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:*[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/database/main.php The Afghan War Database Project] - a searchable database of 900+ soldiers who took part in the war. Many entries include biographical details, some have photographs.
:*[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/waroffice/maproom.php Map of Afghanistan] - showing the principal locations in 1880
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170630132410/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/ The Last Stand: The Journal of the Maiwand Files Project] July 2009. Victorianwars.com, now archived. Contains Originally contained many articles about Maiwandbut the only articles which have been archived are**[https://web.archive.org/web/20170606100626/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/an_account_of_maiwand.htm "An Account Of Maiwand. A Letter written by Lieutenant Manus L. O’Donel 66th (Berkshire) Regiment"]**[https://web.archive.org/web/20170424184541/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/its_a_dogs_life_in_the_army.htm "It’s A Dogs Life In The Army"] by Richard J Stacpoole-Ryding**[https://web.archive.org/web/20180713134909/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/maiwand_medal_news.htm "Maiwand Medal News"] by Andy Chaloner**[https://web.archive.org/web/20110307050517/http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/book_review.htm "Book Review"]
*[http://history.farmersboys.com/Battles/afghanistan_1879-80.htm 66th Berkshires in the Campaign] history.farmersboys.com
*[http://maiwandday.blogspot.co.uk Maiwand Day] Blog by 'Mad Guru' includes
**[http://maiwandday.blogspot.co.uk/p/some-newspaper-illustrations-of-2nd.html Many illustrations from ''The Graphic'' and ''The Illustrated London News'']
** [http://maiwandday.blogspot.co.uk/p/a-most-villainous-cavalcade-ian-heaths.html "A Most Villainous-Looking Cavalcade": Uniforms of the Afghan Army] by Ian Heath with illustrations, originally published in the June to September 1995 issues of ''Wargames Illustrated''
*[httphttps://www.suffolksuffolkarchives.govco.uk/LeisureAndCultureplanning-your-visit/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/SuffolkRecordOfficesuffolk-record-office-branches/ContactUsLocations/BuryStEdmundsBranch.htm Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds] has many photographs and documents relating to the time the [[12th Regiment of Foot|Suffolk regiment were Regiment]] was serving in India during the 2nd Afghan War. Details of what is held in the Suffolk Regiment Archive can be found in their [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2E9FB0AC-F44C-43FD-B31B-72E83378A413/0/12SuffRegtRevisedJES.pdf Suffolk Regiment Archives leaflet] and their [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/24AED075-D7F2-465E-B7F4-57DB2BBCBF02/0/14photo.pdf Photographic Collections leaflet]<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohammad_Yaqub_Khan_with_British_officers_in_May_of_1879.jpg Photo of Amir Yakub Khan and Major Cavagnari] Wikipedia
*[http://www.acepilots.com/medals/brit-victorian1.html British Victorian War Medals] www.acepilots.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160404174152/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/afghanistan/afghanistancollection/1878to1880/sources1878to1880.html Afghanistan 1878-1880: Sources in the India Office Records] British Library, page now archived.
*[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/afsl1.htm Memorials: Afghanistan 1878-1880] from Stephen Lewis’ [http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.htm Soldiers Memorials]
*[httphttps://www.naval-military-press.com/product/second-afghan-war-1878-1880.-casualty1880casualty-roll..html / ''Second Afghan War 1878-1880 Casualty Roll''] by Anthony Farrington is published by Naval and Military Press. The source of the data is unknown but possibly has been compiled from the Medal Rolls.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080624223754/http://www.parsonsfamily.co.uk/acton/afghan1.php Diary and Letters: The Afghan War by Colonel Charles Ball-Acton] of the [[51st Regiment of Foot]] from the Parsons Family website now archived. He commanded the 51st in the second phase of the war (second-in-command during the first phase).
*[http://www.simonnorfolk.com/burkenorfolk/conversation.html Burke and Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk: Conversation with Simon Norfolk]. John Burke (1843?-1900) was the first ever photographer to make pictures in Afghanistan. www.simonnorfolk.com
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/m/019pho0000430s3u00023000.html Plan of Kabul City, drawn by the Guides March 1880], and photographed by John Burke 1880. Click on “zoomable image” to enlarge. British Library Online Gallery.
====Historical books online====
*''The Second Afghan War Official Account 1907'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282349 Archive.org mirror version], originally from Digital Library of India. Illustrations are of poor quality. Also available [httphttps://hdldspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle.net/10973/39738 Digital Repository of GIPE (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India<nowiki>]</nowiki>)]:The same content was issued under the title [http://www.archive.org/stream/secondafghanwar00brangoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''The Second Afghan War, 1878-80: Abridged Official Account''] produced in the Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters, India 1908 Archive.org. Note: Part of the latter filming is unsatisfactory, with text missing from the sides of some pages, and some of the illustrations have not been filmed.: Also available as a pdf download [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-the-second-afghan-war-1878-80-abridged-official-account-by-army-hq-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1826/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version], however all appear to be the same digital file. :[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.06221/page/n5/mode/2up Another file, Archive.org] from Ministry of Culture/Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
: The six volume ''The Second Afghan War'' compiled and collated by and under the orders of Sir C. M. MacGregor, published 1885-1886 as "Strictly confidential", on which the ''Abridged Official Account'' was based, is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012490881, or IOR/L/MIL/17/14/29 (parts 2-6 only).
*[https://archive.org/details/warinafghanistan0000macg/page/n5/mode/2up ''War in Afghanistan, 1879-80 : the personal diary of Major General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor''] edited by William Trousdale 1985 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*''The Second Afghan War, 1878-79-80 its causes, its conduct and its consequences'' by Colonel H.B. Hanna. Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/secondafghanwar101hann#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 1] 1899, [http://www.archive.org/stream/secondafghanwar102hann#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 2] 1904
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/afghanwar02hensgoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''The Afghan War of 1879-80''] by Howard Hensman, Special Correspondent of ''The Pioneer'' (Allahabad) and ''The Daily News'' (London). Second Edition 1882 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/personalrecords01ashegoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''Personal records of the Kandahar campaign by officers engaged therein'']. Edited by Major Ashe 1881 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/kurumkabulkandah00roberich#page/n9/mode/2up ''Kurum, Kabul & Kandahar being a brief record of impressions in three campaigns under General Roberts''] by Charles Gray Robertson, Lieutenant 8th (the King’s) Regiment 1881 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=QXYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Transport in Southern Afghanistan, between Sukkur and Quetta, 1878-1880''] by Lieut. S S Parkyn (The Royal Irish) late Assistant Superintendent and Paymaster of Transport, Southern Afghanistan. 2nd edition 1882. Google Books. Rawalpindi edition had title ''Transport Southern Afghanistan : Sukkar-Quetta 1878-1880''. Full name Samuel Spence Parkyn.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fKIW_IkolzcC&pg=PA281 "The March from Kabul to Kandahar in August, and the Battle of the 1st September 1880"] by Lieut.-Colonel E F Chapman RA page 282 Vol 25 1882 ''Journal of the Royal United Service Institution''. Google Books.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/recollectionska00dukegoog#page/n12/mode/2up ''Recollections of the Kabul campaign 1879 & 1880''] by Joshua Duke, Bengal Medical Service 1883 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/kohatkuramandkh00thogoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Kohat, Kuram, and Khost; Or, Experiences and Adventures in the Late Afghan War''] by Richard Gillham-Thomsett, Surgeon, Army Medical Department 1884 Archive.org
*''The Death March Through The Khyber Pass'' by G J H Evatt 1891. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285135 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. More complete title details are ''Personal Recollections of the Afghan Campaigns of 1878-79-80. The “Death-march” through the Khyber Pass in the Afghan Campaign 1878-79'' by Surgeon-Major G. J. H. Evatt, A M D. Reprinted from “Journal of the United Service Institution of India,” 1890.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=u8JMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA125 "Brief Account of the Return March to India of the Army in Afghanistan, Under General Sir Donald Stewart ... in 1880"] by Lieut.-Colonel Walter J Boyes, late DAAG, N [North] Afghanistan Field Force, page 125 Vol 37 1893 ''Journal of the Royal United Service Institution''. Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/indianborderlan00holdgoog ''The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900''] by Colonel Sir T Hungerford Holdich 1901 Archive.org. Contains two chapters on the Afghan War of 1879- 1880. The author worked as a military surveyor.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromkabultokumas00will#page/10/mode/2up Afghanistan service], page 11 ''From Kabul to Kumassi: Twenty-four years of soldiering and sport'' by Brig. Gen. Sir James Willcocks 1904 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ourafghanpolicyo00bdbdrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''Our Afghan policy and the occupation of Candahar''] by D.B. 1880 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lifecareerofmajo00deykrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''The life and career of Major Sir Louis Cavagnari, C. S. I., K. C. B., British envoy at Cabul with a brief outline of the Second Afghan War'']. Compiled by Kally Prosono Dey 1881 Archive.org
*''The Victoria Cross in Afghanistan and on the frontiers of India during the years 1877, 1878, 1879 & 1880 : how it was won'' related by W.J. Elliott 1882. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80165/page/n3 Archive.org version], missing map. [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1882-the-victoria-cross-in-afghanistan-and-on-the-frontiers-of-india-by-elliott-s-pdf/ Pahar version], link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download does not display, locate under Books/Afghanistan/1882. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1014 Archive.org mirror version]. All appear to be the same digital file.
*[http://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Afghanistan: a Short Account of Afghanistan, its History, and our Dealings with it. In Two Volumes. Second Edition with a Map and Additional Volume, bringing the History of the Afghan Question down to 1885''] by Philip F Walker (Barrister-At-Law, late 75th Regt) 1885 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n172/mode/2up Volume 2, same digital file]. [http://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n166/mode/2up Index to Volume 1], [http://archive.org/stream/afghanistanasho00walkgoog#page/n240/mode/2up Index to Volume 2] (numbered separately)
* ''Through the Khyber Pass'' by Rev J. Gregson 1883. Full title: ''Through the Khyber Pass to Sherpore Camp, Cabul. An account of Temperance Work among our soldiers in the Cabul Field Force''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.91465 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.43264/page/n5 ''With Lord Roberts Through the Khyber Pass''] by David Ensor 1963 Archive.org. A volume in the ''Adventures in Geography'' series. Probably intended as a book for school students.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1979-my-god-maiwand-operations-of-the-south-afghanistan-field-force-1878-80-by-maxwell-s-pdf/ ''My God - Maiwand!: Operations of the South Afghanistan Field Force 1878-80''] by Leigh Maxwell 1979. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download does not display, look under Books/Afghanistan.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1986-the-road-to-kabul-the-second-afghan-war-1878-1881-by-robson-s-pdf/ ''The Road to Kabul : the Second Afghan War 1878-1881''] by Brian Robson 1986. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download does not display, look under Books/Afghanistan. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3596 Archive.org mirror version]. Robson also wrote ''Crisis on the Frontier: the [[3rd Afghan War|Third Afghan War]] and the Campaign in Waziristan 1919-1920'' (2004)*[http://pahar.in/pahar/2002-from-kashmir-to-kabul-the-photographs-of-john-burke-and-william-baker-1860-1900-by-khan-pdf/ ''From Kashmir to Kabul: The photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900''] by Omar Khan 2002. Download from Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). Includes chapters and photographs about the [[2nd Afghan War| Second Afghan War]], [[Peshawar]], [[Murree]], [[Kashmir]], [[Lahore]].
=====''London Gazette'' and the ''Gazette of India''=====
The ''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/ London Gazette]'' may be searched online for official correspondence relating to operations in Afghanistan. As examples, the following correspondence been noted for 1880 (there may be other correspondence).
*''The Far Pavilions'' by M.M. Kaye 1978. "...a 1,000 page epic of war and romance set in 19th century India; the book sold in its millions and was adapted for television in 1984..."
:[https://archive.org/details/MMKayeTheFarPavilionsBookFi/page/n3 Archive.org version]; Archive.org Lending Library edition in two volumes: [https://archive.org/details/farpavilions01kaye/page/n5 Volume 1], [https://archive.org/details/farpavilionsvolu02kaye/page/n5 Volume 2]
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20180618130112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1453069/M-M-Kaye.html Obituary: ''The Telegraph''] 31 January 2004, archived.{{#widget*[https:Google PlusOne//archive.org/details/roadtokandahar0000wilc/mode/2up ''The Road to Kandahar''] by John Wilcox 2005. Extra wording on cover ''A Simon Fonthill Novel''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.|size=small*[https://archive.org/details/redrunshelmand0000merc ''Red runs the Helmand''] by Patrick Mercer 2011. [https://archive.org/details/redrunshelmand0000merc_u1r6/mode/2up 2nd file] 2012 edition. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.|count=true}}
