The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire: C. 1710-1780The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780 deals with the magnificent world of Afghan nomads, horse-dealers and mercenaries bridging the frontiers between the old metropolitan centres of India, Iran and Central Asia. During the eighteenth century they succeeded in establishing a vigorous new system of Indo-Afghan states. In Central Asia, the Afghans created an imperial tradition on the basis of long-standing Perso-Islamic ideals. In India, along the caravan routes with Turkistan and Tibet, they carved out thriving principalities in association with military service and the breeding and trade in war-horses. By fully incorporating this Afghan ascendancy into the fabric of Islamic and world history the author challenges the widely held notion of a gloomy Afghan past. |
Contents
Russian and Chinese Expansion | 26 |
Chapter Two Durrani Imperialism | 45 |
Chapter Three Horse Breeding and Trade in India | 68 |
45 | 82 |
Horse Breeding and Trade in the Eighteenth Century | 91 |
Chapter Four Afghan Migration and StateFormation | 104 |
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Afghan Afghānī Afghanistan Ahmad Aḥmad Shah Amir army Asian Awadh Bābar Badakhshan Balkh Bangash Bangash Nawabs Bengal British Bukhara Calcutta Cambridge cavalry Central Asia centre China Chinese Chingizid commercial Dā'ūd Deccan decline Delhi Deloche Durrani eastern economy eighteenth century emperor Empire expansion Farrukhabad Ghulam Gupta Hafiz Rahmat Khan Himalayas Hindustan History horse breeding horse trade horse-traders imperial India indigenous Indo-Afghan IOL&R Iran Iranian Islam Journey Kabul Kandahar Kashmir Katehr Khān Khorasan Khulāṣat Kumaun Lahore land Leiden long-distance Marathas Memoirs mercenaries merchants migration military Moorcroft Mughal Muḥammad Muḥammad Khan Muslim Nadir Shah Najib ud-Daulah Najibabad Narrative nasab nineteenth century northern India Orenburg overland Paris pastoral nomadism Pathans Persian Peshawar plunder political Provinces Punjab Rampur relations revenue riyāsat Rohilkhand Rohilla routes rulers Russian Safavid sedentary Shāh Sikh Sulaiman sultans Tarikh-i territory Tibet tion trans Travels tribal tribes Turkistan ud-Din vols London Yusufzai
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