Historical Reprints
Sale's work is a firsthand account by One of the Few Survivors from the Anglo-Afghan wars. more
In 1939, the British having driven into exile, the reigning Amir Dost Muhammad Khan, imposed Shah Shuja on the people who never liked him. In 1941 the Afghans revolted against the British high handedness ... more
Turkistan: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja, 2 Vols
Eugene Schuyler, who was Secretary of the American Legation at St. Petersburgh, traveled extensively in Russian Central Asia and provides in this monumental work an exceptionally detailed description of ... more
I now carry on the description farther west into Persia, and describe each district of Khurasan and Sistam in detail, from the Kurd and Turkoman country along the Russian frontier on the north, to the ... more
Central Asia: From the Aryans to the Cossack
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