{"id":3862,"date":"2026-04-14T11:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khowari.com\/?page_id=3862"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:59:20","slug":"the-gilgit-game-the-explorers-of-the-western-himalayas-1865-95","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khowari.com\/?page_id=3862","title":{"rendered":"The Gilgit Game: The Explorers of the Western Himalayas, 1865-95"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Author: <strong>John Keay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published by John Murray, London, 1979<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Keay\u2019s account of the \u201cGilgit Game\u201d explores a little-known chapter of the Great Game in the Western Himalayas. Blending research with vivid storytelling, he highlights intelligence agents whose secret explorations shaped the region. 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