Approximately 75% of the titles in the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection are in English. Selected materials from the collection have been digitized in support of research in the area of Afghanistan studies.
The UNO Criss Library holds the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection, one of the largest collections of Afghan primary and secondary materials outside of the country. It contains over 20,000 titles in more than 20 languages, including Dari, Pashto, and English.
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Submissions from 1908
With the Afghans, Claud Herbert Alwyn Field
Submissions from 1907
Under the absolute Amir , Frank A. Martin
Submissions from 1906
With Roberts to Candahar, a tale of the third Afghan war, F. S. Brereton
Submissions from 1905
Submissions from 1904
Through the unknown Pamirs; the second Danish Pamir expedition, 1898-99 , Ole Olufsen
Submissions from 1903
The middle eastern question, or, Some political problems of Indian defence, Valentine Chirol, Sir
The middle eastern question or, Some political problems of Indian defence, Valentine Chirol
Leaves from the diaries of a soldier and sportsman during twenty years' service in India, Afghanistan, Egypt and other countries, 1865-1885, Montagu Gilbert Gerard
Lord Curzon in India: 1898-1903 (1903), H. Caldwell Lipsett
Submissions from 1902
Afghanistan and its late Amir: with some account of Baluchistan, Christian Literature Society for India
Submissions from 1901
A short sketch, historical and traditional, of the Musalman races found in Sind, Baluchistan and Afghanistan, Sadik Ali Sher Ali Ansari
Submissions from 1900
The man who was, Rudyard Kipling
Submissions from 1899
The second Afghan war, 1878-79-80: its causes, its conduct and its consequences (vol. 1), Henry Bathurst Hanna
A dictionary of the Pathan tribes on the north-west frontier of India, Quarter Master General in India, Intelligence Branch
Submissions from 1898
Russian hosts and English guests in Central Asia, Woolrych J. T. Perowne
The risings on the north-west frontier, Pioneer Press
Submissions from 1897
Indian frontier policy: an historical sketch, John Adye Sir
Heroes of the Chitral siege, Alice F. Jackson,
The Life of John Nicholson:Soldier and Administrator, Lionel J. Trotter, Captian
Submissions from 1896
The Pamirs and the source of the Oxus, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquis of
Submissions from 1895
Lights & shades of hill life in the Afghan and Hindu highlands of the Punjab: a contrast, Frederick St. John Gore
At the court of the Amir: a narrative (1895), John Alfred Gray
Can Russia invade India?, H. B. Hanna
Submissions from 1894
Russia's march towards India, vol. 1, Indian Officer
Russia's march towards India, vol. 2, Indian Officer
Submissions from 1893
Kalid-i Afghan-i , Thomas Patrick Hughes and Trevor Chichele Plowden
Submissions from 1892
The Afghan wars, 1839-42 and 1878-80 , Archibald Forbes
Submissions from 1891
An inquiry into the ethnography of Afghanistan, prepared and presented to the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists (1891), Henry Walter Bellew
Submissions from 1890
Afghan poetry of the seventeenth century: being selections from the poems of Khushhal Khan Khatak, with translations and grammatical introductions; edited and compiled by C. E. Biddulph , Khushhal Khan and C. E. Biddulph
Submissions from 1889
The Baluch and Afghan frontiers of India, Fortnightly review (London, England)
The cradle of the Aryans, Gerald Henry Rendall
Submissions from 1888
The career of Major George Broadfoot in Afghanistan and the Punjab, William Broadfoot
Submissions from 1886
Dictionary of the Wakhani language, Abdul Rahim
Journey to Badakshan; with report on Badakshan and Wakhan, Abdul Rahim
Submissions from 1885
Reports on parts of the Ghilzi country ... , James Sutherland Broadfoot
Further correspondence respecting Central Asia, Great Britain, Foreign Office
The Russo-Afghan question and the invasion of India , George Bruce Malleson
Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian dispute (1885), Theophilus F. Rodenbough
Submissions from 1884
A short history of India and the frontier states of Afghanistan, Nipal, and Burma (1884), James Talboys Wheeler
Submissions from 1883
Recollections of the Kabul campaign, 1879 & 1880, Joshua Duke
Through the Khyber Pass to Sherpore Camp, Cabul. An account of Temperance Work among our soldiers in the Cabul Field Force, Rev. J. Gelson Gregson
Submissions from 1882
Submissions from 1881
On the flora of the Kuram Valley &c., Afghanistan, J. E. T. Aitchison
With the Kurram Field Force, 1878-79, James Andrew Sutherland Colquhoun
Afghanistan: a short account of Afghanistan, its history, and our dealings with it , Philip Francis Walker
Submissions from 1880
The races of Afghanistan: being a brief account of the principal nations inhabiting that country (1880), Henry Walter Bellew
Central Asian portraits: the celebrities of the khanates and the neighbouring states, Demetrius Charles Boulger
Rough diary of the march of "I" Battery "1st" Brigade, R.A., to Kandahar, & c., November, 1878, to April, 1879, H. C. Lewes, Major
Herat: the granary and garden of Central Asia, George Bruce Malleson
The Daily telegraph atlas of the Afghan war, Phil Robinson
Submissions from 1879
The Eastern question: from the Treaty of Paris 1856 to the Treaty of Berlin 1878, and to the second Afghan war (vol. I), George Douglas Campbell Argyll
The Eastern question: from the Treaty of Paris 1856 to the Treaty of Berlin 1878, and to the second Afghan war, Vol. II, George Douglas Campbell Argyll
British agents in Afghanistan (1879), Owen Tudor Burne Sir
Afghan Frontier: the substance of a speech not delivered (1879), George Campbell Sir
Lord Lytton and the Afghan war (1879), William Joseph Eastwick
The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42, Vincent Eyre
Char-ee-kar and service there with the 4th Goorkha Regiment , John Colpoys Haughton
Survey operations of the Afghanistan expedition: the Kurram Valley, Gerald Martin, Captain
Submissions from 1878
Afghanistan and the Central Asian question, Frederick H. Fisher
Report on the routes leading from the Indus towards Quetta and Pishin, A. Gaselee, Captain
The Afghan question: speeches of the Earl of Northbrook in the House of Lords, on the 5th and 10th December, 1878, Thomas George Baring Northbrook
The Afghan question: speech of the Earl of Northbrook, in the Guildhall, Winchester, on the 11th of November 1878 (1878?), Thomas George Baring Northbrook
Cabul or Afghanistan: the seat of the Anglo-Russian question (1878), Phil Robinson
Submissions from 1877
A ride through Islam, being a journey through Persia and Afghanistan to India viâ Meshed, Herat, and Kandahar, Hippisley Cunliffe Marsh
Submissions from 1874
The Oxus and the Indus (1874), Evans Bell
Submissions from 1862
Journal of a political mission to Afghanistan, in 1857, under Major (now Colonel) Lumsden; with an account of the country and people, Henry Walter Bellew
Report on the trade and resources of the countries on the north-western boundary of India, Punjab (India)
Selections from the poetry of the Afghans (1862), Henry George Raverty
Submissions from 1861
Sale's brigade in Afghanistan: with an account of the seisure and defence of Jellalabad, G. R. Gleig, Rev.
Submissions from 1860
Travels in the regions of the upper and lower Amoor, Thomas Witlam Atkinson
Submissions from 1858
History of the Afghans , Joseph Pierre Ferrier and William Jesse
Submissions from 1848
Legends of the Afghan countries, in verse: with various pieces, original and translated, Charles Masson
Submissions from 1846
A peep into Toorkisthān, Rollo Gillespie Burslem
Submissions from 1844
Note on the historical results deducible from recent discoveries in Afghanistan, Henry Thoby Prinsep
Submissions from 1843
Journal of imprisonment in Affghanistan: (continued and concluded), Vincent Eyre, Lieut.
Memorials of Affghanistan: being state papers, official documents, dispatches, authentic narratives, etc. illustrative of the British expedition to and occupation of, Affghanistan and Scinde, between the years 1838 and 1842, Joachim Hayward Stocqueler
Submissions from 1842
An account of the kingdom of Caubul, and its dependencies, in Persia, Tartary, and India (1842) - Volume I, Mountstuart Elphinstone
An account of the kingdom of Caubul, and its dependencies, in Persia, Tartary, and India (1842) - Volume II, Mountstuart Elphinstone
A memoir of India and Avghanistaun, Josiah Harlan
Submissions from 1840
Narrative of the war in Affghanistan in 1838-39(volume 1), Henry Havelock, Captain
Narrative of the war in Affghanistan in 1838-39 (Volume 2), Henry Havelock, Captain
Narrative of the campaign of the Indus, in Sind and Kaubool in 1838-9 , Richard Hartley Kennedy
Narrative of the campaign of the Indus, in Sind and Kaubool in 1838-9 , Richard Hartley Kennedy
Rough notes of the campaign in Sinde and Affghanistan, in 1838-9: being extracts from a personal journal kept while on the staff of the army of the Indus, James Outram, Major
A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul, and Afghanistan, and of a residence at the court of Dost Mohamed, with notices of Runjit Sing, Khiva, and the Russian expedition (1840), Godfrey Thomas Vigne
Submissions from 1834
Journey to the north of India: overland from England, through Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistaun (Vol. 1), Arthur Conolly
Journey to the north of India: overland from England, through Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistaun, (Vol. 2), Arthur Conolly
Submissions from 1800
Khyber calling, Eardley A. J. Dawson