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The Sun of the Day, Volume 1, Number 7, December 1873
Shams al-nahār (The sun of the day) is the earliest printed periodical published in Afghanistan. It is written in the Dari language. The Afghan ruler Sher ʻAlī Khān (reigned 1863−66 and 1868−79)...
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Across the Border, or Pathan and Biloch
Across the Border, or Pathan and Biloch is a work of ethnographic description by little-known English writer Edward Emmerson Oliver. It deals with the Afghan and Baluch tribes of the northwest frontier...
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The Afghan War, 1838−1842, from the Journal and Correspondence of the Late...
Augustus Abbott (1804−67) was the eldest of five brothers, all of whom distinguished themselves as British soldiers. He joined the army at age 15 and served until his retirement in 1859 with the rank...
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Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan
Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan is a personal account, by a soldier in the army of the British East India Company, of his experiences during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838−42). The author,...
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The Sun of the Day, Volume 1, Number 9, January 1874
Shams al-nahār (The sun of the day) is the earliest printed periodical published in Afghanistan. It is written in the Dari language. The Afghan ruler Sher ʻAlī Khān (reigned 1863−66 and 1868−79)...
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Leaves from an Afghan Scrapbook: The Experiences of an English Official and...
Ernest Thornton was an English official and industrial manager who in 1892 was engaged by the ruler of Afghanistan, Amir ʻAbd al-Rahman Khān (reigned 1880−1901), to establish a tannery and leather...
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Sale’s Brigade in Afghanistan, with an Account of the Seisure and Defence of...
This book is a laudatory account of the actions of the First Bengal Brigade, commanded by Colonel Robert Henry Sale (1782−1845), in the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838−42). The war began in June 1838...
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The Afghan Frontier
George Campbell (1824−92) had a long career as an administrator in India, where he first went in 1843 in the service of the East India Company. He eventually rose to become lieutenant-governor of...
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The First Afghan War and Its Causes
Sir Henry Marion Durand (1812−71) was a British army officer and colonial administrator who took part in the early stages of, and later wrote a history of, the First Afghan War (1838−42). He was...
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History of Afghanistan: Official Text-Book for the Examination of Military...
Tārīkh-i-Afghānistān (History of Afghanistan) is a translation into Pashto of G.B. Malleson’s History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878 (1879). Published in...
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Selling Woolen Articles and Wool Production. Selling Rope
This photograph is from the trades (economic) part of Turkestan Album,a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s....
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Selling Woolen Articles and Wool Production. Loom for the Weaving of Ropes
This photograph is from the trades (economic) part of Turkestan Album,a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s....
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Selling Woolen Articles and Wool Production. Loom for Weaving Thin Rugs
This photograph is from the trades (economic) part of Turkestan Album,a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s....
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Silk Production. Loom for Striped Silk Fabric, or Adras
This photograph is from the trades (economic) part of Turkestan Album,a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s....
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Silk Production. Hatching of the Worms
This photograph is from the trades (economic) part of Turkestan Album,a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s....
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Silk Production. Embroidery with Silk
This photograph is from the trades (economic) part of Turkestan Album,a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s....
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Selling Woolen Articles and Wool Production. Selling Thin Rugs
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Silk Production. Reel for the Preparation of the Warp
This photograph is from the trades (economic) part of Turkestan Album,a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s....
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Silk Production. Reel
This photograph is from the trades (economic) part of Turkestan Album,a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s....
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Silk Production. Preparation of Thread
This photograph is from the trades (economic) part of Turkestan Album,a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s....
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