This quote from the British Agent in Qandahar comes from the June 8, 1891, entry. back. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
On January 18, 1891, the British Newswriter in Qandahar announced the closure of the local mint. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
Although Akbar took Qandahar from the Safavids in 1595 a Mughal mint was not established in that city. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
As just noted, the everyday terms of credit provided by local Hindki bankers to the occupation army in Qandahar was 4 percent per month. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
These figures exclude Rs. 50,000 paid monthly to Abd al-Rahman's Governor in Qandahar from April to July 1881, or a total Rs. 2,00,000. back. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
Abd al-Rahman used new literary tools and paper weapons in Qandahar to help satisfy his dependency on and compulsive quest for cash coinage. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
The revolt was averted, but its threat was predicated on the ready availability of currency conversion services in Qandahar's thriving public money market. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
Although Bellew spent time in Qandahar after the first Anglo-Afghan war his comments in this regard apply sufficiently well to the experimental period. back. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
This warehouse setting in Qandahar highlights the impotant roles of donkeys and mules in the transportion and circulation of commodities in the market zone of our conern. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
The Company troops in Qandahar held mainly Qandahar rupees, and they demanded to exchange them at the Company treasury at nothing less than the prevailing 133 1/3 to 100 rate. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
For example, Henry Bellew outlined a wide array of fruits harvested in Qandahar. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
See later for more on Jita's role as Abd al-Rahman's sole commercial brokerage agent in Qandahar. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
54In January 1889, Abd al-Rahman turned his sights on the commercial brokerage arrangements in Qandahar in order to extract cash for recoining in Kabul. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
It is fair to deduce that Abd al-Rahman expected substantial kaldar dividends to result from this greatly increased revenue imposition on government lands in Qandahar. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
Army soldiers killed in Qandahar. From Wordnik.com. [KIA KIA/BNR] Reference
Safavid capture of Qandahar from the Mughal Empire. From Wordnik.com. [1524-37] Reference
Ilya Suslov and I served together east of Qandahar. From Wordnik.com. [The Bear and the Dragon]
In 1776 he moved the capital from Qandahar to Kabul. From Wordnik.com. [c. Afghanistan] Reference
Mir Vays, leader of the Ghilzay Afghans, seized Qandahar. From Wordnik.com. [1642-66] Reference
Paid through Qandahar Resident, on or about 16 April 1881. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
Kabul, Qandahar and Peshawar during the nineteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
The ruler of Iran captured Herat, Qandahar, Ghazna, and Kabul. From Wordnik.com. [c. Afghanistan] Reference
In Qandahar, checks were issued to them by an accountant or secretary. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians in the markets of Kabul, Qandahar, and Peshawar. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
Killed while conducting small unit training at a remote site near Qandahar, Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [KIA KIA/BNR] Reference
Shir Ali, with the help of his son, Muhammad Yaqub, recovered Kabul and Qandahar in 1868. From Wordnik.com. [1849, Feb. 21] Reference
Paid through Colonel St. John, Qandahar, at the end of September or beginning of October 1881. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
It is unclear when and under what circumstances Sarwar Khan traversed the Qandahar-Kabul route. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
Capture of the Afghan city of Qandahar from the Mughals, who had seized it some ten years earlier. From Wordnik.com. [1642-66] Reference
As far south as Qandahar, the mission erected “Ashoka pillars” with edicts based on Buddhist principles. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in Afghanistan] Reference
The restored Barakzay ruler reconsolidated the Afghan state by recapturing Qandahar and then taking Herat from Iran (1863). From Wordnik.com. [c. Afghanistan] Reference
After Karamat Ali was dismissed from his post in Kabul, he was reassigned to Qandahar, where he served the British until 1836. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
The contested province of Qandahar moved between the two empires during this period but by 1700 became part of the Iranian sphere. From Wordnik.com. [c. Afghanistan] Reference
A British-Indian army took Qandahar and Kabul, installed Shah Shoja as a British puppet (Aug. 1839), and deported Dost Muhammad (1840). From Wordnik.com. [c. Afghanistan] Reference
Note 19: See later for more on the Ghalzi presence along and the British use of the Qandahar-Kabul road during the first Anglo-Afghan war. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
The Afghan tribes of Ghilzay situated in Qandahar became essentially independent of Safavid rule, as did their enemies, the Abdali tribe located in Herat. From Wordnik.com. [c. Afghanistan] Reference
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