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Afghanistan--State and Tribe in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863)
; ...Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863), by Christine...the first Muhammadzai ruler-Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (r. 1826-63). Noelle's study...Afghanistan during the reign of Dost Muhammad. In so doing, it shifts the focus...
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Robbery committed in a house, THE INDEPENDENT
; ...Patnitola upazila here on August 23 night. Police and local sources said a gang of robbers forced into the house of Dost Muhammad at the area and after keeping the inmates of the house hostage looted cash Tk.75,000, ornaments weighing three tolas...
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The end of the Anglo-Persian War: March 4th, 1857.(MONTHS PAST: March's Anniversaries)
; ...Afghan War of 1838-42 had been a costly failure and Dost Muhammad, the Afghan warlord of Kabul, had extended his sway...needed back in India to grapple with the Indian Mutiny. Dost Muhammad remained true to his British alliance, gave no support...
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Blood and sand: a short history of Afghanistan
; ...war as sons of Timur Shah struggle for the throne. 1826 Dost Mohammad Khan takes Kabul and establishes control. 1834...later defeats the Sikhs but fails to retake Peshawar. 1836 Dost Mohammad Khan is proclaimed commander of the faithful. The...king Shah Shuja, invade. 1839-1842 First Anglo-Afghan war. ...
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Troops fire on Afghans after attack Suicide blast sets off violence in Kandahar
; ...were killed or wounded by the blast, relatives said.Dost Muhammad was at the Kandahar City hospital looking after his...the city in a taxi when British troops came along,'' Muhammad said. ''Our driver reduced his speed and tried to stop...
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WAR ON TERRORISM: Go in, do the business and get out - the lessons of the Afghan wars
; ...observed. In the first, the British intervened to depose Dost Muhammad, who was believed to be pro- Russian, and put Shah Shuja...and the British envoys supporting it were murdered. Dost Muhammad's son offered to let the British force supporting Shah...
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Was Zahir Shah born in India?
; ...interview at his home in Dehradun. "They both come from the Muhammadzai Barakzai dynasty." Amir Yaqub Mohammad Khan, he said...different story to tell. According to them, Amir Yaqub Muhammad Khan had been captured by the British forces and imprisoned...Burma (now Myanmar). Prince Abdul Qauyum Khan, Yaqub ...
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Britain's shame at the feet of the Afghans; Veteran writer Don Gross looks at the British land-grab attempts in Afghanistan launched in 1839.(Features)
; ...deserts to reach Kabul and to capture it. Dost Muhammed was unseated and a rival chief...peace. He agreed to the restoration of Dost Muhammad as ruler. He acquiesced to the demand...the passes. The Afghan victor, Akbar Muhammad, seemed satis- fied although he never...
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Afghans say they were beaten
; ...governor of Oruzgan Province, Jan Muhammad, also expressed anger in an interview...Pashtoto the troops. "I was shouting `Dost! Dost!' -- `We are friends!' -- but...were ousted. A third guard, Aktar Muhammad, was a teen-ager. Most of the men...
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Great lesson for us to learn; THE KAIRDIFF KID.(Columns)
; ...our frontiers . Our frontiers? Whatever, British, Indian and Sikh fighting men went in to replace the Afghan ruler Dost Muhammad with a more amenable puppet less likely to cosy up to the Russians. This First Afghan War ended with one of the great...
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