Travels Into Bokhara by Alexander Burnes
Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia
A vivid early nineteenth-century travel narrative recounting a mission from India up the Indus and across Afghanistan and Central Asia to Bukhara, blending geographical observation with political reconnaissance amid emerging imperial rivalries. It details river navigation, caravan travel, courts and bazaars, customs and commerce, and the hazards and hospitalities encountered, offering a rare contemporary portrait of the region’s terrain, peoples, and shifting power dynamics.
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- Published
- 1834
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- British
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- English
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