History of the war in Afghanistan. From the unpublished letters and journals of political and military officers employed in Afghanistan throughout the entire period of British connexion with that country

Kaye, John William

Published by Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, London, 1851

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First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xii, 656;vi, 690; contemporary full tan calf, gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments, red and green morocco labels in 2, marbled edges; top of title page in volume I just loosening, green labels browned, the whole lightly rubbed, otherwise a near fine, clean and handsome set. "The First Anglo-Afghan War began in early 1839 when the British undertook an invasion of Afghanistan from India with the aim of overthrowing the Afghan ruler, Amir Dost Mohammad Khan, and replacing him with the supposedly pro-British former ruler, Shah Shuja? The British were at first successful. They installed Shah Shuja? as ruler in Jalalabad and forced Dost Mohammad to flee the country. But in 1841 Dost Mohammad returned to Afghanistan to lead an uprising against the invaders and Shah Shuja? In one of the most disastrous defeats in British military history, in January 1842 an Anglo-Indian force of 4,500 men and thousands of followers was routed by Afghan tribesmen. The British then sent a larger force from India to exact retribution and to recover hostages, before finally withdrawing in October 1842" (OCLC). "Deals with the period 1800-1842, with accounts of the Treaty of Goolistan, the siege of Herat; the army of the Indus; the Russian expedition of Khiva; the evacuation of the Balla Hissar; the retreat from Caubul; the effects of the victories; the Manifesto of 1842, etc." (Yakushi). Yakushi K86.

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• Title: History of the war in Afghanistan. From the unpublished letters and journals of political and military officers employed in Afghanistan throughout the entire period of British connexion with that country
• Publisher: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, London
• Publication Date: 1851
• Edition: First Edition.
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