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id: 15171
title: Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
author: Griffith, William
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  the change from the well-wooded Himalaya mountains to those of the Hindookoosh, without even a shrub five feet high, takes place to the east of interesting appearance, those previously seen, excepting however Thumathaya, being entirely covered with tree jungle; but beyond this site, the Hookhoom valley, bounding which occurs a range of hills stretching E.S.E. and W.N.W. These in the centre present a gap in which a river is seen we have seen, are small; it is situated on a low hill on the left bank. cultivation; no large trees occur within 1.5 miles of the town. occasionally low hills as about Kioukloloing, no large villages occur; the most common plants: Borassus is abundant: Fici occur about villages. Ericineae appear in places about 5,000 feet, Gaultheria continuing as far Some cultivation occurs about the place on the slopes of hills, chiefly common and of very large size, 2,400 feet above the river, as well as


id: 7320
title: Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute
author: Rodenbough, Theophilus F. (Theophilus Francis)
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  May 16, 1884, Lieut.-General Sir Edward Hamley, of the British Army, upon the Herat road about ten miles west of Kandahar, and there is passing by the town of Farrah, which is 230 miles from Kandahar. Pass near the city, entirely cut off the retreat to India which Another British force of twelve thousand men, under General Pollock, years in the ranks; the furlough of short-service men is passed in presence of a British officer." [Footnote: Indian Army Regulations.] _Routes_.--For operations in Afghanistan the general British base is [Footnote: The Khurd Kabul Pass is about five miles long, with the Kandahar road leads for sixty miles through the Pass--a gradual The Commander-in-chief of the Army of India, General Sir Donald M. existing between the Russian frontier and India which pass the Khusk River for some weeks a large Russian force under General General Hamley, the leading British military authority, [Footnote:


id: 11902
title: A Peep into Toorkisthan
author: Burslem, Rollo Gillespie
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  full ten miles march ere we could reach our proposed halting place at highest point of the pass, where we came upon a fort surrounded by a the celebrated spring, which they hoped to reach on the following day. reached the foot of the hills, where I observed for the first time my influence to get the Hindoo out of the clutches of Meer Baber Beg. The story he told me was, that some years back he came to Heibuk to reached a part of Tartary, distant only two days'' march from the fort On the 29th we marched, a distance of fourteen miles, to a small fort intending to return to that fort after visiting the passes which I C[=a]bul, and I reached Bamee[=a]n by a forced march in two days, of the chief, but a few days before he had returned to his native


id: 33496
title: Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan
author: Taylor, William
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  The Bombay troops ordered to form part of the army of the Indus Bombay Light Cavalry, two troops of the Honorable Company''s Horse departure the troops were reviewed by Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane, Early on the morning of the fifth day, we arrived at Tattah, a place of party, left the camp on foot at an early hour of the morning. Positive orders having been issued that neither officers nor men should Before Sir Henry left us he inspected the troops, and appeared satisfied Horse, they turned in pursuit, and soon came in sight of the enemy, appearance of a general officer on the heights to our left, who Light Dragoons was immediately ordered out in pursuit under the command our men, and again did the fleetness of his horse place him for a time and then followed the Commander-in-Chief, with the whole of the general Commander-in-Chief, several general and field officers, and the


id: 32231
author: Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
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  vain search--A night quest--The Mullahs circumvented--Dark days--Hope appeared to be living at the present time, he said: "Yes, we are good frontier villages of India, as has been their custom from time of the cures effected in the Bannu Hospital from a man in his village it came to pass that one day a wounded Afghan was brought to the man home, and next morning brought him to the mission hospital. Now it is time to visit the hospital wards, and perform the day''s these villages frequently come to the Bannu Hospital, and now I and Afghan life, and as he naturally feels that the advance of mission work team represented all classes--Muhammadans, Hindus, native Christians, and is to this day working in one of our frontier medical missions. place, and witnessing in that little Afghan village of how he went for schools, where Christians, Muhammadans, Hindus, and Sikhs are as

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  Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years'' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches


id: 42970
title: The Gates of India: Being an Historical Narrative
author: Holdich, Thomas Hungerford, Sir
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  GREEK EXPLORATION--ALEXANDER--THE KABUL VALLEY GATES 94 passed on to India for ages; for Farah lies directly on the route Afghanistan south of the Kabul River, which lies west of the Suliman from Herat to the Indus valley, until we reach the very gates of India The more direct routes to India from Ecbatana, passing through Central high-roads--the great trade routes to Central Asia and India. half-way (after crossing a local pass of no great significance called GREEK EXPLORATION--ALEXANDER--THE KABUL VALLEY TO THE INDUS road north of the Kabul, finally passing southwards into the plains a time when the great rivers of India did not follow their courses as foundation of the Greek kingdom; and the Kabul River way to India has present nature of the routes which connect them by river and mountain Bamian valley on the west, to the passes and foot-hills of the Hindu


id: 55779
title: To Herat and Cabul: A Story of the First Afghan War
author: Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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  [Illustration: ANGUS AND POTTINGER WATCHING THE FIGHT FROM THE WALLS OF friends, and on his return told Angus that the new British minister had Two days later the Persian officer returned to Herat with a letter camp brought in news that there was a report that a great British army "I think, Azim," Angus said, when they met that night "you must buy "I should think it would be a very good thing, Azim," Angus said in the On the following day Angus passed several working parties who were As Angus left the tent with Sir Alexander Burnes he said: "I am indeed As they approached Ghuznee, Sir Alexander Burnes said to Angus: "Mr. Campbell, I shall be glad if you will resume your Afghan costume and Angus on entering said in Persian, "My orders are to deliver this "We shall do well to-day," Hassan said to Angus, "and the horses are


