State and Tribe in Nineteenth-century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863)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 On the basis of unpublished British documents and works by Afghan historians, it lays the groundwork for a better understanding of the political mechanisms at work during the early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. |
Contents
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 |
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administration Afghan Afghanistan Afridis Ahmad Shah al-Din Amir Dost Muhammad Amir's Anglo-Afghan army Ataliq Badakhshan Bajaur Balkh Bamiyan Barakzai British brothers Bukhara cavalry chiefs Dost Muhammad Khan Durrani Elphinstone 1972 Faiz Fatih Khan Ferrier Fofalzai Ghazni Ghilzai Ghubar Ghulam Haidar Khan governor groups Haji Harlan Hazara Herat Jabbar Khel Jalalabad Kabul Kakar Khan's Khost Khyber Kohistan Kunar La‘lpura Laghman land leaders leadership Lesser Turkistan lineage Lumsden MacGregor 1871 Maimana Masson military Mohmand Muhammad Afzal Khan Muhammad Shah Khan Muhammadzai Murad Beg Nawwab nineteenth century October organization Pashtun Peshawar political Popalzai position Qandahar Qandahar Sardars Qataghan Qizilbash Qunduz Raverty rebellion region reign Reshtia revenue role rulers Sadozai Safawid Sardar Muhammad Afzal Sayyid segmentary September Shah Mahmud Shah Shuja Shah Zaman Shah's Sher Ali Khan Shibarghan Tajiks Tashqurghan Timur Shah trade tribal tribes troops Turkistan Uzbek Wali Yapp Yusufzai