{"product_id":"cabool-being-a-personal-narrative-of-a-journey-to-and-residence-in-that-city-in-the-years-1836-7-and-8-paperback-9781108075374","title":"Cabool; Being a Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in that City, in the Years 1836, 7, and 8 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108075374","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCabool\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeing a Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in that City, in the Years 1836, 7, and 8\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis account of Kabul was published posthumously in 1842, after its author was murdered in the Afghan capital.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexander Burnes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108075374, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 November 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e440 pages, 12 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Objects of the mission\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hunting excursion\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sukkur\u003cbr\u003e 4. Battle between the Afghans and Sikhs\u003cbr\u003e 5. Our critical position\u003cbr\u003e 6. Cross the Attock\u003cbr\u003e 7. Interview with Dost Mahommed Khan\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cabool\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Sian-poosh kaffirs\u003cbr\u003e 10. Our occupations at Cabool\u003cbr\u003e 11. Russian agent, Lieutenant Vilkievitch\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912989237528,"sku":"9781108075374","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108075374i_3bb88e6a-fd36-4496-bb02-211fc240c0bf.jpg?v=1696751546","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cabool-being-a-personal-narrative-of-a-journey-to-and-residence-in-that-city-in-the-years-1836-7-and-8-paperback-9781108075374","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}