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Travels into Bokhara - 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 (Paperback)
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Travels into Bokhara - 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 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century, Volume 2
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Aged sixteen, Alexander Burnes (1805 41) took up a post in the
Bombay 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, but also to observe
the expansionist activities of the Russians in central Asia. In
1832, he set off, with an army doctor, and two Indians as surveyor
and secretary. They travelled in local dress and adopted whatever
personas a situation required. Having reached Bukhara, they
continued overland to the Caspian Sea, and then to Tehran,
returning to Bombay by sea in 1833. This three-volume account of
his adventures, published in 1834, was an instant bestseller.
Volume 2 completes the journey, and describes the geography and
history of central Asia. Burnes continued his diplomatic activities
in Afghanistan, but was murdered there by a mob in 1841."
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