CENTRAL ASIA AND THE HIMALAYAN KINGDOMS (Armies of the Nineteenth Century-Asia)

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the coming to power of anti-Western regimes in Iran and Iraq have brought the territories covered in this book back to prominence after decades of relative quiet. During the nineteenth century these territories which are now part of or border on Russia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and China were the main theater of the Great Game, in which British and Russian agents competed for influence over the native princes.Included in this book are 133 drawings and 41 other illustrations to illustrate the uniforms and costumes of these small but strategic states. Bokhara, Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet and the other states generally had an officer corps dressed in Russian-or British-style uniforms, with semi-feudal armies equipped with everything from modern firearms to bows and arrows. Includes extensive bibliography.Ian Heath is the author of 'CENTRAL ASIA AND THE HIMALAYAN KINGDOMS (Armies of the Nineteenth Century-Asia)' with ISBN 9781901543018 and ISBN 1901543013.