Silk Road Books & Photos

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Taizi, Sher Zaman

 The Saur Revolution 1978-86

PHD Thesis submitted to Peshawar University on a political analysis of the Saur Revolution. The author had good insights since the author knew the top leadership of the PDPA. Frontier Post Publications, Peshawar and Lahore 1991 First Edition Paperback, slightly rubbed otherwise good tight copy. PP286 

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Taizi, Sher Zaman

Bacha Khan in Afghanistan

Biography of Bacha Khan leader of the so called ‘red shirts’ who instituted non-violent opposition against British India. Bacha Khan was a prominent leader in the Pukhtunkhwa(N.W.F.P. Pakistan) and this booklet details his contribution to political life in Pakistan. Seventeen pages in English three pages in Pashto.

343

Tapper, Nancy

Bartered Brides

Sub title: Politics, Gender and Marriage in an Afghan Tribal Society, research by a Professor from the School of Oriental and African Studies(Univ of London) mint in dw first edition. A detailed study of marriage amongst the Pashtun nomad Maduzai sub tribe of the Durrani tribe. Cambridge Univ Press 1991.

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Thomas Lowell

Beyond Khyber Pass Into Forbidden Afghanistan

[New York], Grosset and Dunlap. Ill.: Photographs by Harry A. Chase and the Author. N.d. 1920's reprint of 1925 Revised Edition. Published originally in Century Vagabond Books series. xiii, 255pp, frontis portrait of King Amanullah Khan, 6 photo illustrations, endpaper map, 2 text maps. 8vo/23cm. Original green cloth, red lettering and red insignia of Century Vagabond Books on front board, shelf wear only, NF. An unusually nice reprint with good quality photo illustrations. Relates the author's trip to Afghanistan in 1924 when little was known about it. Usual colorful slightly inflated descriptions of this "forbidden land" by this indefatigable traveler (1892-1981) who became famous for his book on T.E. Lawrence and his many years as the voice of Fox Movietone News. He also worked for CBS and NBC News and was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1989. Schuyler Jones 149; Hanifi 669; Wilber 315.

£25

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Thomas Lowell

Beyond Khyber Pass Into Forbidden Afghanistan

London, Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) LTD.. British first Edition Book internally clean, tight and very good. Relates to the author's trip to Afghanistan in 1924 when little was known about the land. The Spectator review reads, " Unchanged in the last thousand years, the people of Central Asia stroll through Mr. Thomas's pages, shrouded girls, swashbuckling youths, peasants, princes..it is an amazing pageant that he presents to us..shrewd observations..the rapid impressions of an American traveller concerning the peoples and policies of this part of High Asia. Mr. Thomas has pitched us a good yarn." Lowell Thomas (1892-1981), became famous for his book on T.E. Lawrence, With Lawrence in Arabia (1924), and his many years as the voice of Fox Movietone News. Schuyler Jones 149; Hanifi 669; Wilber 315.

£25

346

Thornton Ernest

Leaves from an Afghan Scrapbook

First Edition, London John Murray details the experiences of an English official and his wife in Kabul  who went to work to assist the development of Industry in Afghanistan in 1906  Published 1910.  In excellent condition from the “John Murray Imperial Library” and embossed to this effect in Gilt by John Murray publishers.

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Toynbee, Arnold J

Between Oxus and Jumna

Hardback in dust wrapper excellent account of travel in Afghanistan during 1960 with commentary on the history by an eminent British Historian who saw Afghanistan as being on the cross roads of history. 1961 first edition 211 pages.

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Trinkler Emil

Through The Heart of Afghanistan

First Edition in DW. Faber and Faber published this work in 1928 by a German Geologist who travelled to Amanullah's Afghanistan and provides a fascinating description of people and places of the time. 44 b and w photos + map.

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Taizi Sher Zaman

 Bacha Khan in Afghanistan

2002 Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. 20 pages in original card cover. 3 pages in Pashto.

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Taddei Maurizio

Tapa Sardar First Preliminary Report

109-124From East and West Vol 18 Nos 1 and 2 March-June 1968 Ismeo Via Merulana 248 Rome. In original card cover  with one folding map.