The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Herat . Dost Muhammad was in a difficult position with regard to Herat . The blood feud prevented his going to the rescue of Kamran , who on the other hand talked of recovering Afghanistan if he were successful . The Persians , too ...
... Herat . Dost Muhammad was in a difficult position with regard to Herat . The blood feud prevented his going to the rescue of Kamran , who on the other hand talked of recovering Afghanistan if he were successful . The Persians , too ...
Page 493
... Herat . Muhammad Shah's expedition had started with the approval of the sirdars of Kandahar , and many of the people of Herat , being Shiahs like the Persians , might have welcomed a change of masters on religious grounds . The ruler ...
... Herat . Muhammad Shah's expedition had started with the approval of the sirdars of Kandahar , and many of the people of Herat , being Shiahs like the Persians , might have welcomed a change of masters on religious grounds . The ruler ...
Page 494
... Herat was all but taken on 24 June . Meanwhile , on 19 June , a British naval force appeared before Karrak in the Persian Gulf and landed troops there . McNeill at once sent word to the shah that the occupation of Herat by the Persians ...
... Herat was all but taken on 24 June . Meanwhile , on 19 June , a British naval force appeared before Karrak in the Persian Gulf and landed troops there . McNeill at once sent word to the shah that the occupation of Herat by the Persians ...
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