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

W.H. Allen & Company, 1878 - Afghanistan - 456 pages

Successive viceroys of Kábul	6

Character of the tribes by Dr Bellew	34

Conquers the kingdom of Khwarizm	45

Invades Káshmír and is foiled at Lohkót	60

Humáyún exiles Kámrán to Mekka and pardons the revolted	71

Descent of the House of Ghor	98

TRANSITION TO THE MOGHOL	109

The Persians besiege Kandáhár but are repulsed	123

Captain Rawlinson in vain reports the intrigues of Shah	309

The thanes fall from	312

Discontent of the Ghilzais	315

to	318

System of government adopted by Shah Shújah	324

The exShah Mahmúd escapes from the Bálá Hissar	330

Herát is again threatened by the Persians	338

Dost Muhammad marches on Kabul and expels Mahmúds	344

Reflections on the attitude of the Uzbégs and of Kámrán	126

Successful stratagem of the Governor Shah Bég	138

Humáyún raises an army to retrieve his fortunes	140

Where he is attacked by Humáyún and forced to submit	152

Shah Jahan regains Kandábár	154

CHAPTER VI	181

Character and position of Mir Vais chief of the Ghilzais	214

Mir Vais returns from Mekka and stimulates the excitement	220

to	253

Rise and early exploits of Nádir Shah	259

Nádir Shah takes Kandáhár and marches on Kábul	265

Nádir Shahs career and death	271

Invading Hindústán he is forced to recross the Sátlaj	279

to	298

False basis of Zamán Shahs prosperity	306

Partial dismemberment of the monarchy	350

to	362

CHAPTER X	372

The pursuit after him rendered nugatory by the artifices	380

The policy of brute forceand its results	394

Desertion of the Afghán levies	400

Macnaghten resolves to retrench the tribal subsidies	404

CHAPTER XI	414

Shir Ali shows an early desire to conciliate the English	422

CHAPTER XII	431

to	443

Consternation produced at Ispahán by the news of the advent	446

Fath Ali Shah of Persia invades Northern Khorásán at	449

The Amír with the full consciousness of Russias designs	451

Title	History of Afghanistan: From the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878
Author	George Bruce Malleson
Publisher	W.H. Allen & Company, 1878
Original from	University of Minnesota
Digitized	17 Dec 2012
Length	456 pages

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