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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=_R8LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''History of the War in Affghanistan: From Its Commencement to Its Close''] edited by Charles Nash 1843 Google Books
*''History of the Afghans'' by J.P.Ferrier 1858 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZUkoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA327&dq=Akbar+Khan&hl=en&ei=6byQTZ_hJ4KLhQfi4-i7Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q&f=false Chapter XXIII et seq 1st Anglo-Afghan War]
*[https://archive.org/details/firstafghanwar00morr/page/n5/mode/2up ''The First Afghan War''] by Mowbray Morris 1878 Archive.org. The Preface states "The following pages pretend to give nothing more than a short summary of events already recorded by recognised authorities". 105 pages*[http://www.archive.org/stream/firstafghanwara00duragoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The first First Afghan war War and its causesCauses''] Sir Henry Durand 1879 (archive.org)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/afghanwars18394200forbuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80''] by Archibald Forbes 1892 (archive.org)
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285153/mode/2up ''The First Afghan War 1838-1842''] by Captain Bruce Hay, Queen’s Own Corps of Guides. Reprinted article, originally from ''Royal United Services Institution Journal'' Volume 55, 1911 - Issue 396. Archive.org.
*''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/stream/historyofafghani031155mbp#page/n441/mode/2up "The Mission of Burnes and the Siege of Herat"] page 400, Volume I. Continues Volume II
* ''Nott's Brigade in Afghanistan, 1838-42, being the private diary of an officer who served in it from first to last'' by John Samuel Knox, published 1880 in Bombay. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.179700 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*''Five Years in India: Comprising a Narrative of Travels in the Presidency of Bengal, a Visit to the Court of Runjeet Sing, Residence in the Himalayah Mountains, an Account of the Late Expedition to Cabul and Affghanistan, Voyage Down the Indus, and Journey Overland to England'' by Henry Edward Fane, late Aide-de-Camp to his Excellency the Commander-In-Chief in India. [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindiavol1 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindi00fanegoog Volume II] 1842 Archive.org. The author travelled with his regiment to Ceylon in 1835, where he was soon appointed to the staff of his uncle, General Sir Henry Fane, who was Commander-In-Chief in India
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.92907/page/n3/mode/2up ''Narrative of the Late Victorious Campaign in Affghanistan, under General Pollock; with recollections of Seven Years Service in India''] by Lieutenant Greenwood, H M 31st Regiment 1844. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of Mumbai Collection. The regiment was mobilised in January 1842. *[https://archive.org/stream/memoirofmajorgen00rawlrich#page/70/mode/2up "''Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson"''] Chapter VI " Life During the Great Affghan War 1839-1842", published 1898. archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/beyondkhyberpass0000wall ''Beyond the Khyber Pass : the road to British disaster in the First Afghan War''] by John H. Waller 1990. Archive.org Lending Library. Also available as a pdf download, [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1990-beyond-the-khyber-pass-by-john-waller-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Afghanistan.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1993-afghan-wars-1839-1992-what-britain-gave-up-and-the-soviet-union-lost-by-oballance-s-pdf/ ''Afghan Wars 1839-1992– what Britain gave up and the Soviet Union lost''] by Edgar O'Ballance 1993. Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/ Afghanistan.
*Fiction
**[https://archive.org/details/clevelysahibtale00haye ''Clevely Sahib: A Tale of the Khyber Pass''] by Herbert Hayens 1897 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/toheratandcabuls00hentiala/page/n7/mode/2up ''To Herat and Cabul : a Story of the First Afghan War''] by G A Henty (George Alfred) 1901. Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/flashman00geor/page/n3 ''Flashman : from the Flashman papers 1839-1842''] by George MacDonald Fraser 1984 edition, first published 1969. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the 1st Afghan War.
*:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers The Flashman Papers] Wikipedia.
