{"id":2098,"date":"2024-03-30T17:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T12:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khowari.com\/?page_id=2098"},"modified":"2024-03-30T18:25:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T13:25:51","slug":"the-gilgit-mission-1885-86","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khowari.com\/?page_id=2098","title":{"rendered":"THE GILGIT MISSION, 1885-86"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Author: <strong>Col. William Alexander Lockhart &amp; Col. Robert Woodthorpe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published in London, 1889<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Lockhart Mission was an exploratory mission sanctioned in 1885 by the Secretary of State for India and headed by Sir W. Lockhart to survey the Hindu Kush ranges and endeavor to cultivate friendly relations between the Mehtar of Chitral and the Government of India. 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