ENGLISH

The Afghan Wars, 1839-42 and 1878-80

By Archibald Forbes

Book information

Publisher
BiblioBazaar
Year
2006
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1880212 bytes)
Pages
212\212
Topic
History
Library
mirknig.com
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-12-05 17:23:38
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Азии и Африк

Description

An account of the first 2 British wars in Afghanistan.The First Anglo–Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between the United Kingdom and Russia, and also marked one of the worst setbacks inflicted on British power in the region after the consolidation of British Raj by the East India Company.The Second Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the nation was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dynasty, the son of former Emir Dost Mohammad Khan. This was the second time British India invaded Afghanistan.

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