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Kohzad Ahmed Ali

Men and Events in 18th and 19th Century Afghanistan

Men and Events through the 18th and 19th Century Afghanistan, Hardback new and unused condition. This is a collection of 46 English language Articles originally written in Dari and published in book form some years ago, giving short sketches of important events in Afghan history. They also give biographies of some outstanding personalities who had played leading roles on the scene of those historical events. 185 PAGES ILLUSTRATED WITH 13 PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS AFGHANS. Contents of 46 Chapters: Ahmed Shah and Tamur Shah, Zaman Shah and a policy of Indian Penetration, Mistake of Zaman Shah Success and Failures of Zaman Shah, In the fort of Ashik the Shinwari Humayun, The Prince Qaisar, Battles Between Shah Mahmud and Shah Shuja, Wazir Fateh Khan Mukhtarudowallah, Shair Mohamed Khan (The Bamizai and Shah Shuja), Atta Mohammed Khan Bamizai, Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan, Two Kings in One Palace Two Kings in one City, Habibulllah Khan (The son and Riches of Sirdar Azeem Khan), The Saduzais in Herat (Shah Mahmud and Kamran in one corner of Afghanistan), Yar Mohamed Khan Alkozai,  Towards the delineation of the Frontier,  The English interest in Heart,  STRUGGLE OF 2 sIRDARS OF Kabul, Meeting of and clash of Ayub Shah and Purdil Khan at Bala Hisar,  Plan and Purpose oF Shair Dil Khan,  Scheme of 1242 AH Sirdar Kohind Dil Khan and the Kandahar Govt, Two Crowning Ceremonies (The barley and the Wheat Heads), The Forward Policy, The triparite Treaty,  Shuja, the Sikhs and English, How the gateway of Ghazni citadel was blown up, battle of spear and shield Second Nov of 1841 Instigator, hero, victor and the martyr,  Abandoning of Shairpore 6.1.42, Badia Bad, ISTALIF IN THE LEAPING FIRE, FATEH jUNG THE KING OF BALA HISAR, NAYUB Aminullah Khan Logari, Beginning of general uprising against British in Kandahar, Akhtar Khan Dawari Rise and Fall of Kandahari Sardars, Sirdar Sultan Ahmed Khan and the Herat Govt, Ten months siege of Herat , Revolt of Azam Khan governor of Kashmir and Action of H.M. Timur Shah against him, TIMUR Shah Durrani and the plan of Wazir Shah Wali Khan, Amir Shair Ali Khan struggles with his brothers, The results of Co-operation.

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Kohzad, Ahmad Ali

In the highlights of Modern Afghanistan

The original text of this book was published in Persian in 1952.Chapters translated from Dari into English include the following: Cooperation and rivalry of Sadozais and the Barekzais, Afghan governors in Kashmir(The battle of Vazir Fateh Khan against Ata Mohammad Khan Bamizai), The siege of Ghazni:In what way the famous revolt at Kabul changed in a great national rising; the evacuation of Kabul: The leaving of Elphinstone’s force for Jalalabad; Sardar Mohammad Akbar Khan Ghazi and his treatment with the prisoners.; the Jalalabad affair: assassination of Shah Shuja; First years of the reign of Amir Dost Mohammed Khan:struggle of Barekzai brothers.

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Lal, Mohan

Travels in the Punjab, Afghanistan and Turkistan to Balk Bokhara and Herat

1979 reprint Al Biruni publishers Lahore. Hardback in dustwrapper.

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Lal Mohan

Life of Dost Mohamed Khan

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Macintyre, Ben

Josiah the Great

Sub title the true story of the man who would be king. A biographical account of Josiah Harlan who journeyed to Afghanistan in the Nineteenth Century. Hardback first English edition. Harper Collins.

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Macrory Patrick

Signal Catastrophe

Paperback account of the First Anglo Afghan War.

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Masson, Charles

Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab: Kalat v. 4 (Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints)

Hardcover 506 pages. Oxford University Press Pakistan, very good condition.

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Outram, James

Rough Notes on the Campaign in Sinde and Afghanistan In 1838-9

262 pages, paperback new.

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Pottinger, George

The Afghan Connection

Extraordinary Adventures of Major Eldred Pottinger during the First Anglo Afghan War at Herat. Very Good in Dust wrapper. Scottish Academic Press, hardback 1983.

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Reshtia, Sayed Qassem

Between Two Giants Political History of Afghanistan in the 19th Century

Afghan Jehad Works Translation Centre published in Peshawar Pakistan 1990. This is a translation of this Authors famous work entitled “Afghanistan in the Nineteenth Century” providing a detailed account from Afghan sources about the First Anglo  Afghan War and Second Anglo Afghan War. Pages 443. Scarce copy.