afghanistanKalat 107, 114,115, 126, 138, 140, 150, 158,
165, 176, 223
British occupation of 234, 235, 331,
351
Kandahar, 37, 40, 66, 67 , 68, 89 , 145 ,
433, 456, 492, 502, 555, 653
agriculture, irrigation 27, 28, 61,
67, 54 0 see also Helmand Valley
Irrigation Scheme
and ‘Abdalis, Saddozais 63, 64, 65,
67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77,
81, 83, 87
and Ahmad Shah Durrani 26, 122,
139, 1 41
and civil war (1863–8) 325, 326,
327
and Dost Muhammad Khan
309–10, 317
and First Anglo-Afghan War
236–7, 249, 259, 265, 266, 293,
294
and Hotaki dynasty 51, 76, 78, 79,
80, 81, 83, 87
and Mughals, Timurids 57, 58, 59,
63–4, 68–9, 71
and Nadir Quli Khan Afshar 88,
90–91
and Safavids 64, 68, 69, 70, 71,
75–7, 7 8
and Second Anglo-Afghan War
376, 378, 379, 381, 382, 383
and Shah Shuja‘ al-Mulk 205, 236
and Taliban 631, 632
British policy on 244, 319, 378, 422
communications, trade 16, 17, 26,
28, 29, 39, 63, 66–7, 79, 547
Old Kandahar, 26–7, 89 , 91 see
also Nadirabad
population, tribes of 29, 39, 40,
54, 61
shrines, pīrs of 28, 37, 58, 59, 109
see also Khirqa-yi Sharif
‘ul amā’, pīrs of 37, 58, 67, 173,
383–4, 431, 4 74
Kandahar Sardārs 176, 180, 185, 187,
205, 208, 215, 217, 218, 236, 335,
384, 415
Karachi 26, 29, 192, 402, 541, 609, 650,
659
karakul 24, 516, 518, 537, 540, 569
Karamat ‘Ali 202, 205
Karmal, Babrak (President) 550, 560,
563, 566, 568–9, 582 597, 601, 614
Soviet invasion, presidency 599,
604, 605, 6 17
Karzai, ‘Abd al-Ahad 632, 645, 692
Karzai, Hamid (President) 110, 632,
642, 643, 645–6, 656, 692
administration of 657, 658, 600,
661, 666, 673, 676–7
elections 659 , 661, 662
Kashmir 123, 130, 150, 174, 179, 183, 517,
550
Katib, Faiz Muhammad 112, 370–71,
432, 504
Kaufman, General Konstantin von 331,
332, 340, 345, 352, 356, 360
Kaye, John William 233, 246, 255
Keane, General Sir John 231, 234, 236,
237, 240, 241–2, 244
Khalaj 52–3; see also Ghilzai, Khalji
Sultanate
Khalil Allah Khalili 538, 550
Khalili, Karim (Hizb-i Wahdat) 641,
653
Khaliq Khan Saddozai, ‘Abd al- 138–9,
150
Khaliq, ‘Abd al- (Hazara) 528, 529
Khalis, Muhammad Yunus 601, 611,
612, 619, 652, 653, 656
Khalji Sultanate 52–6, 65, 104
Khalq, Khalqis 562, 563, 582, 583, 592,
619–20, 621, 625, 638
and Saur Revolution 597, 601, 602;
see also People’s Democratic
Party of Afghanistan
Khalu Khan Alakozai 82, 84
Khan Muhammad Khan 585–6
Khan Shirin Khan Jawanshir 239,
240, 252, 274, 277, 286, 297, 299,
309
Khanabad 323, 324, 378, 510, 519
Kharoti 91, 519, 563, 566
Khattak 59, 119, 183, 184