Among the Mountains: Travels Through AsiaSpanning a period of over 30 years this text draws on Thesiger's original diaries and follows him on his journeys among the mountains. Although largely associated with the Arabian deserts & the Marshes of Iraq, he has also travelled extensively among the mountains of the Middle East & Asia. |
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Page 95
... valley depths below the bare , stony hillsides . Apart from a few willows and tamarisks along the Helmand , these ... side - valley about two and a half hours ' march from Hoshkau , where we camped for the night on a small roof . Both ...
... valley depths below the bare , stony hillsides . Apart from a few willows and tamarisks along the Helmand , these ... side - valley about two and a half hours ' march from Hoshkau , where we camped for the night on a small roof . Both ...
Page 134
... side - valley , did we catch a glimpse of the snow . By the middle of the afternoon we reached the beginning of a cultivated stretch , known as Dasht - i - Rawat , just beyond the mouth of the Dalandur valley . We rested here on green ...
... side - valley , did we catch a glimpse of the snow . By the middle of the afternoon we reached the beginning of a cultivated stretch , known as Dasht - i - Rawat , just beyond the mouth of the Dalandur valley . We rested here on green ...
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... side of the mountain , this harsh terrain , thrown together in apparently hopeless confusion , was more like the country I had expected to find in Nuristan . The descent into the Kulam valley was very steep , past a big side- valley ...
... side of the mountain , this harsh terrain , thrown together in apparently hopeless confusion , was more like the country I had expected to find in Nuristan . The descent into the Kulam valley was very steep , past a big side- valley ...
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Abd al Nawab Afghan Afghanistan afternoon ailoq Alingar arrived bread camels camped carried Chamar Chamar Pass Chitral cliffs climbed cold colour cultivated descended dinner encampment feet fields following morning gave Gilgit glacier gorge Gujurs Hazarajat Hazaras Helmand Helmand river hillside Hindu Kush Hunza ibex Ishkoman Jalalabad Jan Baz journey juniper Kabul Kafiristan Kafirs Kandaris Kantiwar Karumbar Khan Khassadars Khel Kuchis Kuh-i-Baba Kulam Kurdistan Laghman loads looked lunch marched markhor miles mosque mountains mountainside Muhammad mulberry mullah Munjan nearby nomads Nuristanis orchards Panjao Panjshir Panjshir valley Parun Pashaie Pathan Peshawar photographs pine ponies ponymen poplars porters Puchal Rakaposhi Ramgul Rich Gul rock rocky roof round Sayid Shah side side-valley slopes snow spent the night steep stone stopped stream Tajiks tents Tirich Mir told took track travelled trees valley village Waigul wheat willows women wore yaks