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Dardistan in 1866, 1886 and 1893 : being an account of the history, religions, customs, legends, fables and songs of Gilgit Chilas, Kandia (Gabrial) Yasin, Chitral, Hunza, Nagyr and other parts of the
Hindukush; as also a suppl. to the 2. ed. of The Hunza and Nagyr handbook and an epitome of
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was built in 1889, one of the first mosques in
Western Europe and the first purpose-built one in Britain, still in operation. It was built in Indo-Saracenic style, named after
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Dardistan, songs, legends etc.; Graeco-budhistic discoveries; History of indigenous education in the Panjab since annexation
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A lecture on the races of Turkey, both of Europe and of Asia, and the state of their education: being, principally, a contribution to
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