1895 AT THE COURT OF AMIR by JOHN GRAY antique AFGHANISTAN illustrated

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Title: 1895 AT THE COURT OF AMIR by JOHN GRAY antique AFGHANISTAN illustrated

Description: John Alfred Gray
At the Court of the Amir
London; 1895
First Edition
Original cloth binding, decorated in gilt. Worn.
Illustrated with frontis and 3 plates
xvi, [1], 523 pp.
Size about: 6 by 9 inches
Text in English
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A British doctor, Gray served as surgeon to Abdur Rahman Khan, ruler of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901.
He was one of a number of men recruited in England to provide advice and services to the Khan as part of his push to modernise Afghanistan.

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1895 AT THE COURT OF AMIR by JOHN GRAY antique AFGHANISTAN illustrated

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