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*[https://archive.org/details/acrossroofofworl00etherich ''Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia''] by Lieut P T Etherton, 39th Garhwal Rifles (Indian Army) 1911 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/acrossroofofworl00etherich ''Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia''] by Lieut P T Etherton, 39th Garhwal Rifles (Indian Army) 1911 Archive.org | ||
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/173082 ''The Realm Of The Gods''] by Captain C M Enriquez 1915. Full title: ''The Realm of the Gods; a tale of travel in Kangra, Mandi, Kulu, Chamba, Kishtwar, Kashmir, Ladakh and Baltistan''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173082 Archive.org version]. | *[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/173082 ''The Realm Of The Gods''] by Captain C M Enriquez 1915. Full title: ''The Realm of the Gods; a tale of travel in Kangra, Mandi, Kulu, Chamba, Kishtwar, Kashmir, Ladakh and Baltistan''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173082 Archive.org version]. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/onedgeofworld00candrich ''On the Edge of the World''] by Edmund Candler 1919 Archive.org | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/charmofkashmir00oconuoft ''The Charm of Kashmir''] by V. C. Scott O'Connor (Vincent Clarence) 1920 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/charmofkashmir00oconuoft ''The Charm of Kashmir''] by V. C. Scott O'Connor (Vincent Clarence) 1920 Archive.org | ||
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1921-camera-shikar-and-guide-for-visitors-to-kashmir-by-brown-s-pdf/ ''Camera Shikar and Guide for Visitors to Kashmir''] by Brown. 1921. Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Full title: ''Camera Shikar and Guide for Visitors to Kashmir : being the wanderings of an artist with camera, brush and pen through the Happy Valley and its mountains'' compiled from the diaries of Browyne Longnose-Brown and some entries by his companion Mac. | *[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1921-camera-shikar-and-guide-for-visitors-to-kashmir-by-brown-s-pdf/ ''Camera Shikar and Guide for Visitors to Kashmir''] by Brown. 1921. Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Full title: ''Camera Shikar and Guide for Visitors to Kashmir : being the wanderings of an artist with camera, brush and pen through the Happy Valley and its mountains'' compiled from the diaries of Browyne Longnose-Brown and some entries by his companion Mac. |
Revision as of 06:59, 27 September 2017
This article convers Kashmir and other nearby countries of Central or High Asia.
Kashmir and Jammu was a Princely State which was created in 1846 after the 1st Sikh War. The British annexed the Kashmir Valley, Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan and tranferred it to Maharajah Gulab Singh for an indemnity payment. The capital of Kashmir was Srinagar.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Kashmir Variants: Cashmere
FIBIS resources
- Photograph: All Saints Church, Srinagar, Kashmir ca 1911 FIBIS Gallery: Emmy Eustace Collection.
External links
- Jammu and Kashmir Wikipedia (retrieved 16 June 2016)
- Heritage tag for 110-yr-old power project by Majid Jahangir. The second oldest power project, the Mohura [Mohra] Power House located in the Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, was commissioned in 1902. The Tribune Saturday, September 1, 2012, Chandigarh. The Mohura Power House was situated midway between Uri and Baramulla.
- Kashmir Photograph Collection flickr.com Contains 190 photographs taken 1911-c 1946.
Historical books online
- Kashmir and Jammu Imperial Gazetteer
- Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset contains online books related to Kashmir. Use the Search box to locate the books.
- A Gazetteer of Kashmir and the adjacent districts of Kishtwa̕r, Badrawa̕r, Jamu̕, Naoshera, Pu̕nch and the valley of the Kishen Ganga ; Pt. 7, Sect. 1 (of the series Central Asia) by Charles Ellison Bates 1873 Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. The other titles in the series Central Asia include pt. 7, section 2. Ladak by F. Maisey.
- Gazetteer Of Kashmir And Ladak 1890 . Full title: Gazetteer of Kashmír and Ladak : together with routes in the territories of the Maharaja of Jamu and Kashmir compiled (for political and military reference) under the direction of the Quarter Master General in India in the Intelligence Branch 1890. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version
- Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series: Kashmir and Jammu 1908. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version
- Handbook of the Panjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir, and Upper Sindh by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1883 Archive.org
- The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Skardo, &c. Edited by Arthur Neve. Originally published c 1890.
- 1918; 1927, 14th edition. Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
- 1927, 14th edition; 1933, 15th edition Revised by E.F. Neve. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India. 1927 Archive.org version, 1933 Archive.org version.
- The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir by Sir James Douie 1916 Archive.org. A volume in the series Provincial Geographies of India
- Account of Koonawur, in the Himalaya [1817-1818] by Captain Alexander Gerard 1841 Archive.org.
- Map of Koonawur, front of book. Koonawur was situated between the north of India and Chinese Tartary.
- Narrative of a journey from Caunpoor to the Boorendo pass, in the Himalaya Mountains viâ Gwalior, Agra, Delhi, and Sirhind; by Major Sir William Lloyd. And Captain Alexander Gerard's account of an attempt to penetrate by Bekhur to Garoo, and the Lake Manasarowara: with a letter from the late J.G. Gerard, esq. detailing a visit to the Shatool and Boorendo passes, for the purpose of determining tte line of perpetual snow on the southern face of the Himalaya. Ed. by George Lloyd, published 1840. Volume I [1821-1822] Google Books. Volume II Captain Alexander Gerard’s Narrative 1821 Archive.org. Article about the book, page 421 The Monthly Review, From January To April Inclusive. 1840 Google Books.
- Letters from India : describing a journey in the British dominions of India, Tibet, Lahore, and Cashmere, during the years 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, undertaken by order of the French government by Victor Jacquemont, Museum of Natural History, Paris. Volume I, Volume II Archive.org
- Western Himalaya and Tibet : a narrative of a journey through the mountains of northern India, during the years 1847-8 by Thomas Thomson, Assistant Surgeon Bengal Army 1852 Archive.org.
- The Adventures of a Lady in Tartary, Thibet, China, and Kashmir. ... With an account of the Journey from the Punjab to Bombay overland. ... Also an account of the Mahableshwur and Neilgherry Mountains, etc. by Mrs Hervey 1853. The Himalayan part of the journey took place March, 1850 to October, 1851. In three volumes:
- Volume I, Volume II, Volume III Google Books
- Volume I, Volume II, Volume III British Library Digital Collection. Images can be rotated.
- Some sources give her names as Eleanor Louisa, Mrs Thomas Kibble. However, another source gives her as Julia Harvey, born 1825, the daughter of William Morton an engineer and his wife Juliana. [1] There was a marriage in Cawnpore 10 September 1845 of Julian Susan Morton , age 20, to Edward Harvey, Captain 10th Light Cavalry. He appears to be still alive in the late 1850s, so if this identification was correct, she did not undertake the journey due to widowhood. Article about the book by Christina Stoltz exploringtibet.wikischolars.columbia.edu
- Hunting in the Himalaya. With notices of customs and countries from the elephant haunts of the Dehra Doon to the Bunchowr tracks in eternal snow by R H W Dunlop BCS [Bengal Civil Service] 1860 with a Map. Archive.org. Also available as a pdf download, Digital Library of India
- A Summer Ramble in the Himalayas: With Sporting Adventures in the Vale of Cashmere Edited by Mountaineer [Frederick Wilson] 1860 Google Books
- The rifle in Cashmere : a narrative of shooting expeditions in Ladak, Cashmere, Punjaub, etc., with advice on travelling, shooting, and stalking : to which are added notes on army reform and Indian politics by Arthur Brinckman, late of HM’s 94th Regt. 1862 Google Books
- The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains by [A.H. Irby]. 1863 Google Books. Kashmir and adjacent countries, principally Ladak.
- Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by Captain Knight, Forty-Eighth Regiment 1863 Archive.org
- Journals kept in Hyderabad, Kashmir, Sikkim, and Nepal by Sir Richard Temple 1887 Volume I Hathi Trust Digital Library; Volume II Archive.org
- The Highlands of India, Volume II, being a Chronicle of Field Sports and Travel in India by Major General D J F Newall R A (Bengal Retired) 1887 Archive.org
- Hindu-Koh: wanderings and wild sport on and beyond the Himalayas by Major General Donald Macintyre, VC, late Prince of Wales Own Goorkhas 1889 edition, 1891 edition Archive.org
- Where three empires meet : a narrative of recent travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the adjoining countries by E F Knight. New Edition 1894 (first published March 1893) Archive.org.
- With a Map
- The Valley of Kashmir by Walter Lawrence ICS CIE 1895 Archive.org
- Sport on the Pamirs and Turkistan steppes by Major C S Cumberland 1895 Archive.org
- Routes in Jammu and Kashmir arranged topographically with description of routes; distances by stages; and information as to supplies and transport by Major-General Le Marquis De Bourbel, R E Retired, late Chief Engineer of the Jammu and Kashmir State 1897. British Library Digital file. Pages may be rotated if required. There is an alternative version available on Archive.org, but note it is difficult to read, as most of the pages are printed "sideways". For readers in some areas such as North America, the Hathi Trust Digital Library version has a page rotation facility.
- Sport in the Highlands of Kashmir. Being a narrative of an eight months' trip in Baltistan and Ladak, and a lady's experiences in the latter country; together with hints for the guidance of sportsmen by Henry Zouch Darrah, Indian Civil Service 1898 Archive.org
- A Summer in High Asia, being a record of sport and travel in Baltisan and Ladakh by Capt F E S Adair, late Rifle Brigade 1899 Archive.org
- Innermost Asia : travel & sport in the Pamirs by Ralph P Cobbold (late 60th Rifles) 1900 Archive.org
- Sport and politics under an eastern sky by [Lawrence Zetland] the Earl of Ronaldsay 1902 Archive.org. Part I "In Pursuit of Wild Game in Highest Asia".
- The Romantic East: Burma, Assam, & Kashmir by Walter Del Mar 1906 "Containing sixty-four full page illustrations from photographs" Archive.org
- Sport and Life in the Further Himalaya by Major R L Kennion 1910 Archive.org. The author joined the Indian Foreign and Political Department in 1893, serving in Kashmir, Gilgit and Leh until 1907.
- Kashmir described by Sir Francis Younghusband KCIE and painted by Major E Molyneux. DSO. 1911 Archive.org
- Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia by Lieut P T Etherton, 39th Garhwal Rifles (Indian Army) 1911 Archive.org
- The Realm Of The Gods by Captain C M Enriquez 1915. Full title: The Realm of the Gods; a tale of travel in Kangra, Mandi, Kulu, Chamba, Kishtwar, Kashmir, Ladakh and Baltistan. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
- On the Edge of the World by Edmund Candler 1919 Archive.org
- The Charm of Kashmir by V. C. Scott O'Connor (Vincent Clarence) 1920 Archive.org
- Camera Shikar and Guide for Visitors to Kashmir by Brown. 1921. Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Full title: Camera Shikar and Guide for Visitors to Kashmir : being the wanderings of an artist with camera, brush and pen through the Happy Valley and its mountains compiled from the diaries of Browyne Longnose-Brown and some entries by his companion Mac.
- "A Shooting Trip in Chamba" by F L Farrer page 318 Blackwood’s Magazine, no 211 January-June 1922 Archive.org
- Kashmir in Sunlight & Shade : a description of the beauties of the country, the life, habits, and humour of its inhabitants and an account of the gradual but steady rebuilding of a once down-trodden people by C E Tyndale-Biscoe, of the Church Missionary Society High School in Srinagar. 1922 Archive.org.
- Beyond Leh: A Shooting Trip in Ladakh, 1926 by K. W. Dickson, wife of R, a Medical Officer. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
- Part 1 1933;60:5 377-392. Part 2 1933;60:6 456-461. Part 3 1933;61:1 61-70. Part 4 1933;61:2 133-144. Part 5 1933;61:4 304-309. Part 6 1933;61:5 379-393. Part 7: not online. Part 8 1934;62:2 142-150. Part 9 1934;62:3 224-233. Part 10 1934;62:5 365-376. Part 11 1934;62:6 430-440. Part 12 1934;63:2 127-134. Part 13 1934;63:3 193-206.
- Recipes by The Mallinson Girls’ School , Srinagar. unknown date, but probably after 1961. Archive.org. This school was established in 1912 as the Girls' Mission High School and was later named after the Church Missionary Society Missionary, Miss Muriel Pauline Mallinson, probably after she retired c 1961. The School is now part of the Tyndale-Biscoe & Mallinson Schools, Srinagar.
- Fiction:
- A Freelance in Kashmir: A Tale of the Great Anarchy by Lieut.-Colonel G F MacMunn c 1914 Archive.org.
- Death Walked In Kashmir by M M Kaye 1953. Pad download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version. An edition published in 1984 under the title Death in Kashmir is available from the Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library: first you must register, and only one person at a time may read the book. A 'whodunnit' set in 1947 just before partition, by the author of The Far Pavilions and Shadow of the Moon.
References
- ↑ Snippet Search result from In Their Own Words: British Women Writers and India, 1740-1857 by Rosemary Raza 2006 Google Books