Hindu Kush (Italian Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Hindu Kush" in Italian language version.

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Development of an ASSESSment system to evaluate the ecological status of rivers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region (PDF), in Assess-HKH.at. URL consultato il 6 settembre 2015.

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(EN) Mike Searle, Colliding Continents: A geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013, p. 157, ISBN 978-0-19-165248-6. «The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.» («Le montagne dell'Hindu Kush corrono lungo il confine afghano con la provincia di frontiera del nord-ovest del Pakistan.»)
Willem Vogelsang, The Afghans, Wiley-Blackwell, 2002, ISBN 978-0-631-19841-3. URL consultato il 22 agosto 2010.
(EN) The National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Society, 1958.
«Such bitter journeys gave the range its name, Hindu Kush — "Killer of Hindus."»
(EN) Arun Metha, History of medieval India, ABD Publishers, 2004, ISBN 9788185771953.
«of the Shahis from Kabul to behind the Hindu Kush mountains (Hindu Kush is literally "killer of Hindus"»
R. W. McColl, Encyclopedia of World Geography, Infobase Publishing, 2014, pp. 413-414, ISBN 978-0-8160-7229-3.
(EN) Meredith L. Runion, The History of Afghanistan, 2nd Edition, ABC-CLIO, 24 aprile 2017, ISBN 978-1-61069-778-1.
«The literal translation of the name “Hindu Kush” is a true reflection of its forbidding topography, as this difficult and jagged section of Afghanistan translates to “Killer of Hindus.”»
(EN) Christine Weston, Afghanistan, Scribner, 1962.
«To the north and northeast, magnificent and frightening, stretched the mountains of the Hindu Kush, or Hindu Killers, a name derived from the fact that in ancient times slaves brought from India perished here like flies from exposure and cold.»
(EN) Barbara Knox, Afghanistan, Capstone, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7368-2448-4.
«Hindu Kush means "killer of Hindus." Many people have died trying to cross these mountains.»
[a] Michael Franzak, A Nightmare's Prayer: A Marine Harrier Pilot's War in Afghanistan, Simon and Schuster, 2010, p. 241, ISBN 978-1-4391-9499-7.; [b] Ehsan Yarshater, Encyclopædia Iranica, The Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation, 2003, p. 312, ISBN 978-0-933273-76-4. [c] James Wynbrandt, A Brief History of Pakistan, Infobase Publishing, 2009, p. 5, ISBN 978-0-8160-6184-6.; [d] Encyclopedia Americana, vol. 14, 1993, p. 206.; [e] André Wink, Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7th–11th Centuries, BRILL Academic, 2002, p. 110, ISBN 978-0-391-04173-8., Quote: "(..) the Muslim Arabs also applied the name 'Khurasan' to all the Muslim provinces to the east of the Great Desert and up to the Hindu-Kush ('Hindu killer') mountains, the Chinese desert and the Pamir mountains".
(EN) Meredith L. Runion, The History of Afghanistan, 2nd Edition, ABC-CLIO, 24 aprile 2017, ISBN 978-1-61069-778-1.
«The literal translation of the name “Hindu Kush” is a true reflection of its forbidding topography, as this difficult and jagged section of Afghanistan translates to “Killer of Hindus.”»
(EN) Christine Weston, Afghanistan, Scribner, 1962.
«To the north and northeast, magnificent and frightening, stretched the mountains of the Hindu Kush, or Hindu Killers, a name derived from the fact that in ancient times slaves brought from India perished here like flies from exposure and cold.»
(EN) Barbara Knox, Afghanistan, Capstone, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7368-2448-4.
«Hindu Kush means "killer of Hindus." Many people have died trying to cross these mountains.»
André Wink, Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7th–11th Centuries, BRILL Academic, 2002, p. 110, ISBN 978-0-391-04173-8., Quote: "(..) the Muslim Arabs also applied the name 'Khurasan' to all the Muslim provinces to the east of the Great Desert and up to the Hindu-Kush ('Hindu killer') mountains, the Chinese desert and the Pamir mountains".
Stefan Heuberger, The Karakoram-Kohistan Suture Zone in NW Pakistan – Hindu Kush Mountain Range, vdf Hochschulverlag AG, 2004, pp. 25-26, ISBN 978-3-7281-2965-9.
Jonathan M. Bloom e Sheila S. Blair, The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 389-390, ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.
John Laffin, The World in Conflict: War Annual 8 : Contemporary Warfare Described and Analysed, Brassey's, 1997, pp. 24-25, ISBN 978-1-85753-216-6.
(EN) Sir Sidney Gerald Burrard, A Sketch of the Geography and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains and Tibet, Superintendent government printing, India, 1908, p. 102.
(EN) West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority, WAPDA Annual Report, The Authority., 1971.

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Karakoram Range: MOUNTAINS, ASIA, Encyclopædia Britannica
Spīn Ghar Range, MOUNTAINS, PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN, Encyclopædia Britannica

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Nigel Allan, Defining Place and People in Afghanistan, in Post-Soviet Geography and Economics, 8, vol. 42, n. 8, 2001, p. 546, DOI:10.1080/10889388.2001.10641186.
Shada Elalem e Indrani Pal, Mapping the vulnerability hotspots over Hindu-Kush Himalaya region to flooding disasters, in Weather and Climate Extremes, vol. 8, 2015, pp. 46-58, DOI:10.1016/j.wace.2014.12.001.

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Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, su icimod.org, ICIMOD. URL consultato il 17 ottobre 2014.

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Ervin Grötzbach (2012 Edition, Original: 2003), Hindu Kush, Encyclopædia Iranica

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Nigel Allan, Defining Place and People in Afghanistan, in Post-Soviet Geography and Economics, 8, vol. 42, n. 8, 2001, p. 546, DOI:10.1080/10889388.2001.10641186.
Shada Elalem e Indrani Pal, Mapping the vulnerability hotspots over Hindu-Kush Himalaya region to flooding disasters, in Weather and Climate Extremes, vol. 8, 2015, pp. 46-58, DOI:10.1016/j.wace.2014.12.001.

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Bruno Migliorini et al., Scheda sul lemma "Paropamiso"^{[collegamento interrotto]}, in Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2010, ISBN 978-88-397-1478-7.

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Paropamiso, in Treccani.it – Enciclopedie on line, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. URL consultato il 6 aprile 2017.

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