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====Historical books online====
====Historical books online====
* Online books from [https://www.wdl.org/en/search/?languages=eng&item_type=book&additional_subjects=Library+of+Congress+Afghanistan+Project  The Library of Congress Afghanistan Project] World Digital Library.  Also include publications in respect of the surrounding countries.
*Online books from [https://www.wdl.org/en/search/?languages=eng&item_type=book&additional_subjects=Library+of+Congress+Afghanistan+Project  The Library of Congress Afghanistan Project] World Digital Library.  Also include publications in respect of the surrounding countries.
* Online books to download from [https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/afghanuno/ Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection] at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, by year of publication.
*Online books to download from [https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/afghanuno/ Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection] at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, by year of publication.
*[http://pahar.in/books/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset] includes a category Books: Afghanistan, listed  by year of publication, some of which are linked below.
*''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/details/jstor-1797686  "Papers Descriptive of the Countries on the North-West Frontier of India:-The Thurr, or Desert; Joodpoor and Jaysulmeer"] by Alex. Burnes,  an article from ''Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London'', Volume 4.  1834. With maps. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-1797686  "Papers Descriptive of the Countries on the North-West Frontier of India:-The Thurr, or Desert; Joodpoor and Jaysulmeer"] by Alex. Burnes,  an article from ''Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London'', Volume 4.  1834. With maps. Archive.org
*''Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; also, Narrative of a voyage on the Indus, from the sea to Lahore, with presents from the king of Great Britain; performed under the orders of the supreme government of India, in the years 1831, 1832, and 1833'' by Lieutenant Alexander Burnes 1834 [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha01burnuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha02burnuoft Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha03burnuoft Volume III] Archive.org
*''Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; also, Narrative of a voyage on the Indus, from the sea to Lahore, with presents from the king of Great Britain; performed under the orders of the supreme government of India, in the years 1831, 1832, and 1833'' by Lieutenant Alexander Burnes 1834 [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha01burnuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha02burnuoft Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha03burnuoft Volume III] Archive.org
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:''Narrative of a journey through the province of Khorassan and on the N.W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875'', by Colonel C.M. MacGregor. 1879. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408315?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume I] HathiTrust Digital Library  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285074 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408323?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume II] HathiTrust Digital Library,  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.40188 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India.
:''Narrative of a journey through the province of Khorassan and on the N.W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875'', by Colonel C.M. MacGregor. 1879. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408315?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume I] HathiTrust Digital Library  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285074 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408323?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume II] HathiTrust Digital Library,  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.40188 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100043188480.0x000001 ''Russian Advances in Asia''] Prepared at the Topographical and Statistical Department, War Office. (The first portion reprinted from a paper prepared by Colonel Cooke.) Great Britain. War Office. Intelligence Division. [London], 1873. British Library Digital. "For Official Circulation Only"
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100043188480.0x000001 ''Russian Advances in Asia''] Prepared at the Topographical and Statistical Department, War Office. (The first portion reprinted from a paper prepared by Colonel Cooke.) Great Britain. War Office. Intelligence Division. [London], 1873. British Library Digital. "For Official Circulation Only"
*''Routes in Asia''. Variant Title: ''Routes in Central Asia''. Calcutta : Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1877-1878. "Compiled under the direction of Major General Fred. S. Roberts, C.B., V.C., Quarter Master General in India ...". [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9PmaJ7H3JLEC&pg=PP7  ''Section 2. Routes in Afghanistan''] compiled ... by F.J.N. Mackenzie Google Books
*Routes
**''Routes in Asia''. Variant Title: ''Routes in Central Asia''. Calcutta : Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1877-1878. "Compiled under the direction of Major General Fred. S. Roberts, C.B., V.C., Quarter Master General in India ...". [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9PmaJ7H3JLEC&pg=PP7  ''Section 2. Routes in Afghanistan''] compiled ... by F.J.N. Mackenzie Google Books
**[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/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.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000112690577?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan''] by  Major H G Raverty, Bombay Native Infantry (Retired) 1880 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38715 Archive.org mirror version] 1888, originally from the Digital Library of India.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000112690577?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan''] by  Major H G Raverty, Bombay Native Infantry (Retired) 1880 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38715 Archive.org mirror version] 1888, originally from the Digital Library of India.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1885-indias-danger-and-englands-duty-history-of-russian-advance-upon-afghanistan-by-russell-s-pdf/ ''India's Danger, and England's Duty with reference to Russia's Advance into the territory upon the borders of Afghanistan''] by Richard Russell 1885.  PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download link does not display, locate under Books /Afghanistan.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1885-indias-danger-and-englands-duty-history-of-russian-advance-upon-afghanistan-by-russell-s-pdf/ ''India's Danger, and England's Duty with reference to Russia's Advance into the territory upon the borders of Afghanistan''] by Richard Russell 1885.  PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download link does not display, locate under Books /Afghanistan.
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:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-the-military-geography-of-afghanistan-part-5-farah-and-kandahar-by-elles-secret-s-pdf/ 1893 ''The Military Geography of Afghanistan Part 5 Farah and Kandahar''] by Elles (secret)
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-the-military-geography-of-afghanistan-part-5-farah-and-kandahar-by-elles-secret-s-pdf/ 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.
: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.
*[https://archive.org/details/lightsshadesofhi00gore ''Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab, a Contrast'']  by F St J Gore 1895 Archive.org. With photographs by the author. Part I Kulu. Part II Kuram.
*[http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/afghanenglish/159/ ''Report on the proceedings of the Pamir Boundary Commission (1897)''] "Afghanistan: The Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection at the University of Nebraska-Omaha"  
*[http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/afghanenglish/159/ ''Report on the proceedings of the Pamir Boundary Commission (1897)''] "Afghanistan: The Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection at the University of Nebraska-Omaha"  
*[https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofin00wheeuoft/page/n5 ''A Short History of India and of the Frontier States of Afghanistan, Nipal and Burma''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1899.  Printed in London. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofin00wheeuoft/page/n5 ''A Short History of India and of the Frontier States of Afghanistan, Nipal and Burma''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1899.  Printed in London. Archive.org
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:[https://archive.org/details/politicalfrontie00holdiala ''Political Frontiers and Boundary Making''] by  Col.  Sir Thomas  H  Holdich 1916
:[https://archive.org/details/politicalfrontie00holdiala ''Political Frontiers and Boundary Making''] by  Col.  Sir Thomas  H  Holdich 1916
:[https://archive.org/details/jstor-207410 "Between the Tigris and the Indus"]  by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich  ''The Geographical Review Volume IV  September 1, 1917'' Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/jstor-207410 "Between the Tigris and the Indus"]  by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich  ''The Geographical Review Volume IV  September 1, 1917'' Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/lightsshadesofhi00gore ''Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab, a Contrast'']  by F St J Gore 1895 Archive.org. With photographs by the author. Part I Kulu. Part II Kuram.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishdocuments04greabyu/page/512 "Chapter XXVIII - Afghanistan"] page 512, ''British documents on the origins of the war, 1898-1914, Volume IV:  The Anglo-Russian Rapprochment, 1903-7'' edited by  G P Gooch and Harold Temperley 1929. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/britishdocuments04greabyu/page/512 "Chapter XXVIII - Afghanistan"] page 512, ''British documents on the origins of the war, 1898-1914, Volume IV:  The Anglo-Russian Rapprochment, 1903-7'' edited by  G P Gooch and Harold Temperley 1929. 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
* ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India: Afghanistan And Nepal'' 1908 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280280 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India. Contents: Afghanistan  digital page 7, Nepal dp 10, Index dp 141.  It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-afghanistan-and-nepal-imperial-gazetteer-of-india-s-pdf-2/ download as a pdf]  from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
* ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India: Afghanistan And Nepal'' 1908 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280280 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India. Contents: Afghanistan  digital page 7, Nepal dp 10, Index dp 141.  It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-afghanistan-and-nepal-imperial-gazetteer-of-india-s-pdf-2/ download as a pdf]  from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
* ''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]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.170320 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India.
* ''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]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.170320 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India.
*[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
* ''Beyond Khyber Pass'' by Lowell Thomas. First published 1925. Some editions were titled  ''Beyond Khyber Pass into Forbidden Afghanistan''.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175794 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Thomas Lowell Thomas] (Wikipedia) American writer and  broadcaster.  
* ''Beyond Khyber Pass'' by Lowell Thomas. First published 1925. Some editions were titled  ''Beyond Khyber Pass into Forbidden Afghanistan''.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175794 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India. [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 ]
*[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/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.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1935-pedalling-through-the-afghan-wilds-being-the-experiences-of-kj-kharas-s-pdf/  ''Pedalling Through The Afghan Wilds.  Being the Experiences of K.J. Kharas, R.D. Ghandhi, and R.D. Shroff''] 1935. Link to a pdf download Pahar-  Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1935-pedalling-through-the-afghan-wilds-being-the-experiences-of-kj-kharas-s-pdf/  ''Pedalling Through The Afghan Wilds.  Being the Experiences of K.J. Kharas, R.D. Ghandhi, and R.D. Shroff''] 1935. Link to a pdf download Pahar-  Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77252 ''Across The Highways Of The World''] by  K J Kharas,  R D Gandhi,  R D Shroff. Second edition 1941, first published 1939. Archive.org,  Public Library of India Collection.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77252 ''Across The Highways Of The World''] by  K J Kharas,  R D Gandhi,  R D Shroff. Second edition 1941, first published 1939. Archive.org,  Public Library of India Collection.

Revision as of 03:18, 22 May 2020

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
Narrative of a journey through the province of Khorassan and on the N.W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875, by Colonel C.M. MacGregor. 1879. Volume I HathiTrust Digital Library Archive.org mirror version, originally from the Digital Library of India; Volume II HathiTrust Digital Library, Archive.org mirror version, originally from the Digital Library of India.
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 and the Frontier States of Afghanistan, Nipal and Burma by J Talboys Wheeler 1899 Printed in New York. Volume I, Volume II. Includes a supplementary chapter in Volume II, but otherwise the text is probably the same.
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
Across The Highways Of The World by K J Kharas, R D Gandhi, R D Shroff. Second edition 1941, first published 1939. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.

Other

References

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