AUTHORITIES CONSULTED
The works consulted in the preparation of this volume, including references to the Encyclopædia Britannica, embrace most of the well-known writers on Asiatic Russia, Persia, Afghanistan, and the Indian Frontier. Among those of less recent date are the books of Bellew, Connelly, Elphinstone, Ferrier, Lansdell, MacGregor, Marvin, Pottinger, Rawlinson, Vambéry, Wood and Yule.
Contemporary authorities, to which the author is more especially indebted, are as follows:
| Bruce, R. I. | The Forward Policy and its Results. |
| Chirol, Valentine | The Middle Eastern Question. |
| Curzon, Lord | Russia in Central Asia. |
| ” ” | Persia and the Persian Question. |
| ” ” | The Pamirs and the Source of the Oxus. |
| Daly, Mrs. Kate | Eight Years among the Afghans. |
| Gray, Dr. A. J. | My Residence at the Court of the Amir. |
| Holdich, Colonel Sir T. H. | The Indian Borderland. |
| Keane, A. H. | Asia. |
| Lansdell, H. | Russia in Central Asia. |
| Olufsen, O. | Through the Unknown Pamirs. |
| Roberts, Field Marshal Lord | Forty-one Years in India. |
| Ronaldshay, Earl of | Sport and Politics under an Eastern Sky. |
| ” ” ” | On the Outskirts of Empire in Asia. |
| Shoemaker, M. M. | The Heart of the Orient. |
| Skrine, F. H., and Ross, E. D. | The Heart of Asia. |
| Sultan Mahomed Khan | Laws and Constitution of Afghanistan. |
| ” ” ” | The Life of Abdur Rahman, Amir of Afghanistan. |
| Thorburn, S. S. | The Punjab in Peace and War. |
| Yate, A. C. | England and Russia Face to Face. |
| Yate, C. E. | Kurasan and Seistan. |
| ” ” | Northern Afghanistan. |
Together with scientific papers, lectures and articles by:
- Colonel de la Poer Beresford.
- Major Cleveland.
- Major-General Sir Edwin Collen.
- Mrs. Kate Daly.
- Major-General Sir Edmond Elles.
- Sir Lepel Griffin.
- Miss Lillias Hamilton.
- Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich.
- Colonel Sir Henry MacMahon.
And including all Parliamentary, Consular, and other official publications, the files of The Times, Morning Post, Standard, Daily Chronicle in England; and The Pioneer, Times of India, and Indian Daily News in India; besides the more prominent Continental organs.
Royal Societies Club, St. James’s
June 1, 1906.