The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1959 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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... Frontier on any understanding , stipulation , convention or treaty with the imperial ( Russian ) Government " . He also opposed his instructions because he thought they would necessarily lead to British expansion and war in Afghanistan ...
... Frontier on any understanding , stipulation , convention or treaty with the imperial ( Russian ) Government " . He also opposed his instructions because he thought they would necessarily lead to British expansion and war in Afghanistan ...
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... Frontier " is a haphazard and not a scientific frontier " and that " the time has arrived when we must terminate all this inconvenience " . But it would be difficult to deny the wisdom of this policy . Clarity and firmness are the only ...
... Frontier " is a haphazard and not a scientific frontier " and that " the time has arrived when we must terminate all this inconvenience " . But it would be difficult to deny the wisdom of this policy . Clarity and firmness are the only ...
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... frontier corresponding to the existing political authority of the Amir , tribes owing him allegiance being ipso facto regarded as Afghan , Russia demanded a geographic and ethnic frontier on the mountains . But she also sought from a ...
... frontier corresponding to the existing political authority of the Amir , tribes owing him allegiance being ipso facto regarded as Afghan , Russia demanded a geographic and ethnic frontier on the mountains . But she also sought from a ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
Copyright | |
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