G J Alder
Biographic Data
| ID | 706925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G J Alder |
| GIVEN NAMES | G J |
| FAMILY NAME | Alder |
| SIGNATURE | ALDER G J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Asian years of William Moorcroft, 1808-25
Big game hunting in Central Asia
Standing Alone
(1980). Standing Alone: William Moorcroft Plays the Great Game, 1808–1825. The International History Review: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 172-215
The key to India
The Anglo-Persian treaty of March 4, 1857,2 which ended 'John Company's last war' had a great deal to say about Herat. The key articles are 5, 6 and 7. By article 5, Persia engaged to withdraw 'from the territory and city of Herat, and from every other part of Afghanistan' all 'troops and authorities now stationed therein' within three months of the date of ratifications (that is by the beginning of August 1857). Article 6 bound Persia 'to relinq…
The key to India? Britain and the Herat problem, 1830–1863—part II
III. The ‘Garbled’ Blue Books of 1839—Myth or Reality
The Afghan war blue books of 1839 have usually been regarded as classic examples of the way official documents can be mutilated by skilful and unscrupulous editing almost to the point of forgery. Sir William Kaye's monumental and authoritative history of the first Afghan war, published in 1851, contains this crushing indictment: I cannot, indeed, suppress the utterance of my abhorrence of this system of grabling the official correspondece of publ…
British India's Northern Frontiers
III. The ‘Garbled’ Blue Books of 1839—Myth or Reality
The Afghan war blue books of 1839 have usually been regarded as classic examples of the way official documents can be mutilated by skilful and unscrupulous editing almost to the point of forgery. Sir William Kaye's monumental and authoritative history of the first Afghan war, published in 1851, contains this crushing indictment: I cannot, indeed, suppress the utterance of my abhorrence of this system of grabling the official correspondece of publ…
The key to India
The Anglo-Persian treaty of March 4, 1857,2 which ended 'John Company's last war' had a great deal to say about Herat. The key articles are 5, 6 and 7. By article 5, Persia engaged to withdraw 'from the territory and city of Herat, and from every other part of Afghanistan' all 'troops and authorities now stationed therein' within three months of the date of ratifications (that is by the beginning of August 1857). Article 6 bound Persia 'to relinq…
British India's Northern Frontiers
III. The ‘Garbled’ Blue Books of 1839—Myth or Reality
The Afghan war blue books of 1839 have usually been regarded as classic examples of the way official documents can be mutilated by skilful and unscrupulous editing almost to the point of forgery. Sir William Kaye's monumental and authoritative history of the first Afghan war, published in 1851, contains this crushing indictment: I cannot, indeed, suppress the utterance of my abhorrence of this system of grabling the official correspondece of publ…
The key to India
The Anglo-Persian treaty of March 4, 1857,2 which ended 'John Company's last war' had a great deal to say about Herat. The key articles are 5, 6 and 7. By article 5, Persia engaged to withdraw 'from the territory and city of Herat, and from every other part of Afghanistan' all 'troops and authorities now stationed therein' within three months of the date of ratifications (that is by the beginning of August 1857). Article 6 bound Persia 'to relinq…
The key to India? Britain and the Herat problem, 1830–1863—part II
Standing Alone
(1980). Standing Alone: William Moorcroft Plays the Great Game, 1808–1825. The International History Review: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 172-215
Big game hunting in Central Asia
The Asian years of William Moorcroft, 1808-25
History (7 works) · History (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (4 works) · Afghan (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works)