Product DescriptionTitle: The Making of a Frontier: five years’ experiences and adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral, and the Eastern Hindu-Kush … With portrait, map, and illustrations. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s…
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The Last Colony: Muzaffarabad-Gilgit-Baltistan
Product Description Focusing on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, specifically the Northern Areas and Azad Jammu, this exploration discusses three major impacts on the area?s future development: the 2005 earthquake, the post-9/11 surge in jihad activities, and sectarian violence in Gilgit and Baltistan. The arguments investigate what these three?recent occurrences?mean to the area?s…
Where Three Empires Meet; A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the Adjoining Countries
Product DescriptionThis is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial…
Gilgit Game
Product DescriptionThe exploration and appropriation of the wilderness in the heart of the Western Himalayas has become known as the “Gilgit Game” in recognition of its importance as a crucial episode in the “Great Game”–the century-long rivalry between Russia and British India for control of Central Asia. Indeed, authors from…
Where Three Empires Meet: a narrative of recent travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the adjoining countries … With a map and 54 illustrations.
Product DescriptionTitle: Where Three Empires Meet: a narrative of recent travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the adjoining countries … With a map and 54 illustrations. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s…
Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia
Product DescriptionThis is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important,…
Gilgit Baltistan is a peaceful area
Hunza?Senior Minister Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly Muhammad Jaffar said on Tuesday that that there is no fear of terrorism in Gilgit Baltistan. He said that the people of Gilgit Baltistan are very peaceful and educated and they did not like terrorism. The Government had made all the necessary arraignments regarding…
Broghil still in hibernation
ORDINARILY in winter, we would wear thick woolen clothing, turn on the heat in our homes and take hot soup or tea to stay warm. But for the 2,000 or so inhabitants up in the remote Boroghil valley in northern Chitral bordering the Wakhan Corridor, where maximum daytime winter temperatures…
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