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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zklDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP2 ''Papers relating to military operations in Affghanistan: Presented to both Houses of Parliament: 1843''] [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zklDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 Contents] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tVYSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Accounts and Papers Afghanistan''. Session 2 February-24 August 1843 Volume XXXVII. [Also numbered Eighth volume<nowiki>]</nowiki> ''Further Papers relating to Military Operations in Affghanistan''] [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tVYSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 Contents] Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas03indi#page/n7/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India:Volume 3 Baluchistan and the First Afghan War''] by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1910 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HMRGAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA6 Affghanistan: Official Despatch dated 4th October 1840] page 6 ''The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China and Australasia'', Volume 34 January-April 1841 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MbRXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Report of the East India Committee of the Colonial Society on the Causes and Consequences of the Affghan War''] Second Edition 1842. Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.04249/page/n3/mode/2up ''A memoir of India and Avghanistaun: with observations on the present exciting and critical state and future prospects of those countries''] by J Harlan, late Counsellor of State, Aid-de-Camp and General of the Staff to Dost Mahomed, Ameer of Cabul. 1842. Archive.org, Ministry of Culture/National Library of India Collection.
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cpdJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''History of the War in Afghanistan Vol I (1800-1841)''] by John William Kaye (1851)
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5NANAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP5&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan+John+W.+Kaye+1851&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''History of the War in Afghanistan Vol II (1841-1842)''] by John William Kaye (1851)
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9MVFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Outline of the Operations of the British Troops in Scinde and Afghanistan: Betwixt Nov. 1838 and Nov. 1841; with Remarks on the Policy of the War''] by George Buist, Editor of the ''Bombay Times'' 1843 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=_R8LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''History of the War in Affghanistan: From Its Commencement to Its Close''] edited by Charles Nash 1843 Google Books
*''History of the Afghans'' by J.P.Ferrier 1858 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZUkoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA327&dq=Akbar+Khan&hl=en&ei=6byQTZ_hJ4KLhQfi4-i7Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q&f=false Chapter XXIII et seq 1st Anglo-Afghan War]Google Books*[https://archive.org/details/firstafghanwar00morr/page/n5/mode/2up ''The First Afghan War''] by Mowbray Morris 1878 Archive.org. The Preface states "The following pages pretend to give nothing more than a short summary of events already recorded by recognised authorities". 105 pages*[http://www.archive.org/stream/firstafghanwara00duragoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The first First Afghan war War and its causesCauses''] Sir Henry Durand 1879 (archive.org)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/afghanwars18394200forbuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80''] by Archibald Forbes 1892 (archive.org)
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285153/mode/2up ''The First Afghan War 1838-1842''] by Captain Bruce Hay, Queen’s Own Corps of Guides. Reprinted article, originally from ''Royal United Services Institution Journal'' Volume 55, 1911 - Issue 396. Archive.org.
*''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]
**[https://archive.org/stream/historyofafghani031155mbp#page/n441/mode/2up "The Mission of Burnes and the Siege of Herat"] page 400, Volume I. Continues Volume II
*''Narrative of the Campaign of the Indus in Sind and Kaubool in 1838-9'' by Richard Hartley Kennedy M.D. Chief of the Medical Staff of the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus. 1840 [http://books.google.com/books?id=BmVEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=UWVEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lcwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 ''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''] by James Atkinson, Superintending Surgeon of the Army of the Indus, Bengal Establishment 1842 Google Books.
:Note: The Sketches were published as a separate book [httphttps://digitalgallerydigitalcollections.nypl.org/nypldigitalsearch/dgkeysearchresult.cfmindex?parent_idutf8=341402 ✓&keywords=Sketches+in+Afghaunistan%2C# ''Sketches in Afghaunistan''], 1842 consisting of 26 lithographs. NYPL Digital GalleryCollections. The British Library Online Gallery also contains many works including a watercolour of plate 7 [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000002395u00000000.html "The opening into the narrow Pass above the Siri Bolan"] ( Search for other images)
*''The Campaign in Affghanistan, Journal of an Officer of the Army of the Indus'' by Captain Ogle HM [[4th (Queen's Own) Hussars|4th Lt Drags]] published 1840 and 1841 in the Asiatic Journal (Google Books). The author died of cholera 29 November 1839, towards the end of the campaign.<br>
::[http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA107 Chapter 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA149 Chapter 2], [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255 Chapter 3] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 Chapter 4], [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95 Chapter 5], [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA161 Chapter 6], [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA254 Chapter 7]
*[https://archive.org/details/journalofdisaste00sale ''A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan 1841-2''] by Lady Sale 1843 Archive.org with [https://archive.org/stream/journalofdisaste00sale#page/n477/mode/1up Plan of the Cantonments and Surrounding Country] , following page 453. This map appears to be an enlarged view of section of the map above by Lieut. Vincent Eyre. [https://archive.org/stream/journalofdisaste00sale#page/n13/mode/2up Vocabulary]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ex0LAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Sale's+brigade+in+Afghanistan&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan: with an Account of the Seizure and Defence of Jellalabad''] by George Robert Gleig 1846 Google Books<br>
*[http://www.gutenberggoogle.orgcom/files/12863/12863-h/12863-h.htm books?id=U3YIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Campaign of the Indus in a series of letters by an officer in the Bombay Division''] (Gutenberg1840 Google Books.org) Also available [httphttps://www.googlegutenberg.comorg/ebooks/books?id=U3YIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books edition12863 Gutenberg.org] 1840. The author, T.W.E. Holdsworth, was an officer in the [[2nd Regiment of Foot]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q9wRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA221 Part 1: Affghanistan, 1839—Gwalior, 1843-44] from "Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E." by Lieutenant C.R, Low, (late) Indian Navy, page 221 ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, 1871 Part 1'' Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsandcorre00nottgoog#page/n12/mode/2up ''Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott GCB Vol I''] by J H Stocqueler 1854 (archive.org)
*''Life of the Amîr Dost Mohammed Khan, of Kabul Volume 2'' by Mohan Lal 1846 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0dUWAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Events relating to the 1st Afghan War] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=10EoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA133''Recollections of Four Years Service in the East with H M Fortieth Regiment'']- Afghanistan from 1841, page 133 by John Martin Bladen Neill (1845) Google Books. The title of the book includes the wording "The Operations of the Candahar Division of "The Avenging Army Of Affghanistan" in 1841 and 1842"
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CucwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP3 ''Military service and adventures in the Far East: including sketches of the campaigns against the Afghans in 1839 and the Sikhs in 1845-6, Volume 1''] by Capt. Daniel Henry Mackinnon, late of the [[16th (The Queen's) Lancers|16th Lancers]], 2nd edition 1849. Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft#page/30/mode/2up ''Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers''] by WJD Gould (1880). Chapter 2, covering the Afghan Campaign (Archive.org) ([http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zJ-P21_amTEC&pg=PP9 ''Volume 2'']) Google Books
*[http://archive.org/stream/chareekarservice00haug#page/n3/mode/2up ''Char-ee-kar and service there with the 4th Goorkha Regiment (Shah Shooja's force) in 1841: an episode of the first Afghan War''] by Colonel Haughton 1879 Archive.org
* ''Nott's Brigade in Afghanistan, 1838-42, being the private diary of an officer who served in it from first to last'' by John Samuel Knox, published 1880 in Bombay. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.179700 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*''Five Years in India: Comprising a Narrative of Travels in the Presidency of Bengal, a Visit to the Court of Runjeet Sing, Residence in the Himalayah Mountains, an Account of the Late Expedition to Cabul and Affghanistan, Voyage Down the Indus, and Journey Overland to England'' by Henry Edward Fane, late Aide-de-Camp to his Excellency the Commander-In-Chief in India. [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindiavol1 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindi00fanegoog Volume II] 1842 Archive.org. The author travelled with his regiment to Ceylon in 1835, where he was soon appointed to the staff of his uncle, General Sir Henry Fane, who was Commander-In-Chief in India
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.92907/page/n3/mode/2up ''Narrative of the Late Victorious Campaign in Affghanistan, under General Pollock; with recollections of Seven Years Service in India''] by Lieutenant Greenwood, H M 31st Regiment 1844. With illustrations. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of Mumbai Collection. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000001ADAE British Library Digital version] with rotatable pages. 2005 reprint edition titled [https://archive.org/details/campaigninafghan0000gree/page/n3/mode/2up ''The campaign in Afghanistan''] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The regiment was mobilised in January 1842. *[https://archive.org/stream/memoirofmajorgen00rawlrich#page/70/mode/2up "''Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson"''] Chapter VI " Life During the Great Affghan War 1839-1842", published 1898. Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/signalcatastroph00patr/mode/2up ''Kabul Catastrophe : the story of the disastrous retreat from Kabul 1842''] by Patrick Macrory 1986 edition, first published 1966 as ''Signal Catastrophe''. Later reprinted, with new Foreword and Preface, as [https://archive.org/details/retreatfromkabul00patr/page/n1/mode/2up ''Retreat from Kabul : the incredible story of how a savage Afghan force massacred the world's most powerful army''] by Patrick Macrory 2002. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. *[https://archive.org/details/beyondkhyberpass0000wall ''Beyond the Khyber Pass : the road to British disaster in the First Afghan War''] by John H. Waller 1990. Archive.org Lending Library. Also available as a pdf download, [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1990-beyond-the-khyber-pass-by-john-waller-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Afghanistan. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3630 Archive.org mirror version].*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1993-afghan-wars-1839-1992-what-britain-gave-up-and-the-soviet-union-lost-by-oballance-s-pdf/ ''Afghan Wars 1839-1992– what Britain gave up and the Soviet Union lost''] by Edgar O'Ballance 1993. Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/ Afghanistan. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3655/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiersahibsmen0000alle ''Soldier Sahibs : the men who made the North-West Frontier''] by Charles Allen 2001, first published 2000. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/returnofakingthebattle ''Return of A King: The Battle for Afghanistan''] by William Dalrymple [2013] Archive.org.
*Fiction
**[https://archive.org/details/clevelysahibtale00haye ''Clevely Sahib: A Tale of the Khyber Pass''] by Herbert Hayens 1897 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/toheratandcabuls00hentiala/page/n7/mode/2up ''To Herat and Cabul : a Story of the First Afghan War''] by G A Henty (George Alfred) 1901. Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/flashman00geor/page/n3 ''Flashman : from the Flashman papers 1839-1842''] by George MacDonald Fraser 1984 edition, first published 1969. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the 1st Afghan War.
*:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers The Flashman Papers] Wikipedia.
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