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**''Routes in Asia''. Variant Title: ''Routes in Central Asia''. Calcutta : Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1877-1878. "Compiled under the direction of Major General Fred. S. Roberts, C.B., V.C., Quarter Master General in India ...". [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9PmaJ7H3JLEC&pg=PP7 ''Section 2. Routes in Afghanistan''] compiled ... by F.J.N. Mackenzie Google Books
**[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. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1202 Archive.org mirror version].**[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-from-russian-territory-toward-afghanistan-and-india-the-pamir-line-of-advance-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf/ 1893 ''Routes from Russian Territory toward Afghanistan and India - the Pamir line of Advance''] by Robertson (confidential). Full title: ''Routes from Russian Territory in Central Asia towards Afghanistan and India. Section 1, The Pamir line of advance'' compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by W.R. Robertson. 1893. Contents: pt. 1. Short military report on the Ferghana province, Kashgar, the Pamirs and Upper Oxus Afghan provinces ... - pt. 2. Includes all routes leading from the Chimkend Kuldja postal road to the Hindu Kush between the Dorah and the Karakorum Passes. Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1292/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].**[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1912-routes-in-afghanistan-south-east-by-general-staff-s-pdf/ ''Routes in Afghanistan – South-East''] by General Staff 1912. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1947/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1913-index-map-to-routes-in-s-e-afghanistan-by-quartermaster-general-jpg/ 1913 Index Map to Routes in S.E. Afghanistan] by Quartermaster General, Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000112690577?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan''] by Major H G Raverty, Bombay Native Infantry (Retired) 1880 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38715 Archive.org mirror version] 1888, originally from the Digital Library of India.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1885-indias-danger-and-englands-duty-history-of-russian-advance-upon-afghanistan-by-russell-s-pdf/ ''India's Danger, and England's Duty with reference to Russia's Advance into the territory upon the borders of Afghanistan''] by Richard Russell 1885. PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download link does not display, locate under Books /Afghanistan. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1082 Archive.org mirror version].
*[http://archive.org/stream/englandrussiafac00yate#page/n7/mode/2up ''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
*[http://archive.org/stream/northernafghanis00yaterich#page/n3/mode/2up ''Northern Afghanistan or, Letters from the Afghan Boundary Commission''] by Major Charles Edward Yate, Bombay Staff Corps 1888 Archive.org
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-the-military-geography-of-afghanistan-part-4-kabul-by-mason-secret-s-pdf/ 1893 ''The Military Geography of Afghanistan Part 4 Kabul''] by Mason (secret)
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-the-military-geography-of-afghanistan-part-5-farah-and-kandahar-by-elles-secret-s-pdf/ 1893 ''The Military Geography of Afghanistan Part 5 Farah and Kandahar''] by Elles (secret)
:Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28+The+Military+Geography+of+Afghanistan%29&sort=titleSorter Archive.org mirror versions, Parts 1-5]. Issued by the Intelligence Branch, Q.M.G.'s Department. Published Calcutta. Secret. Contents: pt. 1. Badakhshan by E.G. Barrow - pt. 2. Afghan Turkistan by E.G. Barrow - pt. 3. Herat by E.G. Barrow - pt. 4. Kabul by A.H. Mason - pt. 5. Farah and Kandahar by E.R. Elles.
*[https://archive.org/details/lightsshadesofhi00gore ''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 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/dli.granth.88498/page/ii/mode/2up ''Leaves from an Afghan Scrapbook: The Experiences of an English Official and his Wife in Kabul''] by Ernest and Annie Thornton 1910. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2883/page/n3/mode/2up ''An American Engineer in Afghanistan from the Letters and Notes of A C Jewett''], edited by Marjorie Jewett Bell 1948. Archive.org, mirror from Pahar: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. A C Jewett was chief engineer of the Amir from 1911 to 1919 in charge of installing a hydroelectric plant for Kabul.
* ''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.
*[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/dli.pahar.2612/page/n3/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
:[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.ernet.dli.2015.209132/page/n5/mode/2up ''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/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If download button does not display, locate in Books/Indian Subcontinent/1936.
