Asiatic NeighboursW. Blackwood and Sons, 1894 - 315 páginas |
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... Routes of invaders - Origin and pro- gress of Russophobia - Causes of the first Afghan war — The " great game " in Afghanistan - Sindh annexed - Dost Muham- mad restored - Astute diplomacy of Russia in Central Asia- Exhaustion after the ...
... Routes of invaders - Origin and pro- gress of Russophobia - Causes of the first Afghan war — The " great game " in Afghanistan - Sindh annexed - Dost Muham- mad restored - Astute diplomacy of Russia in Central Asia- Exhaustion after the ...
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... routes to India north of Quetta - The Karrachi route always open to us in any case - India only assailable via Kabul - Occupation of Northern Afghanistan necessary for Russia - Effect of a Russian failure on Indian opinion - Cost of ...
... routes to India north of Quetta - The Karrachi route always open to us in any case - India only assailable via Kabul - Occupation of Northern Afghanistan necessary for Russia - Effect of a Russian failure on Indian opinion - Cost of ...
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... route would be followed . And then , to show his own knowledge of Indian history and reassure Na- poleon's timidity , the Tzar assured him that Nadir Shah had marched the whole distance in 1740 , and " what an Asiatic army did then , we ...
... route would be followed . And then , to show his own knowledge of Indian history and reassure Na- poleon's timidity , the Tzar assured him that Nadir Shah had marched the whole distance in 1740 , and " what an Asiatic army did then , we ...
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... gap in this ridge , locally called Sher Dahan or lion's mouth , which is the highest point on the route from Kabul to Kandahar . North of the Irak pass the Hindu Kush gradually increases in altitude and thickness , 94 ASIATIC NEIGHBOURS .
... gap in this ridge , locally called Sher Dahan or lion's mouth , which is the highest point on the route from Kabul to Kandahar . North of the Irak pass the Hindu Kush gradually increases in altitude and thickness , 94 ASIATIC NEIGHBOURS .
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... Hindu Kush , and thus open a 1873 . 1 See A Journey across the Pamir from North to South . ' Pro- ceedings R.G.S. , January 1892 . Pamirs . ment of route from the north towards India by the Boro- ghil FOUR DIVISIONS OF AFGHANISTAN . 109.
... Hindu Kush , and thus open a 1873 . 1 See A Journey across the Pamir from North to South . ' Pro- ceedings R.G.S. , January 1892 . Pamirs . ment of route from the north towards India by the Boro- ghil FOUR DIVISIONS OF AFGHANISTAN . 109.
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