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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> probably c 1920] Click on the map to enlarge
**[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.





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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.

Books

Other