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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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Gobi Desert and Chinese Turkestan to Kashgar and Yarkand,
and from that point crossed the Himalayas by the Mustagh
Pass to Srinagar.
In 1889 he was sent to investigate the circumstances of
the Kanjuti or Hunza raids on the Kirghiz territory, in the
course of which he descended the valley of the Yarkand
River, explored the Saltoro and Shimshal Passes, and, after
reaching the Taghdumbash Pamir, visited Safder Ali, the chief
of the Hunzas, at his head-quarters at Hunza.
In 1890 Captain Younghusband made his famous ex-
pedition to the Pamirs, at the close of which he was
peremptorily ordered off territory claimed by Russia. The
officer conveying this message was Colonel Yonoff, with whom
Captain Younghusband, but a few hours before, had been
encamping on the most friendly terms. For this act the
Russian Government subsequently apologized.
In 1892, after the brilliant little campaign in which Safder
Ali was subdued, he was sent to Hunza, where a British repre-
sentative was established; but early in the following year was
suddenly summoned to Chitral, on the outbreak of disturbances
consequent upon the death of the ruler, Aman-ul-Mulk. When
peace was restored, and the succession of the Mehtar, Nizam-
ul-Mulk, was secured, Captain Younghusband was for some
months stationed at the capital as British representative, and
during this time he became thoroughly acquainted with a
country which was destined, soon afterwards, to attract much
interest in England. In this work will be found a full account
of Chitral and her people, and of the unfortunate ruler whose
death was the immediate cause of the expedition of 1895.
The account of that expedition, already published by Captain
Younghusband, forms an episode in the record of his experi-
ences, of which this volume gives the first connected narrative.
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