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
Chapter One Trade and Empire in Central Asia and India | 13 |
Chapter Two Durrani Imperialism | 45 |
Chapter Three Horse Breeding and Trade in India | 68 |
Chapter Four Afghan Migration and StateFormation | 104 |
Chapter Five The Rohilla Riyāsat | 144 |
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