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* ''The Frontiers Of Baluchistan'' by G P Tate 1909. Full title: ''The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan'' [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.170320 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/russianrailwayst00bere "Russian Railways towards India"] by Colonel C E de la Poer Beresford ''Proceedings of the Central Asian Society'' December 1905 Archive.org
* ''Beyond Khyber Pass'' by Lowell Thomas. First published 1925. Some editions were titled ''Beyond Khyber Pass into Forbidden Afghanistan''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175794 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India.. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Thomas Lowell Thomas] (Wikipedia) American writer and broadcaster.
*''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 ]
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1890-military-routes-to-the-indo-afghan-frontier-by-lessar-secret-s-pdf/ 1890 ''Military Routes to the Indo-Afghan Frontier''] by Lessar (secret)] Notes: At head of title: Secret. "From Russian official "records" of geographical, topographical and statistical materials on Asia. Collected by the Military Scientific Committee of the Headquarters Staff, 1890. Translated for the Intelligence Division of the War Office". HMSO. Author: P. M. Lessar, (Pavel Mikhailovich) Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1935-pedalling-through-the-afghan-wilds-being-the-experiences-of-kj-kharas-s-pdf/ ''Pedalling Through The Afghan Wilds. Being the Experiences of K.J. Kharas, R.D. Ghandhi, and R.D. Shroff''] 1935. Link to a pdf download Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77252 ''Across The Highways Of The World''] by K J Kharas, R D Gandhi, R D Shroff. Second edition 1941, first published 1939. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.43264/page/n5 ''Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India''] by Gordon Sinclair 1936. Archive.org. Also available [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1936-khyber-caravan-through-kashmir-waziristan-afghanistan-baluchistan-and-northern-india-by-sinclair-s-pdf/ ''Khyber Caravan–through Kashmir Waziristan Afghanistan Baluchistan and Northern India''] by Gordon Sinclair 1936. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If download button does not display, locate in Books/Indian Subcontinent/1936.
*''The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia'' by Peter Hopkirk 1992. [https://archive.org/details/greatgame00pete Book File 1]. [https://archive.org/details/greatgamestruggl00hopk Book File 2] Archive.org Lending Library. Published in the UK with title ''The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia''. “The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia… When play first began, the frontiers of Russia and British India lay 2000 miles apart; by the end, this distance had shrunk to twenty miles at some points.”
*[https://archive.org/details/tournamentofshad00meye ''Tournament of Shadows : the Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia''] by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac 1999. Archive.org Lending Library. Also available as a pdf download [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1999-tournament-of-shadows-the-great-game-and-the-race-for-empire-in-central-asia-by-meyer-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If the download link does not display, locate under Books/Central Asia.
