CHARLES MASSON OF AFGHANISTAN: DESERTER, SCHOLAR, SPY

Abstract

This is an edited version of the talk, which he delivered in the Library of the Society on 29 November 2007.

Notes

1. G. Whitteridge, Charles Masson of Afghanistan. Thailand: Orchid Press, 2002.

2. C. Masson, A Narrative of Various Journeys in Baluchistan, Afghanistan and the Punjab Including a Residence in those Countries from 1826 to 1838. London: Richard Bentley, 1842.

3. B. Macintyre, Josiah the Great: The True Story of the Man who would be King. London: Harper Perennial, 2005.

4. H. H. Wilson, Ariana Antigua. London: 1841.

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Bijan Omrani

Bijan Omrani is a writer and broadcaster. He is the co-author of guides to Afghanistan and Iran and has recently edited a new guide to Tajikistan and the Pamirs as well as a new book on Nomadism and the history of the Russian state. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Asian Affairs.