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Memoir Of Shair Mohammad Khan Kamrany, Shair Mohammad Khan Kamrany, Nake M. Kamrany, Maryam Qudrat, Saleh Mohammad Kamrany, Nazaneen Habib, Frozan Habib, Patrick Moore

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Memoir of Shair Mohammad Kamrany, who was born circa 1901-1902 in Bala Karz, Kandahar. He worked on the family farm until he was drafted into army and sent to Kabul. In the 1920s, King Amanullah Khan modernized Afghanistan, and Kamrany was one of a small group of students sent to the newly-formed USSR to learn to fly, after which he served in the first Afghan air force, including service during the 1929 insurgency which ended Amanullah Khan's reign. The memoir includes a "detailed description of the alignment and re-alignment of the various Pashtun tribes and the activities of the insurgency …

Afghans Learn English, V.6, VizāRat-I MaʻĀRif, Center For Afghan Studies, Usaid

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No abstract provided.

Afghans Learn English, V.4, VizāRat-I MaʻĀRif, Center For Afghan Studies, Usaid

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No abstract provided.

This Is Afghanistan, Royal Afghan Embassy, London

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General information about Afghanistan

Alexandre En Afghanistan : Piece En Quatre Actes, AḥMad ʻAlī KuhzāD

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The Story Of The Frontier Province, J.M.E.

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The history of North-west Frontier is closely connected to Afghanistan. During the 18th century the area was ruled by Afghans. Between 1818 and 1834 the Sikhs occupied Peshawar with the help of the British government in India. The book covers the history of the North-West Frontier from the mid-nineteenth century of early 20th century.

The Judgment Of The Sword : The Tale Of The Kabul Tragedy, And Of The Part Played Therein By Major Eldred Pottinger, The Hero Of Herat, Maud Diver

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It is the tale of the Kabul tragedy during the First Anglo-Afghan War, and of the part played therein by Major Eldred Pottinger, the hero of Herat.

Gun-Running And The Indian North-West Frontier, Arnold Keppel

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Gun-running and the Indian north-west frontier, written by the Hon. Arnold Keppel, includes 20 illustrations and 2 maps. The tribes and the tribal areas of the north-west frontier and the relationship between Afghanistan and Great Britain is covered by the author.

The Kingdom Of Afghanistan: A Historical Sketch, George Passman Tate

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An account of Afghanistan, the races, tribe and their relationship with their neighboring countries. The map of Afghanistan included in this book is intended as a key to the positions of the more important localities mentioned in the text and the country situation with its neighbors.

Frontier Warfare: A Series Of Ten Lectures, Frontier

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The book is a series of the following ten tecture:

General Principles; Frontier warfare camp; Measures for the security of a camp; Picquests protecting a camp; Marches; Protection on the march; Attack - defence - storming a fort; Pursuits and retreats, Base and line of communications - convoys; orders

Around Afghanistan, Henri Bouillane De Lacoste

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Around Afghanistan is written by Major de Bouillane de Lacoste; with a preface by Georges Leygues; translated from the French by J. G. Anderson.

Under The Absolute Amir , Frank A. Martin

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Contents:

On the road.--Kabul.--Manners and customs.--Amir Abdur Rahman.--Prisons and prisoners.--Tortures and methods of execution.--Life of Europeans in Kabul.--Soldiers and arms.--Trades and commerce.--Geological conditions of the country.--Religion.--Political situation.--Road from Kabul to Peshawar.

Illustrated by the author's drawings and photographs, and by other photographs

With Roberts To Candahar, A Tale Of The Third Afghan War, F. S. Brereton

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Fiction - about the first Anglo-Afghan war

Report Of Archaeological Survey Work In The North-West Frontier Province And Baluchistan, For The Period From January 2nd, 1904 To March 31, 1905, Aurel Stein

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This report is an archeological survey of the North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan. Interesting chapters of the report are those dealing with Dr. Stein's visit to Mahaban and Banj in Gadun territory, an expedition which had archaeological results of the first value. The author has included a number of illustrations, plans and maps in this report.

The Middle Eastern Question, Or, Some Political Problems Of Indian Defence, Valentine Chirol, Sir

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Partial Contents Include:

British trade and Russian competition - - The future of Seistan -- The Russian position in eastern Persia -- The borderland of Afghanistan -- Afghanistan as a military state, and the North-East Frontier of India.

The Middle Eastern Question Or, Some Political Problems Of Indian Defence, Valentine Chirol

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Based on a series of letters written for the Times.

Chapters pertaining to Afghanistan include:

Borderland of Afghanistan; Afghanistan as a military state; Great Britain, Russia and Afghanistan; and the North-East frontier of India

Afghanistan And Its Late Amir: With Some Account Of Baluchistan, Christian Literature Society For India

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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

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Musalman races found in Sind, Baluchistan and Afghanistan, their genealogical sub-division, together with an ethnological and ethnographical account.

The Second Afghan War, 1878-79-80: Its Causes, Its Conduct And Its Consequences (Vol. 1), Henry Bathurst Hanna

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The book reflected the change which had taken place in British point of view, and the amount of additional labor entailed upon them by that change may be gathered from the fact that the two-thirds of the present volume deal exclusively with the first branch of the British subject, the cause of the War.

Russian Hosts And English Guests In Central Asia, Woolrych J. T. Perowne

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A journey made in November and December (1897) over the Transcaspian Military Railway in Russian Central Asia. Until quite recently the very greatest difficulties were placed in the way of any foreigner who tried to penetrate the region which is bordered roughly on the west by the Caspian, on the north by Khiva and the Turkestan Desert, on the east by the great mountain walls of Afghanistan, Turkestan, and India, and on the south by Persia and Afghanistan. The Book is the author's descriptions of travels made to these regions.

The Risings On The North-West Frontier, Pioneer Press

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A complete narrative, with specially prepared maps of the various risings of the Frontier Tribes in the Tochi Valley, the Swat Valley, the Country of the Mohmands and Mamunds, and the Country of the Afridis and Orakzai; and of he several punitive campaigns undertaken against these tribes, as well as the two minor expeditions sent against the Utman Khels and the Bunerwals: the whole covering a period extending from the middle of June 1897 to the end of January, 1898.

Compiled from the Special War Correspondence of the "Pioneer".

Can Russia Invade India?, H. B. Hanna

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Colonel H. B Hanna served on the army staff, in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878-1880. He encountered difficulties on moving and feeding a few thousand men in the desert of Beluchistan and the Afghan mountains. He believed that an invasion of the British Indian Empire by Russia through Afghanistan was not possible and he addressed it in his book.

The Baluch And Afghan Frontiers Of India, Fortnightly Review (London, England)

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The Cradle Of The Aryans, Gerald Henry Rendall

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Originally presented to the members of the Liverpool “Literary and Philosophical Society” in an attempt to give a clear account of controversies regarding the origin, local and racial, of the Aryan stock.

Recollections Of The Kabul Campaign, 1879 & 1880, Joshua Duke

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The book includes a brief description of places and facts that have come before the notice of the author while he served as a medical officer during the Afghan campaign of 1879 and 1880.

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

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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 …

The Afghan War Of 1879-80, Being A Complete Narrative Of The Capture Of Cabul, The Siege Of Sharpur, The Battle Of Ahmed Khel, The Brilliant March To Candahar, And The Defeat Of Ayub Khan, With The Operations Of The Helmund, And The Settlement With Abdur Rahman Khan, Howard Hensman

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The book about the Second Afghan War, is written when all was peaceful in Afghanistan, but the disaster at Maiwand once more threw the Cabul army into excitement, and General Roberts had to march to he relief of Candahar. This now historical march and the victory at Candahar on September 1st., are described in detail in part II of this volume.

With The Kurram Field Force, 1878-79, James Andrew Sutherland Colquhoun

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Description of the Kurram Valley--Preparations for the Campaign--Advance of the force from the Peiwar Kotal--The action of the Peiwar Kotal, and events to 1st January 1879--Expedition to the Khost Valley, and events in January 1879--Preparations for the advance to Cabul

The Daily Telegraph Atlas Of The Afghan War, Phil Robinson

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Advance of General Burrows and Ayoub Khan to the battlefield of Khushk-i-nakhud -- Line of Ayoub Khan's advance from Kokoran upon Candahar -- Line of General Stewart's retreat from Cabul to India -- Sketch map showing the line of advance of General Roberts from Cabul to Candahar -- Line of General Phayre's advance from Quetta to Candahar -- Candahar relieved, retreat of Ayoub Khan.

Other Titles: Daily telegraph (London, England) Responsibility: with descriptive letter press by Phil Robinson

Rough Diary Of The March Of "I" Battery "1st" Brigade, R.A., To Kandahar, & C., November, 1878, To April, 1879, H. C. Lewes, Major

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Author's diary furnishes record of what the Battery did and, gives an idea of what the first march to Kandahar was like.