The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... ( Peshawar and Yûzufzai ) . Though the last territory belongs ethnically to Afghanistan , an important part of it now forms the British district of Peshawar , whilst the remainder acknowledges no master . The boundaries of Afghanistan can ...
... ( Peshawar and Yûzufzai ) . Though the last territory belongs ethnically to Afghanistan , an important part of it now forms the British district of Peshawar , whilst the remainder acknowledges no master . The boundaries of Afghanistan can ...
Page 228
... Peshawar . This southern watershed formed by the Safed Koh is so much nearer the Kabul river than that on the north , that the tributaries from this side , though numerous , are indi- vidually insignificant . After flowing 60 miles ( in ...
... Peshawar . This southern watershed formed by the Safed Koh is so much nearer the Kabul river than that on the north , that the tributaries from this side , though numerous , are indi- vidually insignificant . After flowing 60 miles ( in ...
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... Peshawar . Between it and Peshawar intervene the Khybar and other adjoining passes ; between it and Kabul the passes of Jagdalak , Khurd - Kabul , & c . The place has been visited by no known European since Sir G. Pollock's expedition ...
... Peshawar . Between it and Peshawar intervene the Khybar and other adjoining passes ; between it and Kabul the passes of Jagdalak , Khurd - Kabul , & c . The place has been visited by no known European since Sir G. Pollock's expedition ...
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... Peshawar , from magnetic iron sand , and is exported . Kabul is chiefly supplied from the Permûli ( or Farmûli ) district , between the Upper Kurram and Gomal , where it is said to be abundant . Iron ore is most abundant near the passes ...
... Peshawar , from magnetic iron sand , and is exported . Kabul is chiefly supplied from the Permûli ( or Farmûli ) district , between the Upper Kurram and Gomal , where it is said to be abundant . Iron ore is most abundant near the passes ...
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... Peshawar plain down to the middle of the 16th century . Talpida . - A mole , probably T. Europaa ; Sorex Indicus ; Erinaceus collaris ( Indian ) , and Er . auritus ( Eurasian ) . Bats , believed to be Phyllorhinus cineraceus ( Panjab ...
... Peshawar plain down to the middle of the 16th century . Talpida . - A mole , probably T. Europaa ; Sorex Indicus ; Erinaceus collaris ( Indian ) , and Er . auritus ( Eurasian ) . Bats , believed to be Phyllorhinus cineraceus ( Panjab ...
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