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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Page 490
... Herat but that of Kandahar also . The whole matter was very com- plicated . The Russians were encouraging the idea of an expedition against Herat and the English were trying to curb the shah's ambi- tion . Kamran , however , led on by ...
... Herat but that of Kandahar also . The whole matter was very com- plicated . The Russians were encouraging the idea of an expedition against Herat and the English were trying to curb the shah's ambi- tion . Kamran , however , led on by ...
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 ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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