Cabool: Being a Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in that City, in the Years 1836, 7,...

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Alexander Burnes

Cabool

Being a Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in that City, in the Years 1836, 7,...

Alexander Burnes

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English

Cambridge University Press
06 November 2014

Asian history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Historical geography; Classic travel writing

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

In the long and often disastrous history of British entanglement in Afghanistan, the name of Alexander Burnes (1805–41) deserves to be remembered. Aged sixteen, he went to India to take up a post in the 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 and to observe the expansionist activities of the Russians in central Asia. (Burnes' 1834 account of this journey is also reissued in this series.) In 1836, he was sent to Kabul, and became involved in the British plan to replace Dost Muhammad Khan with Shah Shuja (which he personally thought a mistake). The British became a focus of increasing local discontent, and in November 1841 Burnes was murdered in Kabul by a mob. This account of his stay in the city was published posthumously in 1842.

By: Alexander Burnes
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781108075374
ISBN 10: 1108075371
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 06 November 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; 1. Objects of the mission; 2. Hunting excursion; 3. Sukkur; 4. Battle between the Afghans and Sikhs; 5. Our critical position; 6. Cross the Attock; 7. Interview with Dost Mahommed Khan; 8. Cabool; 9. The Sian-poosh kaffirs; 10. Our occupations at Cabool; 11. Russian agent, Lieutenant Vilkievitch; Appendices.