State and Tribe in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863)

Voorkant
Routledge, 25 jun 2012 - 464 pagina's
With the exception of two short periods of direct British intervention during the Anglo-Afghan Wars of 1839-42 and 1878-80, the history of nineteenth-century Afghanistan has received little attention from western scholars. This study seeks to shift the focus of debate from the geostrategic concern with Afghanistan as the bone of contention between imperial Russian and British interests to a thorough investigation of the sociopolitical circumstances prevailing within the country. On the basis of unpublished British documents and works by Afghan historians, it lays the groundwork for a better understanding of the political mechanisms at work during the early Muhammadzai era by analysing them both from the viewpoint of the center and the pierphery.
 

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Chapter 1 DOST MUHAMMAD KHANS FIRST REIGN AND THE FIRST ANGLOAFGHAN WAR
1
Chapter 2 AMIR DOST MUHAMMAD KHANS POLICIES IN TURKISTAN
60
Chapter 3 THE POSITION OF THE PASHTUN TRIBES IN THE MUHAMMADZAI STATE
123
Chapter 4 DOST MUHAMMAD KHANS OCCUPATION OF QANDAHAR AND HIS ADMINISTRATION
228
Chapter 5 CONCLUSION
290
NOTES
298
GLOSSARY
366
MAPS
375
GENEALOGICAL TABLES
383
CURRENCIES AT THE TIME OF DOST MUHAMMAD KHAN
398
THE SERVICE GRANTS MADE BY AHMAD SHAH IN THE QANDAHAR REGION
401
THE POPULATION IN THE TOWNS OF AFGHAN TURKISTAN AND BADAKHSHAN AS REFLECTED BY REPORTS OF THE NINETEENTH ...
402
BIBLIOGRAPHY
405
INDEX
425
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Christine Noelle

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