A Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Source of the River Oxus: By the Route of the Indus, Kabul, and Badakhshan, Performed Under the Sanction of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1836, 1837, and 1838 |
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Abdal Ghani Afghan Afghanistan Amírs animal appearance arrived Attock Badakhshan bank boat Captain Burnes chief Chitral crossed Darwaz Dhera distance district Dost Mohamed Durah east encampment families favourable feet foot Gholam ground Haïderábád hamlet Hazara Hazrat Imam height hills Hindú Hindu Kosh Hindustan honour horse India Indus inhabitants Ish-kashm Jerm journey Kabul Kabul river Kaffers Kafila Kalabagh Khan Khana-i-bad Khulm Kila Kirgah Kirghiz Koh Daman Kohat Kokan Kokcha Kunduz Kuttock land latter look matchlock miles Mir's Mirza mission Mohamed Khán Mohamed Rahim Mohamedan mountains Mukkud Murad Beg native neighbourhood neighbouring night Oxus Pamir Panchshir party passed Peshawar plain poor ravine reached ridge rise river road Sagrí season seen Seik Shagnan Shah side snow snowy spot stream summit surface T'hat'hah Tajik Talikhan tion town traveller trees tribe Turkistan Uzbek valley village Wakhan whilst yards Yarkand