The Road to Oxiana

The Road to Oxiana
Covers of The Road to Oxiana and The Station, published by John Lehmann. Second English editions 1949–1950, London, 1949
AuthorRobert Byron
Publication date
1937

The Road to Oxiana is a travelogue by the explorer Robert Byron, first published in 1937. It documents Byron's travels around Persia and Afghanistan, and is considered one of the most influential travel books of the 1930s. The word "Oxiana" in the title refers to the ancient name for the region along Afghanistan's northern border.