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On the throne of his fathers - The friends of the foreigner - Family attairs - Wives, old and new - The question of Kandahar - A policy of scuttle - Experts at variance - Hauling down the ?ag Defeat of Ayoob - Recovery of Kandahar and Herat - Maimana holds out - The fort taken - Schemes of aggrandisement - Shignan and Roshan - Legends of Alexander the Great - The slave trade in Shignan - Political geography of the Upper oxus-the Russians in Shiguan - The anglo-russian agreement of 1873 The Afghan boundary - Earl Granville''s theory - The delays of diplomacy - The land of the unruly - The value of Chitral - Baber in Bajaur - The rise of Umra Khan - The Afghans in Asmar Abdur Rahman and Sher Afzul - Aggression on the Punjab frontier - Zhob and the Gomul Pass - Encroachments in Biluchistan.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Stephen Wheeler
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780656375707
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 289
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Author
Stephen Wheeler
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331317340
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 291
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