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Book/Printed Material Through the heart of Afghanistan,

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Title

  • Through the heart of Afghanistan,

Summary

  • Through the Heart of Afghanistan is an English translation of Emil Trinkler's Quer durch Afghanistan nach Indien, published in Berlin in 1927. Trinkler (1896-1931) was a German geographer and explorer who went to Afghanistan in 1923-24 as a geologist for the German-Afghan Trading Company. The book is an account of Trinkler's voyage, which began in Riga, Latvia, and included a trip by train across Russia followed by a seven-week delay at the Russian-Afghan border. Trinkler eventually succeeded in entering Afghanistan and traveled on to India. The book contains vivid accounts of the places he visited, including Herat, central Afghanistan, Kabul, Peshawar, and the "Valley of the Great Buddha," where Trinkler viewed the large, rock Buddhist statues of Bamian (destroyed by the Afghan Taliban in 2001). The chapter on Kabul describes the opening up of the country brought about by the amir, Amanullah Khan (ruled 1919-29), and the work of German architects and engineers in building roads, of the German medical mission in superintending the hospitals, and of "the celebrated German-Afghan Company [in] trying to reorganize the administration and business of Afghanistan." The book includes 44 photographs by the author and a fold-out map of Afghanistan. Trinkler published the scientific results of his trip in a separate volume, Afghanistan: Eine landeskundliche Studie auf Grund des vorhandenen Materials und eigener Beobachtung (Afghanistan: A country study based on existing records and personal observation, Gotha, 1928). In 1927-28 Trinkler led a German scientific expedition to Tibet, which he documented in two books published in 1930. His career as an explorer and Asia expert was cut short the following year when he was killed in an automobile accident near his native Bremen. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Trinkler, Emil, 1896-1931.
  • Featherstone, B. K. (Belford Kinchant), 1898- editor, translator.

Created / Published

  • London, Faber & Gwyer [1928]

Headings

  • -  Afghanistan--Description and travel

Notes

  • -  Translation of Quer durch Afghanistan nach Indien.

Medium

  • xv, 17-246 p. plates, fold. map. 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS352 .T7

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 28019897

OCLC Number

  • 3025125

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Trinkler, Emil. Through the heart of Afghanistan. translateds by Featherstone, B. K. , Editorlator [London, Faber & Gwyer, 1928] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/28019897/.

APA citation style:

Trinkler, E. (1928) Through the heart of Afghanistan. Featherstone, B. K., trans [London, Faber & Gwyer] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/28019897/.

MLA citation style:

Trinkler, Emil. Through the heart of Afghanistan. trans by Featherstone, B. K. , Editorlator [London, Faber & Gwyer, 1928] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/28019897/>.