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, Performed Under the Orders of the Supreme Government of India in 1831, 1832, 1833
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.
Containing the Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus from the Sea to Lahore and an Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833
Author: Sir Alexander Burnes
Publisher: Eland Pub Limited
ISBN:
Category: Travel
Page: 240
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This brand new edition brings the heady sense of excitement, risk, and zeal bursting from the pages, as a young intelligence agent from Downing Street explores 19th century Lahor, Kabul, Persia, and many more far-flung places.
Narrative of a Voyage by the River Indus. Memoir of the Indus and Its Tributary Rivers in the Punjab
Author: Sir Alexander Burnes
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN:
Category: History
Page: 370
View: 864
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This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!