Atkinson wrote: 'The rocks on each side of this Pass are projecting and stupendous, and in the narrowest passages, almost perpendicular. Immense blocks of stone are scattered about all the way and the scenery is of a more magnificently wild character and of a bolder form than any hitherto met with. Many impediments to the march through the Pass, had been removed by the Engineers, but it was still an arduous task ...'


Water-colour view of Sepoys attacking Baluchi snipers in the Siri-Kajur Pass (Baluchistan) by James Atkinson (1780-1852) between 1839 and 1840. This is plate 6 from the album 'Sketches in Afghaunistan'. Inscribed on the mount is: 'The wild pass of Siri-Kajoor.'