Travels into Bokhara: Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, from the Sea to Lahore, with Presents from the King of Great Britain
Author:   Alexander Burnes
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Volume:   Volume 1
ISBN:  

9781108075466


Pages:   388
Publication Date:   31 July 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Travels into Bokhara: Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, from the Sea to Lahore, with Presents from the King of Great Britain


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Aged sixteen, Alexander Burnes (1805–41) took up a post in the Bombay army, and speedily learned both Hindustani and Persian. His skills led him to political work, and he himself proposed a covert expedition to Bukhara, to survey the country, but also to observe the expansionist activities of the Russians in central Asia. In 1832, he set off, with an army doctor, and two Indians as surveyor and secretary. They travelled in local dress and adopted whatever personas a situation required. Having reached Bukhara, they continued overland to the Caspian Sea, and then to Tehran, returning to Bombay by sea in 1833. This three-volume account of his adventures, published in 1834, was an instant bestseller. Volume 1 describes the journey to Bukhara, through Afghanistan into barely explored territory. Burnes continued his diplomatic activities in Afghanistan, but was murdered there by a mob in 1841.

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Author:   Alexander Burnes
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Volume:   Volume 1
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781108075466


ISBN 10:   1108075460
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   31 July 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Preface; 1. Lahore; 2. Across the Punjab to the Indus; 3. Peshawur; 4. Journey to Cabool; 5. Cabool; 6. Journey over the Hindoo Koosh, or Snowy Mountains; 7. Serious difficulties; 8. Balkh, and journey to Bokhara; 9. Bokhara; 10. Bokhara (cont.); 11. Detention in the kingdom of Bokhara.

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