Montrose, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died
2 November 1841(1841-11-02) (aged 36)
Kabul, Durrani Kingdom
Relatives
James Burnes (brother), Robert Burnes (cousin)
Awards
Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Medal (1835)
Captain Sir Alexander BurnesFRS (16 May 1805 – 2 November 1841) was a Scottish explorer, military officer and diplomat associated with the Great Game. He was nicknamed Bokhara Burnes for his role in establishing contact with and exploring Bukhara.[1] His memoir, Travels into Bokhara, was a bestseller when it was first published in 1835.[2]
^David 2007, p. 15.
^Hirst, Christopher (19 April 2012). "Travels into Bokhara, by Alexander Burnes". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
it was first published in 1835. Burnes was born on 16 May 1805 in Montrose, Scotland, as the fourth son of James Burnes (1780–1852) the local provost,...
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poverty. Mohan Lal was engaged by Burnes primarily to assist him in his Persian correspondence and also because Burnes believed that his youth and creed...
Africa; and a historical biography, Sikunder Burnes: Master of the Great Game (2016), about AlexanderBurnes and the rivalry between the 19th century British...
Quetta to pay his respects to Shah Shujah. Burnes went before him, and while he was on his way, Hasan caused Burnes to be robbed of the treaty which the Khan...
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it into a "Mohammedan sanctuary", states Burnes, is "proof of Mohammedan devastation" of this site. Burnes also summarized some of the mythologies he...
Burnes embarked on a dangerous 12-month journey beginning in 1831 into Afghanistan and through the Hindu Kush to Bukhara, returning in 1832. Burnes,...
British authorities as an interpreter, for a period from 1836 with AlexanderBurnes, and for the Bombay court from 1845 to 1864. Dictionary of Indian Biography...
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in Kabul against the British Indian mission of William McNaughten, AlexanderBurnes and their garrison of 4,500 men. In November 1841, he besieged Major-General...
William Hay Macnaghten to support Shuja Shah, dismissing the advice of AlexanderBurnes that Dost Mohammad should be supported, and resolved to seek a military...
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(20101) W. W. Norton & Company, New York. ISBN 978-0-393-33860-7. AlexanderBurnes, A voyage on the Indus, London, 1973 Philippe Fabry, Wandering with...
considered "imbecile", as said by AlexanderBurnes and Henry Montgomery Lawrence -who has never met Kharak Singh. Burns was the first to refer to Kharak...
also known as Mt. Alburz, as recorded by the British travelers like AlexanderBurnes. Made chiefly of Eocene extrusive and intrusive rocks, Jebal Barez...
to form an alliance with Great Britain, and welcomed AlexanderBurnes to Kabul in 1837. Burnes, however, was unable to prevail on the governor-general...
particular request that Burnes applied for him. The trip killed him, for he had several attacks of fever on his way to Bokhara, and Burnes again and again urged...
p. 172. Burnes, Sir Alexander (1839). Reports and Papers, Political, Geographical, & Commercial Submitted to Government by AlexanderBurnes, Lieutenant...
Richard AlexanderBurns (17 January 1971 – 25 November 2005) was an English rally driver who won the 2001 World Rally Championship, having previously...
Its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India. — 1839. — С. 325. AlexanderBurnes. Volume I // Travels into Bukhara. — С. 156–157. Ю. В. Ганковский....