حزب مردم بلوچستان  Balochistan People’s Party  بلوچستانءِ اُستمانءِ گــَل

The Country of Balochistan

Hughes, A.W

HUGHES, A.W. The Country of Balochistan, its Geography, Topography, Ethnology, and History; with a Map, photographic illustrations, and appendices containing a short vocabulary of the principal dialects in use among the Balochis, and a list of authenticated road routes. vi, [2], 294 pp., 1 f. (ads). With 7 plates from photographs and 1 large folding map (in pocket). 8vo., 190 x 125 mm, bound in original red publisher's cloth, embossed and gilt, edges uncut and unopened. London: George Bell & Sons, 1877.

First Edition, illustrated with seven remarkable photographic views of Balochistan and portraits of Balochi rulers. The large folding map, chromolithographed by E. Weller, London, measures 540 x 440 mm. Balochistan, a mountainous desert area, comprised a province of Pakistan, a province of Iran, and a small area of Afghanistan. The above volume gives a history of the region up to the treaty with Britain in 1876, which gave the inhabitants autonomy in exchange for British army outposts along the Afghan border and strategic roads. Covers soiled, stamp on title-page excised, overall a very good, tight copy. Item nr. 88467 $ 1,500.00
 

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