Comments on: A Historic Friendship Forged

By: kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Kazakh

kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Kazakh — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:19:22 +0000

[...] The term “Great Game”Ã�? conjures up characters from Rudyard Kipling’s Kim, along with larger-than-life historical figures, predominantly from Britain, such as Charles Stoddart (of the ill-fated mission to Bukhara), Sir Arthur Conolly, among others. They were gentlemen, adventurers, historians, spies, geographers, and academics all at once; most of the alter-egos over at Coming Anarchy fit this mold. Most accounts aggrandize the British and vilify the Russians during this struggle. But the British were not the only ones with this sort of hero. One such figure that stands out is Sultan Vali Khan, or Valikhanov. In the early 1850s Russia had begun to educate loyal Russianized Kazakhs for the purposes of spying; their knowledge of Central Asian culture and appearance made them much more effective operatives, and Valikhanov was one of the more successful products of this endeavor. Like many of his British counterparts, he was a scientist, historian, ethnographer, geographer, economist, traveler, army officer and diplomat. [...]

By: ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Curzon in Kingston, Part 1: The Border Crossing

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:18:54 +0000

[...] I chose to post about the historic meeting between Younghusband and Curzon in Chitral because I just got back from a long weekend visiting Sir and Lady Younghusband in Kingston, Ontario. (Thanks again for a wonderful time!) It was only the second time Younghusband and I have seen each other in the almost two years of this blog, the last time being our trip to New York to see Kaplan last year. The trip was wonderful, and I got to see historic forts, the Royal Military College, dine in the Officer’s banquet hall, and meet many of the Canadian civilians studying all aspects of war. [...]

By: Lexington Green

Lexington Green — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:37:27 +0000

An auspicious meeting, indeed.

I look forward to Chirol’s recounting of what must have been an extraordinary trip through India.

By: Chirol

Chirol — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:01:35 +0000

Now I have to hurry and write about Chirol’s trip to India where he met both Curzon and Younghusband!

By: Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace

Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:13:30 +0000

If you look carefully you can see the donkey…..

By: davesgonechina

davesgonechina — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:30:21 +0000

Well, this is the perfect post to point this website out to both you gentlemen: 500:1 scale model of 1962 Sino-Indian War territory found in Ningxia, China via Google Earth You're gonna love it.