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‘The strategic importance of the Euphrates valley railway’ [‎59] (140/204)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (22 pages). It was created in 1873. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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may reasonably place it in the category ol protected
States.
Having thus taken a cursory glance at the coun
tries below that Central Asian belt which may be
comprised in the designation of " Turkistan, as
well as at the Khanates, which it would be mockery
to characterize any longer as " Independent," 1 will
endeavour to impart a practical meaning to our
inquiries by bringing before you two or three of the
more prominent routes to India irom Khiva, Bok
hara, and Khokand.
From Khiva, whatever way we proceed, the dis
tance is great for a large moving body. The route
through Herat, Kandahar, and Quetta would, perhaps,
be the shortest and best; but it lies through Afghani
stan and Kelat, and only with the active assistance
of those States could it be accomplished. From
Astrabad, at the south-east corner of the Caspian, to
Karachi, there are roads through Sistan, and thence
not only by Kandahar, but by Eastern Baluchistan.
These might be made available if Persia chose to
make them so, as she has done for her own troops;
not otherwise. She can bring her soldiers to
Peshin in the Kej valley, within 400 miles of
Karachi; but the distance from the Caspian would
exceed 2000 miles, and many marches are in a
complete desert.
From Bokhara and Khokand there aie loads
through Kabul, or Kashgar in the far east. I he

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The Strategic importance of the Euphrates Valley Railway , by F M L [Feldmarschallleutnant] Baron Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld, Austrian War Minister, translated by Captain Charles William Wilson. Published by Edward Stanford of 6 & 7 Charing Cross, London, 1873. Authorised translation; second edition. A note at the end of the volume states that the speech was written by von Kuhnenfeld in 1858, and the first edition published in 1869.

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The volume is bound into a larger volume entitled ‘Political Tracts’ (dimensions: 215mm x 135mm), with four other small volumes.

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