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Travels Into Bokhara (Volume 1 of 3): 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, With Presents From the King of Great Britain; Performed Under the Orders of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833 — John Shaqi

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Travels Into Bokhara (Volume 1 of 3): 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, With Presents From the King of Great Britain; Performed Under the Orders of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833

Name: Travels Into Bokhara (Volume 1 of 3): 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, With Presents From the King of Great Britain; Performed Under the Orders of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833
Author: Burnes, Alexander, Sir

Burnes, Alexander, Sir

Afghanistan -- Description and travel; Asia, Central -- Description and travel; Bukhoro (Uzbekistan) -- Description and travel; Burnes, Alexander, Sir, 1805-1841 -- Travel; Indus River Valley -- Description and travel

Quit Lahore.--Reduction of Baggage.--Arrangements.--Garden
  described.--Himalaya.--Reach the Chenab or Acesines.--Soil
  and Wells.--Sugar.--A Seik Chief.--Seiks: Peculiarities of
  the Tribe.--Cross the Chenab.--Diseases: Opinions regarding
  them.--Cross the Jelum, or Hydaspes.--Arrival at Pind Dadun
  Khan.--Antiquities.--Salt Mines of Pind Dadun Khan.--Position
  of the Salt Range.--Formation, &c.--Mines, Strata,
  Temperature.--Manner of working the Salt.--Its Quality.--Supply
  of the Mineral.--Banks of the Hydaspes.--Villages.--Scene
  of Porus’s Battle.--Extensive Ruins.--Speculations.--Nicæ
  and Bucephalia.--Porus’s Army compared with Runjeet
  Sing’s.--Floating Islands.--Costume of the Ladies.--Arrival
  at Rotas.--Fortress.--Nature and Formation of Rocks.--Tope of
  Manikyala.--Coins and Antiques.--Manikyala identified with
  Taxilla.--Rawil Pindee.--Marks of quitting India.--Hurdwar
  Pilgrims: Reflections on seeing them.--Seik Priest.--Pass
  of Margulla.--Tope of Belur.--Garden of Hoosn Abdall.--See
  the Indus.--Encamp on the Indus.--Ford it.--Story of a
  Soldier.--Attok.--Phenomenon at Attok.--Washing Gold            39-80


  CHAP. III.

  PESHAWUR.

  Entrance into the Country of the Afghans.--Precautionary
  Arrangements.--Farewell Letter to Runjeet Sing.--Salt
  Monopoly.--Fields of Battle.--Entrance into Peshawur.--Afghan
  Entertainment.--Visitors.--Ride out with the Chief.--His
  Character.--Afghan manner of spending Friday.--Horrible
  Spectacle.--Brother of the Chief.--Arrangements for our
  Advance.--The Chief and his Court.--Visitors.--Juvenile
  Intelligence.--Rambles in Peshawur.--Quail
  fighting.--Hawking.--Moollah Nujeeb.--A Saint.--Disadvantages
  of giving Medicine.--Antiquities.--Conclusions regarding the
  “Topes.”--Preparations for Departure.--Maître d’Hôtel of the
  Chief                                                          81-111


  CHAP. IV.

  JOURNEY TO CABOOL.

  Departure from Peshawur.--Khyberees.--Passage of
  the Cabool River.--Caravan.--Scene in the Cabool
  River.--Mountains.--Formation of the Hills.--Interview with a
  Momund Chief.--Civility of a Khyberee.--Incident.--Pestilential
  Wind.--Antiquities.--Julalabad.--Snowy
  Mountains.--Bala-bagh.--Treatment by the
  People.--Gundamuk.--Cold Countries.--Neemla.--Manner of keeping
  Horses.--Jugduluk.--Post-houses of the Emperors.--Wandering
  Ghiljees.--Pastoral Scenes.--Ispahan.--Story of Futtih
  Khan.--Pass of Luta-bund.--Arrival in Cabool.--Our Conductor,
  Mahommed Shureeff                                             112-132


  CHAP. V.

  CABOOL.

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