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Olesen: Afghan Craftsmen: the Cultures of Three Itinerant Communities. Cloth 
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  • Afghan Craftsmen: the Cultures of Three Itinerant Communities. Cloth. Ca. 23x29cm
  • by Asta Olesen, Ida Nicolaisen (Editor)
  • 328 pages, with many black-white and colour illustrations, map, bibliography, glossary and index. 1994


9780500016121
Fortress 26 Bahmanyar: Afghanistan Cave Complexes 1979-2004. Mountain strongholds of the Mujahideen, Taliban & Al Qaeda 
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  • Afghanistan Cave Complexes 1979–2004. Mountain strongholds of the Mujahideen, Taliban & Al Qaeda. Fortress 26
  • Mir Bahmanyar
  • This title provides a detailed analysis and visual documentation of these caves and underground systems. It also discusses the Coalition's tactical approach to dislodging the enemy from these fortified positions.


Fortress 26
Seierestad: The Bookseller of Kabul. Cloth 
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  • Bookseller of Kabul. Cloth
  • Asne Seierstad
  • 256 pages. 2003
  • In the spring of 2002, journalist Asne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to live with a family for several months. Here she reveals her experiences, telling the story of Sultan Khan - who defied the authorities for 20 years to supply books to the people of Kabul - and his family


0316726052
Arghandawi: British Imperialism and Afghanistan's Struggle for Independence: 1914-21. Cloth 
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  • British Imperialism and Afghanistan's Struggle for Independence: 1914-21. Cloth
  • Abdul Ali Arghandawi
  • 406 pages, with Appendices, Index, Bibliography
  • First published 1989


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Elite 041 Conboy: Elite Forces of India and Pakistan 
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  • Elite Forces of India and Pakistan
  • Ken Conboy
  • Influenced by the German use of paratroopers early in World War Two, General Sir Robert Cassels, the Commander-in-Chief India, ordered the formation of an airborne cadre in October 1940. Thus marked the origins of India's first élite units. Pakistan can trace the origins of its own army airborne to the common parentage of British-raised forces.


Elite 041
Bosworth: The Ghaznavids. Their Empire in Afghanistan and Eastern India 994 - 1040. Cloth ip 
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  • Ghaznavids. Their Empire in Afghanistan and Eastern India 994 - 1040. Cloth
  • by C.E. Bosworth
  • 332 pages, with 2 fold-out maps, bibliography and index, genealogical tables
  • 1963, first indian publication 1992


0 Indian publication Bosworth
Misra: Indian Resistance to Early Muslim Invaders Upto 1206 A.D. Hardback. 
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  • Indian Resistance to Early Muslim Invaders Upto 1206 A.D. Hardback. 14,3x22,5cm. Indian publication
  • Dr. Ram Gopal Misra
  • xii, 144 pages. 1983, second edition 1992-93
  • with a.o. chapters: The Heroic Defense of Kabul and Zabul. Resistance to the Ghaznavides. Resistance to the Ghorides


0 indian publication Misra
Holt: Into The Land of Bones: Alexander The Great In Afghanistan. Hardcover 
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  • Into The Land of Bones: Alexander The Great In Afghanistan. Hardcover
  • by Frank Lee Holt
  • 2005
  • xiii, 241 pages


0520245539
Barr: Journal of a March from Delhi to Peshawar and from thence to Cabul. Hardcover 
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  • Journal of a March from Delhi to Peshawar and from thence to Cabul with the mission of Lieut-Colonel Sir C.M. Wade including travels in the Punjab, a visit to the city of lahore, and a Narrative of operations in the Khyber Pass, undertaken in 1839. Hardcover
  • by Lieut. William Barr
  • xv, 235 pages
  • reprint of 1844: 2003


0 Indian publication Barr
Fitzclarence: Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt to England. Cloth 
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  • Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt to England in the Latter End of the Year 1817, and the Beginning of 1818. Cloth. 19x25cm.
  • by Lieutnant-Colonel George Augustus Frederick Fitzclarence
  • 502 pages, 19 plates with some colour illustrations and (fold-out) maps
  • Reprint 1819 edition. 1999


Fitzclarence
Forster: Journey from Bengal to England through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian Sea 1782-84. In 2 Volumes. Cloth 
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  • Journey from Bengal to England through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian Sea 1782-84. Cloth. Indian publication
  • by Forster
  • reprint 1798 edition
  • Volume 1: 315 pages
  • Volume 2: 296 pages. fold-out map


0 Indian publication Foster
Yate: Khurasan and Sistan. Hardcover 
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  • Khurasan and Sistan. Hardcover
  • by Lieut.-Colonel C.E. Yate
  • xi, 442 pages, with 23 illustrations, fold-out map, index
  • reprint of the 1900 edition, 2004


0 indian publication Yate
Bosworth: The Later Ghaznavids: Splendour and Decay. The Dynasty in Afghanistan and Northern India, 1040 - 1186. Cloth 
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  • Later Ghaznavids: Splendour and Decay. The Dynasty in Afghanistan and Northern India, 1040 - 1186. Cloth
  • by C.E. Bosworth
  • 196 pages, with bibliography, notes and index
  • 1977, first indian publication 1992


0 Indian publication Bosworth
Keppel: Personal Narrative of a Journey from India to England. Hardcover 
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  • Personal Narrative of a Journey from India to England, by Bussorah, Bagdad, the Ruins of Babylon, Curdistan, the Court of Persia, the Western Shore of the Caspian Sea, Astrakhan, Nishney Novogorod, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh, in the Year 1824. Hardcover
  • by George Keppel
  • Volume 1: xii, 336 pages. 12 illustrations / map
  • Volume 2: vii, 326 pages, 1 colour frontispiz
  • reprint of the 1827 edition, 2004
  • price is for the complete set


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Chakraberty: Racial Basis of Indian Culture. (Including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal). Cloth 
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  • Racial Basis of Indian Culture. (Including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal). Cloth. 19x25cm.
  • by C. Chakraberty, with an introduction by M.C. Joshi
  • xii, 321 pages, with appendix and index
  • 1997


Chakrabarty
Men-at-Arms 178 Isby: Russia's War in Afghanistan. 
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  • Russia's War in Afghanistan.
  • Author: David Isby. Illustrator: Ronald Volstad
  • The Land and the People, Intrigue and Invasion, The War, Soviet Forces, DRA Armed Forces, The Afghan Resistance, The Future


9780850456912
Siddiqui: The Story of Islamic Calligraphy. Cloth 
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  • Story of Islamic Calligraphy. Cloth. Ca. 20x30cm
  • by Atiq R. Siddiqui
  • Ca. 130 pages, 11 colour and 69 black-white plates, appendix, bibliography. 1990
  • Indian publication, the quality is not perfect


8185394008
Pennell: The Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier. Cloth 
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  • Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier. Cloth. ip
  • T.L. Pennell
  • 324 pages, with deductions, glossary, index
  • 1988 (reprint of a ca. 100-year old edition)


0 indian publication Pennell