{"id":3877,"date":"2026-04-14T12:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khowari.com\/?page_id=3877"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:49:34","slug":"journey-to-badakhshan-with-report-on-badakhshan-wakhan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khowari.com\/?page_id=3877","title":{"rendered":"Journey to Badakhshan: With Report on Badakhshan &amp; Wakhan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Author:<strong> Munshi Abdul Rahim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published by Government of India, Simla Press, 1886<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An extensive report documents a winter journey (1879\u20131880) through Wakhan and Badakhshan, undertaken by Abdul Rahim under Major John Biddulph&#8217;s order during the Great Game. 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The account is a key document on the isolated but strategically well-placed region of Wakhan during the 19th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/khowari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Journey-to-Badakshan-with-Report-on-Badakshan-and-Wakhan-by-Abdul-Rahim-1880.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Journey to Badakshan with Report on Badakshan and Wakhan by Abdul Rahim 1880.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a943ce58-a49c-400f-aea9-6ada5ef6b5f8\" href=\"https:\/\/khowari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Journey-to-Badakshan-with-Report-on-Badakshan-and-Wakhan-by-Abdul-Rahim-1880.pdf\">Journey to Badakshan with Report on Badakshan and Wakhan by Abdul Rahim 1880<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/khowari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Journey-to-Badakshan-with-Report-on-Badakshan-and-Wakhan-by-Abdul-Rahim-1880.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a943ce58-a49c-400f-aea9-6ada5ef6b5f8\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posted on 14 April 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Munshi Abdul Rahim Published by Government of India, Simla Press, 1886 An extensive report&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3877","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Journey to Badakhshan: With Report on Badakhshan &amp; 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