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History of Afghanistan; From the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878

George Bruce Malleson

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... AFGHANISTAN. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTIVE. In his work entitled "Reminiscences of a Bengal Civilian," Mr. William Edwards, then AssistantSecretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, describes the departure of Amir Dost Mahammad, on the termination of the Afghan war in 1841, to resume his position as ruler of Kabul. "Just before parting," he writes, "the Amir, addressing the Governor-General in Persian, observed: -- I have seen a great deal of your Government since I came to India. Your forts, your arsenals, your ships, all are admirable. I have been down to Calcutta, and havo been astonished with your wealth, your palaces, your marts, and your mint; but to me the most wonderful thing of all is, that so wise and wealthy a nation could have ever entertained the project of occupying such a country as Kabul, where there is nothing but rocks and stones.'" It will be my task to explain, in the pages which follow, the reasons which in past ages have invested, and which in the present hour particularly invest this country of rocks and stones with an importance far beyond its territorial value--an importance so vast that, in the opinion of many, the safety of India depends upon the predominance of British influence in the lands immediately beyond the British frontier. The country inhabited by the Afghans, and known generally as the kingdom of Kabul, is traversed from east to west by the Hindu Kiish, and the prolongation to the westward of that mighty range. The mountains forming the prolongation branch off from the Koh-i-Baba, a lofty range eighty miles in length, and some eighteen thousand feet high, and itself the western continuation of the Hindu Kiish proper. Running westward, the mountains soon break into three parallel...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of Afghanistan; From the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878. To get started finding History of Afghanistan; From the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... AFGHANISTAN. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTIVE. In his work entitled "Reminiscences of a Bengal Civilian," Mr. William Edwards, then AssistantSecretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, describes the departure of Amir Dost Mahammad, on the termination of the Afghan war in 1841, to resume his position as ruler of Kabul. "Just before parting," he writes, "the Amir, addressing the Governor-General in Persian, observed: -- I have seen a great deal of your Government since I came to India. Your forts, your arsenals, your ships, all are admirable. I have been down to Calcutta, and havo been astonished with your wealth, your palaces, your marts, and your mint; but to me the most wonderful thing of all is, that so wise and wealthy a nation could have ever entertained the project of occupying such a country as Kabul, where there is nothing but rocks and stones.'" It will be my task to explain, in the pages which follow, the reasons which in past ages have invested, and which in the present hour particularly invest this country of rocks and stones with an importance far beyond its territorial value--an importance so vast that, in the opinion of many, the safety of India depends upon the predominance of British influence in the lands immediately beyond the British frontier. The country inhabited by the Afghans, and known generally as the kingdom of Kabul, is traversed from east to west by the Hindu Kiish, and the prolongation to the westward of that mighty range. The mountains forming the prolongation branch off from the Koh-i-Baba, a lofty range eighty miles in length, and some eighteen thousand feet high, and itself the western continuation of the Hindu Kiish proper. Running westward, the mountains soon break into three parallel...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of Afghanistan; From the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878. To get started finding History of Afghanistan; From the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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