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- 1 2 Yate, Charles Edward. Northern Afghanistan; Or, Letters from the Afghan Boundary Commission Edinburgh & London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1888.
- ↑ Yate, Arthur Campbell. England and Russia Face to Face in Asia; Travels with the Afghan Boundary Commission. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1887.
- ↑ Salisbury, Robert (2020). William Simpson and the Crisis in Central Asia, 1884-5. ISBN 978-1-5272-7047-3
- ↑ International Boundary Study of the Afghanistan-USSR Boundary (1983) Archived 2014-08-17 at the Wayback Machine by the US Bureau of Intelligence and Research
- ↑ Afghan Boundary Commission (1884). "18 plates of ornamental tiles from the Afghan Boundary Commission". Afghan Boundary Commission. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- Holdrich, T.H. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, Afghan Boundary Commission, Geographical Notes. III, New Series vol. 7, 1885, p. 282.
