Record Number: 12843

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It being Sunday, we read prayers from a Bible and a Prayer Book that were picked up on the field at Bhoodkhak. The service was scarcely finished when a clannish row commenced. Sine tribes from a neighbouring fort who have a blood feud with the chiefs with us came against the fort: a few juzails were fired; there was a great talking and noise; and then it was all over.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

16 Feb 1842

Country:

Afghanistan

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Tighree, between Kabul and Jalalabad

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

---

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Florentia Sale

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1787

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Wife of Major-General

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Afghanistan

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Bible and Prayer Book

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Found

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

12843

Source:

Print

Author:

Florentia Sale

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1843

Vol:

n/a

Page:

281

Additional Comments:

London: John Murray, 1843 (first edition).

Citation:

Florentia Sale, A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2, (London, 1843), p. 281, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12843, accessed: 28 September 2024

---

Additional Comments:

Bible found on the battlefield at Bhoodkhak during the First Anglo-Afghan War.