Chapter I INTRODUCTORY THE RISE OF THE ABDALJS THE SADDOZEIS The Abdali tribe of the Afghans to which Ahmad Shah Durrani, the subject of this work, belonged traces its origin to Abdal,^ the fifth in descent from Qis of Israelite extrac- tion. Qis embraced Islam during the time of Prophet Muham- mad and, according to…
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Chapter IV OCCUPATION OF KABUL AND PESHAWAR The measures adopted by Ahmad Shah at his accession eminently succeeded in winning over the Afghan tribes to his cause. Recruits poured in from all directions, and, before long, his army exceeded forty thousand, drawn from almost all the clans of the Abdalis and Ghalzeis, with a sprinkling…
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Chapter III By Dr. Ganda Singh ELECTION AND CORONATION The death of Nadir Shah opened a new chapter in the history of Afghanistan. The chief actor who now appeared on the stage was Ahmad Khan Abdali who could rightly be called the father of modem Afghanistan, as it was he who, for the first time,…
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