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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OSt |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20160724003752.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781849044790 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Transcribing agency |
ACKU |
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
a-af--- |
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
DS392. |
Item number |
B28. |
Class number |
H43 2015 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Heathcote, T. A. |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Balochistan, the British and the Great Game : |
Remainder of title |
the struggle for the Bolan Pass, gateway to India / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
T. A. Heathcote. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Hurst & Company, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
©2015. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xiii, 292 pages, [10] unnumbered pages of plates : |
Other physical details |
illustrations, maps, portraits ; |
Dimensions |
23 cm |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Abstract: The Great Game for Central Asia led to British involvement in Balochistan, a sparsely-populated area in Pakistan, mostly desert and mountain, and containing the Bolan Pass, the southern counterpart of the more famous Khyber. It occupies a position of great strategic importance between Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and the Arabian Sea. Heathcote's book is a history of the Khanate of Kalat and of British operations against the Baloch hill tribes who raided frontier settlements and the Bolan caravans. Its themes include rivalry between British officials in Sind and the Punjab, high profile disputes between British politicians over frontier policy and organisation, and the British occupation of Quetta, guardian city of the Bolan, in the run-up to the Second Afghan War. Among the many strong characters in this story is Sir Robert Sandeman, hitherto hailed as 'the peaceful conqueror of Balochistan', now revealed as a ruthless careerist, whose personal ambitions led to the fragmentation of the country under British domination. The closing chapter summarises subsequent events up to modern times, in which the Baloch have maintained a long-running struggle for greater autonomy within Pakistan. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Linkage |
“Includes bibliography”—(pages 277-280). |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Contents: Preface—Acknowledgements—1. Balochistan background : the country, the people and the princes—2. The opening of the Great Game : British India, Russia, Iran and Afghanistan, 1978-1838—3. The British army in Kalat, 1839—4. The threat from the Baloch Hills, 1839-40—5. Insurgency in Kalat, 1840-41—6. The first North-West frontier, 1842-46—7. The paladins of the upper Sind border, 1847-54—8. The Great Game renewed : India, Iran and Balochistan, 1854-58—9. Civil wars, 1858-72—10. The Kafilas and the collapse of British control, 1872-76—11. Quetta and the settlement of Kalat, 1876—78—12. The completion of British control, 1877-1893—Appendices A-D : the four British treaties with Kalat, 1839-76—List of international treaties—Notes—Selected bibliography—Index. |
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
Language note |
English |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Balochistan (Pakistan) |
General subdivision |
History. |
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Geographic name |
Pakistan |
Geographic subdivision |
Balochistan. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
Koha item type |
Monograph |