Cabool: Being a Personal Narrative of a Journey To, and Residence in That City, in the Years 1836, 7, and 8 by Alexander Burnes

Cabool: Being a Personal Narrative of a Journey To, and Residence in That City, in the Years 1836, 7, and 8

Alexander Burnes

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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 a...

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