afghanistanand civil war (1863–8) 323–5, 326,
327, 328–30
as province of Afghanistan
229–30, 312–16, 321, 339–40,
535–7
British policy on 250–51, 262, 316,
317, 318–19, 334, 342, 467
Chinggisid dynasties of 63, 71–2,
96, 134
Durrani relations with 134–7, 155,
204, 249–50, 324
Persian occupations of 68,
96–100, 217
Pushtun settlers 316, 388–9, 441,
494–5, 509, 504, 513, 535–6, 538,
563 , 640
and Russia 332, 355, 356, 386, 387,
494
see also Basmachi Movement,
Bukhara, Khulm, Dostam,
Maimana, Mazar-i Sharif,
Qataghan, Qunduz
Baluch 28, 75, 76, 106, 544
Baluchistan 148, 165, 226, 230, 264, 351,
456, 459
Bamiyan 29, 151, 224, 241, 250, 310, 315,
326, 397, 618, 625, 641 , 645 , 646
Bamizai, ‘Ata Muhammad Khan 169,
174, 179, 180
Bamizai, Begi Khan see Shah Wali
Khan
Bank-i Milli 515–16, 518, 548; see also
Zabuli
banyans 66–7, 147, 206, 300, 301
Barakzai 52, 62, 68, 108, 109, 275, 279,
700; see also Muhammadzai
Basmachi Movement 464–7, 466 ,
468–9, 481, 495, 509–10, 534, 535,
559, 617, 619
Bayat Qizilbash 273, 277, 287
Bayazid Ansari see Pir Roshan
Behmaru 245–6, 272, 276, 280, 278–9,
292
Behsud 203, 310, 504, 680
Bentinck, Lord William Cavendish
193–4, 207, 209, 284
Berlin 356, 511, 515, 524, 525
Bhutto, Benazir (Prime Minister of
Pakistan) 631, 642, 652
Bhutto, Zu’l-fiqar ‘Ali (Prime Minister
of Pakistan) 576, 586–7, 588–9, 600
bin Laden, ‘Osama 566, 611, 622, 624,
640, 644, 643, 647, 651, 665; see
also al-Qa‘ida
Board of Control 190, 199, 303
Bolan Pass 223, 235, 306
Bonn Agreement 650, 653, 654, 655,
656, 660, 661, 667
Brahui 28, 107
Brezhnev, Leonid 591–2, 602, 604,
608, 616
bridas 642
Britain
Anglo-Afghan agreements 337,
342–3, 345, 351–2, 400, 462–3,
468
Anglo-Afghan relations 171, 201,
221, 265, 322, 334, 337–8, 395,
410–11, 479, 493, 522
Anglo-Afghan Treaties 226, 261,
317–19, 349, 352, 365, 381–2,
424–5, 460–61, 400, 403
Anglo-Afghan Wars 221, 227–8,
252, 259, 282–3, 302, 306, 357–9,
376, 378–9, 454, 378–9, 454,
459–60
Anglo-Persian relations 160, 164,
167–9, 168–9, 214–15, 227, 318
398
Anglo-Russian relations 193,
331–2, 344–5, 354–5, 386, 387,
395–6, 481
Anglo-Russian Treaties 167–8,
390, 421, 429, 430, 462
Anglo-Sikh relations 169, 206–7,
212, 214, 226, 308, 312, 686
buffer states 190, 195, 316, 410, 425,
496, 686, 688, 686, 692
Bukhara, Balkh 262, 316–17, 318,
331, 334, 386, 422, 262–3, 534
Defence of India 198, 200, 361–2,
394, 411, 608–9, 686–9
First and Second World Wars 443,
446, 453, 454, 533–4