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*[https://archive.org/details/avariedlifearec00gordgoog ''A varied life: a record of military and civil service, of sport and of travel in India, Central Asia and Persia 1849 -1902''] by Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon. 1906 Archive.org. Appointed to the Indian Army Indian Staff Corps 1862, appointed to the Kashgar Mission in 1873.
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023493517 ''The Roof of the World : being a narrative of a journey over the high plateau of Tibet to the Russian Frontier and the Oxus Sources on Pamir''] by Lieutenant-Colonel T E Gordon, Honorary Aide-De-Camp to the Viceroy of India, lately attached to the Special Mission to Kashghar 1876 Archive.org. Includes Kashghar.
*[https://archive.org/details/sportingmilitary00walsrich/page/n9/mode/2up ''Sporting and military adventures in Nepaul and the Himalayas. A narrative of personal encounters and narrow escapes''] by Major Blaney Walshe [1875]. Archive.org. Although elsewhere<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=yyHsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA318 Page 318] ''British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published Or Written Before 1951''. Compiled by William Matthews originally published 1955 Google Books</ref> catalogued as a personal account, this book appears to be an '''adventure novel'''.
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiertraveller00gardiala ''Soldier and traveller; memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh''] [1785-1877] edited by Major Hugh Pearse 1898 Archive.org. [https://web.archive.org/web/20191201171837/https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/the-fantastic-adventures-of-the-tartan-turbaned-colonel/ "The fantastic adventures of the tartan-turbaned colonel"] by William Dalrymple 13 May 2017 ''The Spectator'', archived.
*''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=chlg4U-SaQ4C&pg=PP7 ''Section 5. Routes in the territories of the Maharaja of Jummoo and Kashmir, and adjacent countries''] compiled ... by M.H. Saward, Royal Horse Artillery. Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924016411872/mode/2up ''The Sportsman's Guide to Kashmir & Ladak, etc. Reproduced with additions from letters which appeared in the "Asian."''] by A E Ward , Bengal Staff Corps. Second and revised edition 1883 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.06759 ''The Tourist's and Sportsman’s Guide to Kashmir and Ladak''] by A E Ward, Bengal Staff Corps 1896. Archive.org
*''Journals kept in Hyderabad, Kashmir, Sikkim, and Nepal'' by Sir Richard Temple 1887 [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044088752621?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 Volume I] HathiTrust Digital Library; [https://archive.org/details/journalskeptinh01tempgoog Volume II] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/highlandsindia00newagoog ''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
