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  • Mohan Lal
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The First Anglo-Afghan Wars
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© 2020 Duke University Press, Durham, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vi
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Introduction. 1
  6. PART I. Strategic Interests on the Road to Kabul
  7. 1. A Sketch of the Military and Po liti cal Power of Rus sia (1817) 17
  8. 2. Journey to the North of India (1838) 24
  9. 3. The Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing (1840) 35
  10. 4. A Narrative of the Rus sian Military Expedition to Khiva, under General Perofski (1839) 39
  11. PART II. The First Anglo- Afghan War, 1839– 1842: Occupation, Rout, Defeat, Captivity
  12. 5. Narrative of the War in Aff ghanistan (1840) 45
  13. 6. To Herat and Cabul: A Story of the First Afghan War (1902) 57
  14. 7. A Journal of Disasters in Aff ghanistan (1843) 75
  15. 8. “English Captives at Cabul” (1843) 86
  16. 9. The Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan (1846) 105
  17. 10. The Afghan Wars (1896) 118
  18. PART III. The Second Anglo- Afghan War, 1878– 1880: Imperial Insecurities, Global Stakes
  19. 11. “Gorchakov Circular” (1864) 129
  20. 12. “The Rus sian Foreign Policy in Asia” (1877) 131
  21. 13. “The Afghan War: A Lecture” (1878) 144
  22. 14. “Af ghan i stan and Its Peoples” (1878) and “Afghan Women and Children” (1880) 155
  23. 15. “India and Afghanistan” (1879) 161
  24. 16. From the Spectator “The Magnitude of the Afghan War,” “The Disaster in Candahar,” “Abdurrahman Khan,” “The First Lesson of Candahar,” “The Rumour from Cabul,” and “The Death of Abdurrahman Khan” 175
  25. PART IV. The Great Game, 1880– 1919
  26. 17. Russia in Central Asia (1889) 191
  27. 18. “The Amir’s Homily” (1891) 198
  28. 19. The Life of Abdur Rahman, Amir of Af ghan i stan (1900) and “The Ameer’s Memoirs” (1900) 201
  29. 21. The Campaign Towards Af ghan i stan (1885) 217
  30. 22. The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1901) 222
  31. 23. “The Indian Frontier Troubles,” The Graphic (1897) 233
  32. 24. The Judgment of the Sword (1913) 234
  33. 25. “Our Relations with Afghan istan” (1919) 245
  34. 26. “Third Afghan War” (1919) 251
  35. Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources 255
  36. Reprint Acknowledgments 257
  37. Index 259
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822376699-012

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vi
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Introduction. 1
  6. PART I. Strategic Interests on the Road to Kabul
  7. 1. A Sketch of the Military and Po liti cal Power of Rus sia (1817) 17
  8. 2. Journey to the North of India (1838) 24
  9. 3. The Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing (1840) 35
  10. 4. A Narrative of the Rus sian Military Expedition to Khiva, under General Perofski (1839) 39
  11. PART II. The First Anglo- Afghan War, 1839– 1842: Occupation, Rout, Defeat, Captivity
  12. 5. Narrative of the War in Aff ghanistan (1840) 45
  13. 6. To Herat and Cabul: A Story of the First Afghan War (1902) 57
  14. 7. A Journal of Disasters in Aff ghanistan (1843) 75
  15. 8. “English Captives at Cabul” (1843) 86
  16. 9. The Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan (1846) 105
  17. 10. The Afghan Wars (1896) 118
  18. PART III. The Second Anglo- Afghan War, 1878– 1880: Imperial Insecurities, Global Stakes
  19. 11. “Gorchakov Circular” (1864) 129
  20. 12. “The Rus sian Foreign Policy in Asia” (1877) 131
  21. 13. “The Afghan War: A Lecture” (1878) 144
  22. 14. “Af ghan i stan and Its Peoples” (1878) and “Afghan Women and Children” (1880) 155
  23. 15. “India and Afghanistan” (1879) 161
  24. 16. From the Spectator “The Magnitude of the Afghan War,” “The Disaster in Candahar,” “Abdurrahman Khan,” “The First Lesson of Candahar,” “The Rumour from Cabul,” and “The Death of Abdurrahman Khan” 175
  25. PART IV. The Great Game, 1880– 1919
  26. 17. Russia in Central Asia (1889) 191
  27. 18. “The Amir’s Homily” (1891) 198
  28. 19. The Life of Abdur Rahman, Amir of Af ghan i stan (1900) and “The Ameer’s Memoirs” (1900) 201
  29. 21. The Campaign Towards Af ghan i stan (1885) 217
  30. 22. The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1901) 222
  31. 23. “The Indian Frontier Troubles,” The Graphic (1897) 233
  32. 24. The Judgment of the Sword (1913) 234
  33. 25. “Our Relations with Afghan istan” (1919) 245
  34. 26. “Third Afghan War” (1919) 251
  35. Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources 255
  36. Reprint Acknowledgments 257
  37. Index 259
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