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…

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,…

Chapter II By Dr. Ganda Singh EARLY LIFE OF AHMAD SHAH Ahmad Khan, as Ahmad Shah Durrani was named by his parents, was the second son of Zaman Khan Abdali of the Saddozei clan and was born of Zarghuna Alikozei in 1722 at Multan.^ His father was then the governor of Herat and died within…