The establishment of the north-west frontier of Afghanistan, 1884-1888
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Fitzhardinge, Hope Verity Hewitt
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The thesis is the story of the formation of a frontier which was needed by three interested parties: the new Amir of Afghanistan, Abdurrahman, who needed it because he felt within himself the power to weld Afghanistan into a united whole: the Russians, who, excluding some of their more chauvinist men of war, needed it to set a limit to their sprawling, huge, under-manned and moneyconsuming empire in Central Asia: and the English, who needed it to set an internationally agreed-upon...[Show more]
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Date published: | 1968 |
Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/10811 |
DOI: | 10.25911/5d7783592d2f7 |
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