Beyond the Khyber pass : (Record no. 18151)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0394569342
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Transcribing agency ACKU
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
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Geographic area code a-af---
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number DS363.
Item number W355 1990
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Waller, John H.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Beyond the Khyber pass :
Remainder of title the road to British disaster in the first Afghan war /
Statement of responsibility, etc John H. Waller.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First edition.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Random House,
Date of publication, distribution, etc ©1990.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxxiii, 329 pages, [14] pages of plates :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Abstract: Chronicles the wars of the 19th century in India and Afghanistan resulting in the siege of Kabul and the deaths of 16,000 British soldiers and their families. "Beyond the Khyber Pass is a sweeping saga, chronicling the brutal wars and international intrigues of the nineteenth century in India and Afghanistan--the "Great Game" that culminated in the siege of Kabul and the deaths of 16,000 British soldiers, their families and camp followers. The story of British-Russian rivalry in central Asia as the nineteenth century began has all the ingredients of a fascinating narrative history: high-stake international politics, war, murder, espionage, palace plots, debauchery and a truly memorable massacre. The "players" of the game would be the envy of any novelist. There was Alexander "Bokhara" Burnes, the martyr of Kabul; Eldred Pottinger, hero of Herat; James Lewis, alias Charles Masson, deserter from the Indian Army who pretended to be an American. There was a mysterious Russian agent in Kabul, Ivan Vitkevich; and Count Simonich, who goaded the Persians to attack the Afghans. There was Ranjit Singh, the wise and one-eyed "Lion of the Punjab," who forged a nation out of a collection of feudal and feuding Sikh tribes--and successfully harbored the coveted Koh-i-noor diamond until he died. There Was Dost Muhammad, who defied, fought and eventually outscored the British in Afghanistan; and Shah Shuja, who schemed to regain his throne from exile in the Punjab and finally became king of Kabul with the help of the British, only to be murdered. There were two American freebooters, Josiah Harlan and Alexander Gardner, who may have been players of their own game, but they figured more prominently in events than is realized or admitted by most historians. The bloody climax of Beyond the Khyber Pass occurs in Kabul after the British and their garrison were overwhelmed on the plains outside the city. Supposedly the thousands of British and their families and camp followers would be allowed to march out, but as they did so during a brutal, freezing winter, they were set upon and nearly all of them massacred. Only a few escaped to tell the tragic and chilling story."--Jacket.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Linkage Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-314) and index.
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Formatted contents note Contents: Part I: Cossacks, kings and companymen. Alexander Burnes, imperial outrider ; Ranjit Singh, Lion of the Punjab ; Shah Shuja, restless exile ; Mohan Lal, loyal company servant ; Dost Mohammed, Emir of Afghanistan ; Bokhara ; Fath Ali Shah, Persia's king of kings ; A hero and a fugitive : a study in contrast ; Contest for Peshawar ; Politicians and bureaucrats ; Alexander Burnes, humble petitioner ; Imperial jousting in Kabul ; Eldred Pottinger, hero of Herat -- Part II: All the Queen's horses and all the Queen's men. To war ; March to Kabul ; Staff and distaff ; Fraying around the edges ; Turmoil in the Punjab, danger beyond the Hindu Kush ; Gathering clouds -- Part III: Disaster and retribution. Uprising ; Desperation ; Disintegration ; Treachery ; Retreat ; An army dies ; Captivity ; Finale.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note English
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Afghan Wars.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element British Intervention (Afghanistan : 1838-1842)
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Afghanistan – History – British Intervention, 1838-1842.
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Nonpublic note Access Date: 11-Feb-96
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Monograph
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    Library of Congress Classification     Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 25/08/2018   DS363.W355 1990 3ACKU000054246 25/08/2018 2 25/08/2018 Monograph  
    Library of Congress Classification     Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 25/08/2018     3ACKU000533603 25/08/2018   25/08/2018 Monograph One copy is donated by Daood Moosa.