Index
To alphabetize Arabic names, those beginning with ‘Abd al- are alphabetized under
the element following the particle, unless ‘Abd is related grammatically to the follow
name; those beginning with al- are alphabetized under the element following the
particle, while those beginning with Abu, bin or Ibn are alphabetized under these
elements.
Persian names ending in Khan are alphabetized under the preceding element.
Where two preceding elements are grammatically linked, they are alphabetized by the
first element of the compound: for example, Rahim Dil Khan, not Rahim, Dil Khan.
‘Abd Allah Jan (Shāhzāda) 336, 338,
343, 343, 350, 357, 370
‘Abd Allah Khan Achakzai 272–3, 274,
275, 276, 277, 280, 281, 288
‘Abd Allah Khan Saddozai 51, 75–6,
77–8, 80–82, 139, 150
Abdali 61–2, 63, 102, 108, 117, 118, 139,
140, 684–5
and Kandahar 90–91, 104–6,
107–1 3
and Persia 64–6, 69, 70, 73–4,
75–7, 78, 80, 86, 88, 89–90, 96,
100
and Sufism 62–3, 67, 68, 96, 111
as Durrani 113, 122, 689
sultanate of Herat 80–87, 102
see also Ahmad Shah, Durrani,
Saddozai
‘Abdullah ‘Abdullah (Chief Executive
Officer) 662 ,681
Afzal Khan, Muhammad (Amir) 237,
238, 250, 309, 315–16, 317, 321,
323–5, 326, 327
Akbar Khan, Muhammad (Wazīr)
209–10, 213, 250, 303–4, 310, 311
and Afghan War 258, 269, 276,
294, 295, 297, 307, 359
and British withdrawal 282–4,
285, 287–8, 289–90, 291–2
Dost Muhammad Khan’s second
reign 296–7, 302, 309
‘Alam Khan, Muhammad 339–40
‘Ali Khan, Muhammad 323, 324, 325,
360
‘Alim Khan Manghit (Khan of
Bukhara) 465, 467, 510, 534
Akram Khan, Muhammad 229–30,
310, 315–16
‘Azam Khan, Muhammad 39, 258, 309,
319, 335
and civil war (1863–8) 323, 324,
326, 327, 329, 330, 332
‘Azim Khan, Muhammad (Amir) 164,
258, 176, 179–80, 181, 183–4, 185,
187, 318
‘Aziz Khan, Muhammad 418, 410, 525
Afghan Boundary Commission 171,
386–7, 391; see also frontiers
Afghan Interim Government 43,
618–19, 620, 621, 622, 632–4, 653
Afghan National Army 251, 658, 666,
680–81
Afghan Turkistan see Balkh, wilāyat of
Afghan/Afghans 16, 41, 48, 51, 52, 67,