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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For the moment things looked gloomy , for McNeill had found the Russian agent , Simonich , too strong for him , and had not been able to prevent or stop the siege of Herat . Muhammad Shah's expedition had started with the approval of ...
For the moment things looked gloomy , for McNeill had found the Russian agent , Simonich , too strong for him , and had not been able to prevent or stop the siege of Herat . Muhammad Shah's expedition had started with the approval of ...
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McNeill's influence declined , and 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 ...
McNeill's influence declined , and 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 ...
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Things were in a bad way certainly at Herat , where Eldred Pottinger was continually obstructed and even insulted by the adherents of Yar Muhammad Wazir . But for the moment Macnaghten had no idea of doing more than send a mission to ...
Things were in a bad way certainly at Herat , where Eldred Pottinger was continually obstructed and even insulted by the adherents of Yar Muhammad Wazir . But for the moment Macnaghten had no idea of doing more than send a mission to ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
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