Caravan Journeys And Wanderings In Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan and Beloochistan; With Historical Notices Of The Countries Lying Between Russia And India.

Author: Jean Pierre Ferrier
Second Edition
8vo. pp. xxii, [1 leaf] list of illus. 534, [1 leaf] errata. large folding engraved map & 3 wood-engraved plates.
Published by London: John Murray, 1857.

This copy is inscribed to:

C. T. Moore
from
Randolph Churchill

Eton Election
1864

Randolph Churchill (Lord Randolph Churchill) was Churchill’s father.

Translated from the original unpublished manuscript By Capt. William Jesse and edited By H.D. Seymour.
Ferrier had been recruited to organize and drill the Persian army, but his opposition to Russian interests in Persia led to his dismissal. “In Afghanistan he started from Herat for India, intending to travel through Balkh and Kabul, but, being unable to do this, had passed through the Hazara country to the west of Kabul, and had reached Ghur. He was sent back from Ghur, but had at least the satisfaction of exploring an entirely unknown region of Afghanistan.”

An attractive copy in contemporary polished calf, spine worn with split at the top front hinge.

Item #1004