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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.

Leaves From The Diaries Of A Soldier And Sportsman During Twenty Years' Service In India, Afghanistan, Egypt And Other Countries, 1865-1885, Montagu Gilbert Gerard

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The book is drawn from journals kept by the author during his almost forty years of military service, chiefly in India. Chapters in the book includes: Abyssinia and Guzerat; Central India; and Afghan War.

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 Man Who Was, Rudyard Kipling

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book consisted of three chapters:

The man who was-- The man who would be king -- Moti Guj--mutineer

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.

A Dictionary Of The Pathan Tribes On The North-West Frontier Of India, Quarter Master General In India, Intelligence Branch

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Publisher - Calcutta: Office of the Suptintendent, Government Printing, India

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".

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 Southern Borderlands Of Afghanistan, A. H. Mcmahon, Captain

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Paper read at the Royal Geographical Society, February 22, 1897.

The Baluch-Afghan Boundary Commission started in March, 1894, and by June, 1896, succeeded in laying down the boundary line to Persia. The length of this line from the Gomal to Persia is over 800 miles.

Includes a map of a section of the boundary line between Afghanistan and Baluchistan, Geographical Journal, 1897.

Heroes Of The Chitral Siege, Alice F. Jackson,

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No abstract provided.

Indian Frontier Policy: An Historical Sketch, John Adye Sir

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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.

The Life Of John Nicholson:Soldier And Administrator, Lionel J. Trotter, Captian

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The Pamirs And The Source Of The Oxus, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquis Of

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The author undertook two distinct journeys. The first was to the Indian frontier states of the Hindu Kush, the Pamirs, and the Oxus, and the second was to Afghanistan. The distance covered on horseback or on foot in the two was just short of 1800 miles. In Afghanistan the Amir arranged horses for him along the route. The book is a description of the author's travel experiences.

At The Court Of The Amir: A Narrative (1895), John Alfred Gray

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On the road to Kabul -- Arrival at Kabul -- The reception -- Afghan hospitals -- Afghan dwellings -- The Kabul bazaars -- Ethics -- Afghan surgeons and physicians -- The march to Turkestan -- The Amîr -- Life in Turkestan -- The inhabitants of Afghanistan -- The birth of Prince Mahomed Omer -- The rearing of the infant Prince -- The Amîr's conversation -- The first sitting -- The Amîr as an art critic -- The levee on New Year's day -- The young Princes -- The return journey to Kabul -- The arrival in Kabul -- Life in …

Lights & Shades Of Hill Life In The Afghan And Hindu Highlands Of The Punjab: A Contrast, Frederick St. John Gore

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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

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.

Russia's March Towards India, Vol. 2, Indian Officer

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An account of Russia's advance towards India from the earliest times to late nineteenth century. The author gives a clear historical account of Russia's march through Central Asia.

Russia's March Towards India, Vol. 1, Indian Officer

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It is an account of Russia's advance towards India from the earliest times to late nineteenth century. The author gives a clear historical account of Russia's march through the Central Asia.

The book is published in two volumes.

Kalid-I Afghani, Thomas Patrick Hughes, Trevor Chichele Plowden

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Translation of the Kalid-i-Afghani, the text book for the Pakkhto examination, with notes, historical, geographical, grammatical, and explanatory by Trevor Chichele Plowden.

Pt.I. Prose: 1. The garj-i-Pakkhto or treasury of Pakkhto/ [Maulavi Ahmad]--2. Tarikh-i-Mahmud-i-Ghaznavi, or the history of Mahmud the Ghazvide--3. Tarikh-i-Murass a, or the Be-jewelled Chronicle--Pt. II. Poetry: 4. The Ballad of Prince Bahram and the Fair Gul-andama--5. Collection of Odes selected from the Diwan of Mulla Abd-ur-Rahman--6. Collection of Odes selected from the Diwan of Khush-hal Khan, Khatak--7. The Chaman-i-Be Nazir, or the Unrivalled Parterre.

The Afghan Wars, 1839-42 And 1878-80, Archibald Forbes

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No abstract provided.

An Inquiry Into The Ethnography Of Afghanistan, Prepared And Presented To The Ninth International Congress Of Orientalists (1891), Henry Walter Bellew

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Afghan Poetry Of The Seventeenth Century: Being Selections From The Poems Of Khushhal Khan Khatak, With Translations And Grammatical Introductions; Edited And Compiled By C. E. Biddulph, Khushhal Khan, C. E. Biddulph

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Selections from the poems of Khushhal Khan Khatak with translations and grammatical introductions; edited and compiled by C. E. Biddulph.

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

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No abstract provided.

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.

The Career Of Major George Broadfoot In Afghanistan And The Punjab, William Broadfoot

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The career of Major George Broadfoot in Afghanistan and the Punjab compiled from his papers and those of Lords Ellsworth and Hardinge, by Major W. Broadfoot with portrait and maps.

Journey To Badakshan; With Report On Badakshan And Wakhan, Abdul Rahim

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Simla, F.D. Press, 1886.

64 pages genealogical tables 33 cm

Dictionary Of The Wakhani Language, Abdul Rahim

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No abstract provided.

The Russo-Afghan Question And The Invasion Of India, George Bruce Malleson

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The Coming Struggle For India: Being An Account Of The Encroachments Of Russia In Central Asia, And Of The Difficulties Sure To Arise Therefrom To England. (1885), Armin Vambery

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The way to Tashkend -- The conquest of the three khanates -- The material and moral victory at Geok Tepe -- From Ashkabad to Merv -- England's policy in the face of Russian conquests -- Russia's designs upon Herat -- Importance of Herat -- Russia's chances of conquering Herat -- England means of defence -- The only reasonable line of defence -- Comparison between the English and Russian civilisations in the East -- Why ought England to retain India? -- Myself and my present book.