Afghanistan. A History from 1260 to the Present - Jonathan L. Lee (2018)
afghanistan Early Arab sources record a substantial Jewish community in Maimana, which they called al-Yahudiyyan. There was also ...
introduction Zoroastrianism and the traditions of the ancient Iranian dualistic religion also persist. Lighting lamps is a commo ...
afghanistan countrywide and increasingly trans-national – rather than embracing the European idea of individuality and personal ...
introduction most visible symbol of what is deemed to be the institutional oppression of Afghan women.8 To put this matter into ...
afghanistan male members of the family are confident the women will not be molested, they generally do not object to them leavin ...
introduction Despite the many difficulties they face, Afghan women are far from the weak, powerless victims portrayed in some We ...
afghanistan visit to demand he treat their daughter with dignity. If they are powerful enough and the offence serious, they may ...
introduction Indeed, more than likely it was the Mughals who disparagingly summed up pushtunwali as zar, zan wa zamin – gold, wo ...
afghanistan Hospitality or mehman nawazi, is equally important to all Afghans. Having guests for a meal and inviting them to sta ...
introduction dismissal from high office. To be shamed, especially publicly, is one of the worst things that can happen to anyone ...
The empires of the Iranian–Indian borderland in the mid-eighteenth century ...
one 1 Afghan Sultanates, 1260–1732 The fame of Bahlol and of Sher Shah too, resounds in my ears Afghan Emperors of India, who sw ...
afghanistan period both Ahmad Shah’s father and half-brother ruled this kingdom. The dynasty founded by Ahmad Shah in 1747 laste ...
afghan sultanates, 1260–1732 populations, usually non-Muslim tribes, forced to make a token conversion to Islam and formed the r ...
afghanistan Given that the Khalaj in the Ghaznavid army are referred to as ghulams it is very likely that they were one of many ...
afghan sultanates, 1260–1732 Other sources from this era portray the Afghans as a formidable warrior race. One author graphicall ...
afghanistan In 1451 Bahlul Khan, a Khalji of the Lodhi clan, deposed the then sultan and founded a second Afghan sultanate, the ...
afghan sultanates, 1260–1732 of the Suri clan of the Kakar tribe, who had been a high-ranking officer under the Lodhis, ousted B ...
afghanistan a century. 14 Its founder, Bayazid Ansari (b. 1525), or Pir Roshan, was from the small Ormur or Baraki tribe, whose ...
afghan sultanates, 1260–1732 short time later Bayazid died, but the revolt was perpetuated by his son Jalal al-Din, known to his ...
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