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Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection Bibliography, Volume I: Pashto And Dari Titles, Shaista Wahab
Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection Bibliography, Volume I: Pashto And Dari Titles, Shaista Wahab
Books in English
This is volume one of the two volume set bibliography. This volume included Pashto and Dari titles that are available in the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection, at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. Entries are arranged by subjects and within each subject organized by the authors' last names.
The Pathan Borderland : A Consecutive Account Of The Country And People On And Beyond The Indian Frontier From Chitral To Dera Ismail Khan (1921), Colin Metcalf Enriquez
The Pathan Borderland : A Consecutive Account Of The Country And People On And Beyond The Indian Frontier From Chitral To Dera Ismail Khan (1921), Colin Metcalf Enriquez
Books in English
A consecutive account of the country and people on and beyond the Indian frontier from Chitral to Dera Ismail Khan.
In this second edition considerable additions have been made, and chapters IV and VIII to XIV have been entirely re-written.
Contents: Chitral, Yusufzai, Peshawar, Jalozai, Kohat, Samana, Kurram, A tale from Tirah, Bannu, Fronteir Field Firing, Shahbash Ilam Dim, Sheikh Budin, Derajat and Waziristan.
With The Afghans, Claud Herbert Alwyn Field
With The Afghans, Claud Herbert Alwyn Field
Books in English
Contents: The Afghans -- Afghan customs and characteristics -- Peshawar city and cantonment -- The religion of the Pathans -- Mission work -- Preaching across the Frontier -- An Afghan heretic -- Two soldiers of the guides -- The Frontier rising of 1897 -- Converts and enquirers -- Persian influences on the Afghans -- Afghan poets -- Afghan fables
Afghanistan And Its Late Amir: With Some Account Of Baluchistan, Christian Literature Society For India
Afghanistan And Its Late Amir: With Some Account Of Baluchistan, Christian Literature Society For India
Books in English
Afghanistan and its late Amir: with some account of Baluchistan, compiled from Bellew, the Encyclopedia Britanica, Hunter's gazetteer of India, the authobiography of Abdur Rahman, Wheeler's the Amir Abdur Rahman, the Stateman's year book, etc.
Book includes a map of the area and several illustrations.
A Short Sketch, Historical And Traditional, Of The Musalman Races Found In Sind, Baluchistan And Afghanistan, Sadik Ali Sher Ali Ansari
A Short Sketch, Historical And Traditional, Of The Musalman Races Found In Sind, Baluchistan And Afghanistan, Sadik Ali Sher Ali Ansari
Books in English
Musalman races found in Sind, Baluchistan and Afghanistan, their genealogical sub-division, together with an ethnological and ethnographical account.
Indian Frontier Policy: An Historical Sketch, John Adye Sir
Indian Frontier Policy: An Historical Sketch, John Adye Sir
Books in English
First Anglo-Afghan War of 1839-41; Events leading to the Second Anglo-Afghan War; and Frontier policy since the Second Afghan war, including expedition to Chiral is covered in this publication.
Lights & Shades Of Hill Life In The Afghan And Hindu Highlands Of The Punjab: A Contrast, Frederick St. John Gore
Lights & Shades Of Hill Life In The Afghan And Hindu Highlands Of The Punjab: A Contrast, Frederick St. John Gore
Books in English
The author describes social life, ethnic and religious practice of the native people of India and its surroundings areas. The relationship between the British and Indians also discussed.
Maps and illustrations are from photographs by the author
Through The Khyber Pass To Sherpore Camp, Cabul. An Account Of Temperance Work Among Our Soldiers In The Cabul Field Force, Rev. J. Gelson Gregson
Through The Khyber Pass To Sherpore Camp, Cabul. An Account Of Temperance Work Among Our Soldiers In The Cabul Field Force, Rev. J. Gelson Gregson
Books in English
This ‘Diary' originally appeared in the Indian Temperance Magazine-On Guard-and at the request of friends interested in the welfare of our soldiers in India, I now publish it in a more permanent form. There is no attempt on my part to make a book; my sole object has been to give permanency to a simple record of work among soldiers in the late Afghan campaign. Having shared their trials and dangers, I have much pleasure in bearing my testimony to their courage in battle, and to their patience in sickness-cheerfully enduring privations for the maintenance of the honour …
Herat: The Granary And Garden Of Central Asia, George Bruce Malleson
Herat: The Granary And Garden Of Central Asia, George Bruce Malleson
Books in English
Contents:
Chapter I. - Argument
Chapter II. The new Frontier
Chapter III. Herat
Chapter IV. Herat: the granary and garden
Chapter V. Kandahar to Herat
Chapter VI. Mashad to Herat
Chapter VII. Herat to Sarrakhs, Merv, and Charjui
Chapter VIII. Herat to Maimane and Andkhoi
Chapter IX. Herat to Shiborgan, Balkh, Takhtapul, Khuduz, and Faizabad
Chapter X. Kabul to Khulm
Chapter XI. Herat to Kabul
Journal Of A Political Mission To Afghanistan, In 1857, Under Major (Now Colonel) Lumsden; With An Account Of The Country And People, Henry Walter Bellew
Journal Of A Political Mission To Afghanistan, In 1857, Under Major (Now Colonel) Lumsden; With An Account Of The Country And People, Henry Walter Bellew
Books in English
A report of a political mission to Afghanistan, in 1857, under Major (now Colonel) Lumsden, with an account of the country and people, by H. W. Belew, Medical Officer to the Mission. Includes 8 illustrations.
Travels In The Regions Of The Upper And Lower Amoor, Thomas Witlam Atkinson
Travels In The Regions Of The Upper And Lower Amoor, Thomas Witlam Atkinson
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Travels in the regions of the upper and lower Amoor and the Russian acquisitions of the confines of India and China. With adventures among the mountain Kirghis; and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungous, Touzemts, Goldi, and Gelyaks; the hunting and pastoral tribes. The book includes a map and numerous illustrations.
The Expedition Into Affghanistan: Notes And Sketches Descriptive Of The Country, Contained In A Personal Narrative During The Campaign Of 1839 & 1840, Up To The Surrender Of Dost Mahomed Khan, James Atkinson
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Causes of the expedition -- History of Shah Shoojah -- Journey of the author to join the Army -- Advance of the army of the Indus -- Advance of the army to Candahar -- Occupation of Candahar -- March from Candahar to Ghizni -- Attack and capture of Ghizni -- Ghizni -- March to Caubul -- Caubul -- March to Jellalabad -- Journey from Affghanistan, through the Punjab, to Ferozepore.