 4,221 × 2,820; 1.4 MB
Russian Officials (with Pamirski Post in the background).jpg 4,238 × 2,820; 1.31 MB
Sarikoli Dancers.jpg 4,267 × 2,812; 1.82 MB
Sir George Macartney & Chinese Officials, Kashgar.jpg 4,223 × 2,800; 2.2 MB
Tashkurgan Fort in the Sarikol Valley.jpg 4,272 × 2,808; 1.06 MB
The Amban of Kargalik.jpg 2,780 × 4,217; 1.56 MB
The Begs of Yarkand.jpg 4,192 × 2,787; 1.84 MB
The British Aksakals (or Agents) in Chinese Turkestan.jpg 4,212 × 2,780; 2 MB
The British Consulate-General, Kashgar.jpg 4,280 × 2,821; 1.88 MB
The celebrated "Pigeon Shrine" near Khotan.jpg 4,223 × 2,808; 1.75 MB
The Chinese Garrison of Bulunkul.jpg 4,184 × 2,804; 1.49 MB
The City of Kashgar.jpg 4,184 × 2,776; 2.01 MB
The City Wall of Kashgar.jpg 4,252 × 2,841; 1.39 MB
The Little Kara Kul Lake.jpg 4,268 × 2,845; 1.18 MB
The Pagoda of Pan Chao, Kashgar.jpg 2,772 × 4,168; 1.7 MB
The site of Yoktan (ancient Khotan).jpg 2,796 × 4,209; 2.06 MB
The Tian Shan range from the West.jpg 4,291 × 2,863; 1.33 MB
The Tuman Su at Kashgar.jpg 4,145 × 2,732; 1.56 MB
The Ulugh Art Glacier.jpg 4,292 × 2,861; 1.3 MB
The Victor of a Buzkashi game.jpg 2,843 × 4,294; 1.45 MB
Throwing mud at a Shrine as a cure for skin disease.jpg 2,812 × 4,267; 2.1 MB
Tungani General, Khotan.jpg 4,200 × 2,788; 2.08 MB
View across the Tuman Su from the terrace of the British Consulate General.jpg 4,284 × 2,805; 1.34 MB
Yarkand Musicians.jpg 4,191 × 2,770; 1.97 MB