Travels in the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab In Ladakh & Kashmir ; in Peshawar, Kabul, Kunduz, & Bokhara From 1819 to 1825

William Moorcroft was a veterinary surgeon to the Bengal army. He was particularly interested in improving the stud by importing Turcoman horses and to this end he wished to investigate the possibilities of trade across the Himalayas. In 1811 he was the first Westerner to cross the Himalayas. In the subsequent expedition reported here, he ventured to Ladakh where he spent several months. Having failed to get permission to enter Chinese Tartary he traveled to Kashmir where he made a thorough investigation of the shawl industry and then subsequently Kabul and Bokhara where "met with as much kindness from the king as could be expected from a selfish narrow minded bigot." He was accompanied by George Trebeck. Both Moorcroft and Trebeck died on the return journey from Bokhara but their papers reached India and were subsequently edited and published by Wilson in 1841.Moorcroft, William is the author of 'Travels in the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab In Ladakh & Kashmir ; in Peshawar, Kabul, Kunduz, & Bokhara From 1819 to 1825', published 2005 under ISBN 9788121511568 and ISBN 8121511569.