Afghanistan

Afghanistan in 1993 - click to enlarge the image.

Locations

• Cities, towns and villages in Afghanistan

Wars involving British India

• 1st Afghan War - 1839-42
• 2nd Afghan War - 1878-80
• 3rd Afghan War - 1919

External links

Encyclopedia entries

• History of Afghanistan Wikipedia
• European influence in Afghanistan Wikipedia

Archives

• Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Catalogue. Online books to download

• 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

• 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 Volume I, Volume II, Volume III Archive.org
• Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest including Sinde Afghanistan Beloochistan The Punjab and the Neighbouring States by Edward Thornton, 1844 Volume 1, A-K, Volume 2, L-Z, together with an Appendix containing 'Routes' and an Index (A-Z) Google Books
• Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, and the Panjab: including a Residence in Those Countries from 1826 to 1838 by Charles Masson 1842 Google Books Volume1, Volume 2, Volume 3
• 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
• England and Russia face to face in Asia: travels with the Afghan Boundary Commission by Lieutenant Arthur Campbell Yate, Bombay Staff Corps 1887 Archive.org
• Northern Afghanistan or, Letters from the Afghan Boundary Commission by Major Charles Edward Yate, Bombay Staff Corps 1888 Archive.org
• Report on the proceedings of the Pamir Boundary Commission (1897) "Afghanistan: The Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection at the University of Nebraska-Omaha"
• "The Russo- Afghan Boundary Commission", page 94 The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900 by Colonel Sir T. Hungerford Holdich, late of the Indian Survey Department 1901 Archive.org
• 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
• 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.
• The Imperial Gazetteer of India: Afghanistan And Nepal 1908 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Contents: Afghanistan computer page 7, Nepal cp 10, Index cp 141. Pdf download. It is also available to download as a pdf from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, located under both Books, Afghanistan, and Books, Nepal. Scroll down to 1908.
• A History Of Afghanistan by Brig-Gen Sir Percy Sykes 1940 Archive.org Volume I Volume II
• View the FIBIS Google Books Library and click on the categories Afghanistan and Afghan Wars

Other

• Afghanistan Old Photosafghanistan-photos.com
• Andrew Grantham’s Railways of Afghanistan
• "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"
• Maps of Afghanistan wdl.org
  • Map: Letts's Bird's Eye View of the Approaches to India [Afghanistan] catalogued c 1920. Click on the map to enlarge. Although catalogued c 1920s, the scarlet uniforms of the soldiers suggest an earlier date.