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In the long and often disastrous history of British entanglement in Afghanistan, the name of Alexander Burnes (1805-41) deserves to be remembered. Aged sixteen, he went to India to take up a post in the army, and speedily learned both Hindustani and Persian. His skills led him to political work, and he himself proposed a covert expedition to Bukhara, to survey the country and to observe the expansionist activities of the Russians in central Asia. (Burnes' 1834 account of this journey is also reissued in this series.) In 1836, he was sent to Kabul, and became involved in the British plan to replace Dost Muhammad Khan with Shah Shuja (which he personally thought a mistake). The British became a focus of increasing local discontent, and in November 1841 Burnes was murdered in Kabul by a mob. This account of his stay in the city was published posthumously in 1842.

Burnes, Alexander, --- Travel --- Afghanistan --- Pakistan --- Kabul (Afghanistan) --- Description and travel. --- Social life and customs --- Bernsʺ, Aleksandrʺ, --- Bornsʺ, Aleksandrʺ, --- Burnes, Bokhara, --- Борнсъ, Александръ, --- Kābol (Afghanistan) --- Caboul (Afghanistan) --- Cabool (Afghanistan) --- Cabul (Afghanistan) --- Kaboul (Afghanistan) --- Kubha (Afghanistan) --- Kabura (Afghanistan) --- Caubul (Afghanistan) --- Ṣhārvālī-i Kābul (Afghanistan) --- Shahrdārī-i Kābul (Afghanistan) --- Kabul Municipality (Afghanistan) --- Kaboel (Afghanistan) --- كابل (Afghanistan) --- Kabil (Afghanistan) --- Горад Кабул (Afghanistan) --- Horad Kabul (Afghanistan) --- Кабул (Afghanistan) --- Καμπούλ (Afghanistan) --- Kampoul (Afghanistan) --- Kabulo (Afghanistan) --- 카불 (Afghanistan) --- קאבול (Afghanistan) --- Cabura (Afghanistan) --- Kabula (Afghanistan) --- Kabulas (Afghanistan) --- カーブル (Afghanistan) --- Kāburu (Afghanistan) --- Qobul (Afghanistan) --- Kobul (Afghanistan) --- Kabuli (Afghanistan) --- Кобул (Afghanistan) --- 喀布尔 (Afghanistan) --- Kabu'er (Afghanistan) --- Ka bu er (Afghanistan) --- Description and travel

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Mountstuart Elphinstone was a Scottish diplomat and colonial administrator. After joining the civil service of the East India Company in 1796 he was appointed the first British envoy to the Court of Kabul in 1808. In 1819 he was appointed the Governor of Bombay, and after his retirement in 1827 he devoted his life to historical and literary studies. First published in 1815, this volume contains Elphinstone's detailed description of the Kingdom of Afghanistan. Elphinstone describes the geography, economy and political situation of the kingdom and provides a brief account of Afghan history. He also gives the first detailed ethnographic accounts of the various Afghan tribes and ethnic groups in the kingdom. This fascinating volume informed British military and diplomatic policy in the region until the 1840s, and remained the main source of information on the culture of the Afghan tribes for much of the 19th century.

Afghanistan --- Kabul (Afghanistan) --- Description and travel. --- Social life and customs --- History. --- Kābol (Afghanistan) --- Caboul (Afghanistan) --- Cabool (Afghanistan) --- Cabul (Afghanistan) --- Kaboul (Afghanistan) --- Kubha (Afghanistan) --- Kabura (Afghanistan) --- Caubul (Afghanistan) --- Ṣhārvālī-i Kābul (Afghanistan) --- Shahrdārī-i Kābul (Afghanistan) --- Kabul Municipality (Afghanistan) --- Kaboel (Afghanistan) --- كابل (Afghanistan) --- Kabil (Afghanistan) --- Горад Кабул (Afghanistan) --- Horad Kabul (Afghanistan) --- Кабул (Afghanistan) --- Καμπούλ (Afghanistan) --- Kampoul (Afghanistan) --- Kabulo (Afghanistan) --- 카불 (Afghanistan) --- קאבול (Afghanistan) --- Cabura (Afghanistan) --- Kabula (Afghanistan) --- Kabulas (Afghanistan) --- カーブル (Afghanistan) --- Kāburu (Afghanistan) --- Qobul (Afghanistan) --- Kobul (Afghanistan) --- Kabuli (Afghanistan) --- Кобул (Afghanistan) --- 喀布尔 (Afghanistan) --- Kabu'er (Afghanistan) --- Ka bu er (Afghanistan) --- A-fu-han --- Afeganistão --- Affganistan --- Affghanistan --- Afganistan --- Afġānistān Islāmī Jumhoryat --- Afganistėn --- Afganistėn Myslimėn Respublikė --- Afghānistān Islāmī Imārat --- Afghánská islámská republika --- Afghanstan --- Afghanstan Islam Respublikaḣy --- Afhanistan --- Ăfqanıstan --- Ăfqanıstan İslam Respublikası --- Afuganisutan --- Ahyganitã --- Apganistan --- Aphganistan --- Da Afġānistān Islāmī Jumhoryat --- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan --- DRA --- Efẍanistan --- Gweriniaeth Islamaidd Affganistan --- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan --- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan --- Islamic State of Afghanistan --- Islamikong Republika kan Apganistan --- Islamitiese Republiek van Afghanistan --- Islamska republika Afganistan --- Islamskai︠a︡ Rėspublika Afhanistan --- Isli︠a︡mska republika Afganistan --- Jamhuri-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan --- Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afġānestān --- Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Afghānistān --- Republic of Afghanistan --- República Democrática de Afganistán --- Republik Islamek Afghanistan --- Tetã Islãrehegua Ahyganitã --- Афганистан --- Афганистэн --- Афганистэн Мыслимэн Республикэ --- Афганістан --- Ислямска република Афганистан --- Ісламская Рэспубліка Афганістан --- افغانستان --- جمهورى اسلامى افغانستان --- アフガニスタン --- Description and travel