Kandahar in the Nineteenth Century /

Kandahar in the Nineteenth Century /

This comprehensive history of nineteenth century Kandahar, Afghanistan's second largest city, uses not only traditional historical sources, but unpublished diaries, archived military reports, contemporary photographs, drawings, paintings, and maps of the city drawn by British soldiers, other Eu...

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Main Author: Trousdale, William B. (Author)

Other Authors: Allen, Mitchell (Editor), Maurer, Cyndi (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441286.

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Kandahar (Afghanistan) > History > 19th century.

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Call Number: DS375.K36

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Table of Contents:
  • About the Author
  • Preface
  • List of Plans
  • List of Figures
  • part 2: The Moving City
  • 1 The Old Kandahars
  • 2 The New Kandahar before 1839
  • part 3: Kandahar in the First Afghan War, 1839-42
  • 3 The Army of the Indus
  • 4 The Plans of Kandahar, 1839-42
  • part 4: Kandahar at Midcentury
  • 5 The Urban Infrastructure
  • 6 Religious and Royal Structures
  • 7 The People and the Region
  • Kandahar in the Later Nineteenth Century
  • 8 Between the Wars, 1843-77
  • 9 The Second Afghan War, 1878-81
  • Appendix: Kandahar Plan Concordance
  • References
  • Plans
  • Index.