📖 The Making of a Frontier (1899). The map on the left is Durand's original map as published in the book. The map on the right reconstructs the entire route as followed by Col Algernon Durand to Gilgit.
Today Gilgit is accesible via the Karakoram Highway and Babusar Pass. In 1888, the the route was from Rawalpindi to Gilgit via Kashmir.
The expedition involved traversing high mountain passes on horseback, crossings by boats and rafts and negotiating rope bridges over roaring torrents.
#GilgitBaltistan #History #GreatGame #Gilgit #Durand #TheMakingOfAFrontier #MountainHistory
@Ebadnsvu Yes, BMWs have their issues, but if you’re moving from a Jap or American brand to a German one, dont expect the same experience.
I’ve always advised people against making that jump blindly. German cars demand proper maintenance and attention. Its not a carefree turf anymore.
NEW: Vice President Vance dismisses reports of a diplomatic snub by Iranian negotiators during recent talks, downplaying a viral moment where Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, appeared to ignore the U.S. delegation and walk out of the peace talks.
"What I did find kind of funny is that after that initial meeting, there was this, you know, sort of social media firestorm where everybody said the Iranians are going to leave."
"And then we proceeded to talk to them for like the next nine hours. So I would just encourage the media mistrust a little bit what you see coming out of Iranian social media."
Tesla on autopilot crashes into Texas home, killing 76yo grandmother after pinning her behind fridge
Driver 'showed no signs of intoxication, was cooperative'
Investigation remains ongoing
🚨 BREAKING:
ALERT: Iran may soon receive Pakistan's "Ababeel" ballistic missile, equipped with MIRV technology. It has a range of 2,200 kilometers and is capable of delivering multiple nuclear warheads to different targets simultaneously from a single launch.
In India, Dalit women are forced to have their hair cut in public by higher caste men, as a form of humiliation ritual.
Beatings and rapes have also been normalized as a form of reinforcing the caste hierarchy.
One Dalit mother once said, "If we are untouchables, when why do they touch our daughters"?
india is a savage land with a savage culture that is totally incompatible with modern society.
Another video in the market.
She has attained the fame she was seeking for, but unluckily through her physical appearance, not her game.
#CricketLover#CricketRecords
#UK is fucked sideways with a crowbar.
A council has given £50k to a charity that helps fast track illegal migrant's British citizenships. It also shows 10k more illegal migrants and asylum seekers are being moved into HMO's across Britain.
#MigrantCrisis#HMO#asylumseekers