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LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1886 Persian

Treatise on geomancy, the science of foretelling the future from lines and diagrams drawn on the ground.



LC: Library of Congress · 1886 English

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LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1885 English

This map shows the borders of Afghanistan in 1885. It reflects the fact that the city of Herat and its environs were ceded by the Qajar dynasty of Persia to …


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1885 German

Afghanistan und seine Nachbarländer (Afghanistan and its neighbors) by Hermann Roskoschny (1845-98) was considered the standard reference in German on Afghanistan in the late 19th century. Roskoschny was an author …


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1885 English

Theophilus Francis Rodenbough (1838-1912) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Trevilian Station …


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1885 English

George Bruce Malleson was a British army officer and military historian who had served in India and who wrote prolifically on the history of India and Afghanistan. One of his …