An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and Its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India PDF Download

Author: Mountstuart Elphinstone
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Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 766

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Author: Mountstuart Elphinstone
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Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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Author: Mountstuart Elphinstone
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Languages : en
Pages : 675

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Author: Mountstuart Elphinstone
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 656

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Author: Elphinstone Mountstuart
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ISBN: 9780243811199
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Languages : en
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Author: Mountstuart Elphinstone
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Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Author: Mountstuart Elphinstone
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Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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Author: Mountstuart Elphinstone
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780343994013
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Languages : en
Pages : 464

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Author: Ben Macintyre
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466803797
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 490

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The untold story of the nineteenth-century American Quaker who tried to build a kingdom in Afghanistan: “A thrilling real-life yarn.” —Booklist In the year 1838, a young adventurer, surrounded by his native troops and mounted on an elephant, raised the American flag on the summit of the Hindu Kush in the mountainous wilds of Afghanistan. He declared himself Prince of Ghor, Lord of the Hazarahs, spiritual and military heir to Alexander the Great. The true story of Josiah Harlan, a Pennsylvania Quaker and the first American ever to enter Afghanistan, has never been told before, yet the life and writings of this extraordinary man echo down the centuries. This “riveting, scrupulously researched” book reveals the full history behind the renowned Rudyard Kipling short story and John Huston’s film classic (The New York Times Book Review). “One of the most remarkable discoveries in the history of biography.” —The New York Review of Books “Macintyre recounts Harlan’s travels with dispatch, and draws on unpublished journals to let his subject’s voice seep through.” —The New Yorker “Here is a writer who seems as taken as I am with crackpottery, delusion, grandiosity, chicanery, and impersonation, but who manages to write about it all with amused restraint, without, that is, the air of the ogler.” —The Boston Globe “Macintyre gives readers both Harlan’s story and a thought-provoking perspective on the history of superpower intervention in Afghanistan . . . Harlan’s story alone is fascinating, but its resonance with modern-day struggles—Harlan urging the British to try ‘fiscal diplomacy’ (i.e., gold) instead of ‘invading and subjugating an unoffending people’—makes it compelling.” —Publishers Weekly