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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OSt |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20141206154609.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781780768755 |
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International Standard Book Number |
9780857734716 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Transcribing agency |
ACKU |
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
a-af--- |
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
D621. |
Item number |
A3. |
Class number |
S74 2014 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Stewart, Jules. |
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The Kaiser's mission to Kabul : |
Remainder of title |
a secret expedition to Afghanistan in World War I / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Jules Stewart. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London ; |
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New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
I.B. Tauris, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
©2014. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xvii, 232 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |
Other physical details |
illustrations, maps ; |
Dimensions |
23 cm |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Abstract: In 1915, at the height of World War I, the Central Powers sent a secret mission, led by Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer and Werner Otto von Hentig, to the court of the emir of Afghanistan, Habibullah Khan. Jointly operated by the governments of Germany and Turkey, the purpose of the mission was to persuade the emir to declare full independence from the British Empire, enter the war on the side of the Central Powers and attack British India. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Linkage |
Includes bibliographical references. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Contents: Foreword by General the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux—The Kaiser, the Amir, and the Viceroy—We're off to join the circus—Into the fearful wasteland—The waiting game—To Berlin the hard way—West to Berlin—East to Berlin—My enemies' enemy is Germany. |
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
Language note |
English |
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Wilhelm II, keizer van Duitsland, |
Dates associated with a name |
1859-1941. |
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Personal name |
Niedermayer, Oskar von, |
Dates associated with a name |
1885-1948. |
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Personal name |
Habibullah Khan, emir van Afghanistan, |
Dates associated with a name |
1872-1919. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Diplomacy |
General subdivision |
History |
Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
World War, 1914-1918 |
Geographic subdivision |
Germany. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Hentig, Werner Otto von, 1886-1984. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Afghanistan |
General subdivision |
Foreign relations. |
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Geographic name |
Germany |
General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
Chronological subdivision |
1888-1918. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
Koha item type |
Monograph |
Call number prefix |
D621.A3.S74 2014 |