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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/170320 ''The Frontiers Of Baluchistan''] by G P Tate 1909. Full title: ''The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan'' [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905]. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.170320 Archive.org mirror version].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/170320 ''The Frontiers Of Baluchistan''] by G P Tate 1909. Full title: ''The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan'' [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905]. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.170320 Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/russianrailwayst00bere "Russian Railways towards India"] by Colonel  C E de la Poer Beresford ''Proceedings of the Central Asian Society'' December 1905 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/russianrailwayst00bere "Russian Railways towards India"] by Colonel  C E de la Poer Beresford ''Proceedings of the Central Asian Society'' December 1905 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/175794 ''Beyond Khyber Pass''] by Lowell Thomas. First published 1925. Full title: ''Beyond Khyber Pass into Forbidden Afghanistan''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175794 Archive.org mirror version].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/175794 ''Beyond Khyber Pass''] by Lowell Thomas. First published 1925. Some editions were titled  ''Beyond Khyber Pass into Forbidden Afghanistan''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175794 Archive.org mirror version]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Thomas Lowell Thomas] (Wikipedia) American writer and  broadcaster.  
*''A History Of Afghanistan''  by Brig-Gen Sir Percy Sykes 1940 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/historyofafghani031155mbp Volume I] [https://archive.org/details/historyofafghani031122mbp Volume II ]
*''A History Of Afghanistan''  by Brig-Gen Sir Percy Sykes 1940 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/historyofafghani031155mbp Volume I] [https://archive.org/details/historyofafghani031122mbp Volume II ]
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1890-military-routes-to-the-indo-afghan-frontier-by-lessar-secret-s-pdf/ 1890 ''Military Routes to the Indo-Afghan Frontier''] by Lessar (secret)]  Notes: At head of title: Secret. "From Russian official "records" of geographical, topographical and statistical materials on Asia. Collected by the Military Scientific Committee of the Headquarters Staff, 1890. Translated for the Intelligence Division of the War Office". HMSO. Author: P. M. Lessar, (Pavel Mikhailovich) Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1890-military-routes-to-the-indo-afghan-frontier-by-lessar-secret-s-pdf/ 1890 ''Military Routes to the Indo-Afghan Frontier''] by Lessar (secret)]  Notes: At head of title: Secret. "From Russian official "records" of geographical, topographical and statistical materials on Asia. Collected by the Military Scientific Committee of the Headquarters Staff, 1890. Translated for the Intelligence Division of the War Office". HMSO. Author: P. M. Lessar, (Pavel Mikhailovich) Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-from-russian-territory-toward-afghanistan-and-india-the-pamir-line-of-advance-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf/ 1893 ''Routes from Russian Territory toward Afghanistan and India - the Pamir line of Advance''] by Robertson (confidential). Full title: ''Routes from Russian Territory in Central Asia towards Afghanistan and India. Section 1, The Pamir line of advance''  compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by W.R. Robertson. 1893. Contents: pt. 1. Short military report on the Ferghana province, Kashgar, the Pamirs and Upper Oxus Afghan provinces ... - pt. 2. Includes all routes leading from the Chimkend Kuldja postal road to the Hindu Kush between the Dorah and the Karakorum Passes. Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-from-russian-territory-toward-afghanistan-and-india-the-pamir-line-of-advance-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf/ 1893 ''Routes from Russian Territory toward Afghanistan and India - the Pamir line of Advance''] by Robertson (confidential). Full title: ''Routes from Russian Territory in Central Asia towards Afghanistan and India. Section 1, The Pamir line of advance''  compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by W.R. Robertson. 1893. Contents: pt. 1. Short military report on the Ferghana province, Kashgar, the Pamirs and Upper Oxus Afghan provinces ... - pt. 2. Includes all routes leading from the Chimkend Kuldja postal road to the Hindu Kush between the Dorah and the Karakorum Passes. Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1912-routes-in-afghanistan-south-east-by-general-staff-s-pdf/  ''Routes in Afghanistan – South-East''] by General Staff 1912
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1913-index-map-to-routes-in-s-e-afghanistan-by-quartermaster-general-jpg/ 1913 Index Map to Routes in S.E. Afghanistan] by Quartermaster General, Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*View the [http://www.google.com/books?hl=en&uid=4345922024743697884 FIBIS Google Books Library] and click on the categories Afghanistan and Afghan Wars
*View the [http://www.google.com/books?hl=en&uid=4345922024743697884 FIBIS Google Books Library] and click on the categories Afghanistan and Afghan Wars


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*[http://www.tcoletribalrugs.com/article30PitOcts.html "Prayer Rugs of the Timuri and Their Neighbors"] by Robert Pittenger 1994 briefly mentions the Afghan Border Commission, including a section in the endnotes. "In 1884-85, the Afghan Border Commission was sent to the area north of Herat to delineate the Afghan-Russian border. The staff included a number of British officers, especially surveyors and intelligence officers"  
*[http://www.tcoletribalrugs.com/article30PitOcts.html "Prayer Rugs of the Timuri and Their Neighbors"] by Robert Pittenger 1994 briefly mentions the Afghan Border Commission, including a section in the endnotes. "In 1884-85, the Afghan Border Commission was sent to the area north of Herat to delineate the Afghan-Russian border. The staff included a number of British officers, especially surveyors and intelligence officers"  
*[http://www.wdl.org/en/search/?regions=central-and-south-asia&item_type=map&countries=AF  Maps of Afghanistan] wdl.org
*[http://www.wdl.org/en/search/?regions=central-and-south-asia&item_type=map&countries=AF  Maps of Afghanistan] wdl.org
**[http://www.wdl.org/en/item/12993/#regions=central-and-south-asia&item_type=map&page=2 Map: Letts's Bird's Eye View of the Approaches to India [Afghanistan<nowiki>]</nowiki> catalogued c 1920].  Click on the map to enlarge. Although catalogued c 1920s, the scarlet uniforms of the soldiers suggest an earlier date.
**[http://www.wdl.org/en/item/12993/#regions=central-and-south-asia&item_type=map&page=2 Map: Letts's Bird's Eye View of the Approaches to India [Afghanistan<nowiki>]</nowiki> catalogued c 1920].  Click on the map to enlarge. Although catalogued c 1920s, the scarlet uniforms of the soldiers suggest an earlier date, and elsewhere<ref>[https://blog.richmond.edu/livesofmaps/2018/03/11/lettss-birds-eye-view-of-the-approaches-to-india/ "Letts’s Bird’s Eye View of the Approaches to India"] by Anni Qu March 11, 2018. Mappenstance, University of Richmond.</ref> this map is dated 1900.
 
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Afghanistan in 1993 - click to enlarge the image.

Locations

Wars involving British India

External links

Encyclopedia entries

Archives

  • Historical maps from the University of Texas Austin, including some relating to the First and Second Afghan Wars
  • An article Historical Sources for Afghanistan In the British Library, 2005 by Richard Scott Morel, page 26 of this pdf link
  • Phototheca Afghanica Historical Images
 of Afghanistan. A project of Foundation Bibliotheca Afghanica, CH-4416 Bubendorf.

Historical books online

Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, the Panjab, and Kalât, During a Residence in Those Countries: To which is Added an Account of the Insurrection at Kalât, and a Memoir on Eastern Balochistan by Charles Masson 1844 Google Books Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
1893 The Military Geography of Afghanistan Part 2 Afghan Turkistan by Barrow (secret)
1893 The Military Geography of Afghanistan Part 3 Herat by Barrow (secret)
1893 The Military Geography of Afghanistan Part 4 Kabul by Mason (secret)
1893 The Military Geography of Afghanistan Part 5 Farah and Kandahar by Elles (secret)
Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Issued by the Intelligence Branch, Q.M.G.'s Department. Published Calcutta. Secret. Contents: pt. 1. Badakhshan by E.G. Barrow - pt. 2. Afghan Turkistan by E.G. Barrow - pt. 3. Herat by E.G. Barrow - pt. 4. Kabul by A.H. Mason - pt. 5. Farah and Kandahar by E.R. Elles.
India by Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich 1904 Archive.org
The Gates of India, being an Historical Narrative by Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich 1910
Political Frontiers and Boundary Making by Col. Sir Thomas H Holdich 1916
"Between the Tigris and the Indus" by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich The Geographical Review Volume IV September 1, 1917 Archive.org
1913 Index Map to Routes in S.E. Afghanistan by Quartermaster General, Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.

Other

References

  1. "Letts’s Bird’s Eye View of the Approaches to India" by Anni Qu March 11, 2018. Mappenstance, University of Richmond.