Kurrachee, past, present and future

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Kurrachee, past, present and future

Alexander F. Baillie

(Oxford in Asia historical reprints from Pakistan)

Oxford University Press, 1997

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Reprint, with added t.p. of 1890 ed. published by Thacker, Spink, Calcutta

Includes bibliographical references

Summary: Includes an introd. to 1997 ed. by Yasmeen Lari

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Alexander Baillie's "Kurrachee - Past, Present, and Future", orginally published in 1890, is an account of the city and port of Karachi as seen some 50 years after the British occupation of Sind in 1839. This reprint contains a new introduction by Yasmin Lari, author of "The Dual City: Karachi Under the Rag" (OUP, 1996), and illustrations by Ishrat Suhrawardy.

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