Format:
4 volumes in 11 ;
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25 cm.
ISBN:
978-90-04-23491-8
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978-90-04-23498-7
Uniform Title:
Sirāǧ at-tawārīḫ
Content:
The most important history of Afghanistan ever written (originally written in Persian), Sirāj al-tavārīkh or The History of Afghanistan. It was commissioned as an official national history by the Afghan prince, later amir, Habib Allah Khan (reigned 1901-1919). The author, Fayz Muhammad Khan, better known as "Katib" (The Writer), was a scribe at the royal court. For more than twenty years, he had full access to government archives and oral sources and thus presents an unparalleled picture of the country from its founding in 1747 until the end of the nineteenth century. The roots of much of the fabric of Afghanistan's society today - tribe and state relations, the rule of law, gender issues, and the economy - are elegantly and minutely detailed in this immense work.
Note:
Volume 3 conclusion and volume 4 part 1 in single physical volume
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Contents: v. 1. The Saduzai Era 1747-1843: translation, introduction, notes, and index / by R.D. McChesney -- v. 2. The Muḥammadzāʼī Era 1843-1880: translation, notes, and index / by R.D. McChesney -- v. 3. The reign of Amīr ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Khān 1880-1901, part 1, 1880-1889: translation and notes / by R.D. McChesney and M.M. Khorrami -- v. 3. The reign of Amīr ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Khān 1880-1901, part 2, 188--1893: translation and notes / by R.D. McChesney and M.M. Khorrami -- v. 3. The reign of Amīr ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Khān 1880-1901, part 3, 1889-1896: translation and notes / by R.D. McChesney and M.M. Khorrami -- v. 3. The reign of Amīr ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Khān 1880-1901, part 4, appendices, glossaries, index, and bibliography / by R.D. McChesney -- v. 3. Conclusion (Tatimmah) September 1896-May 1897 and v. 4. June 1897-July 1898 part 1 / edited and translated by R.D. McChesney and M.M. Khorrami -- v. 4. July 1898-October 1901, part 2 / edited and translated by R.D. McChesney and M.M. Khorrami -- v. 4. October 1901-July 1905, part 3 / edited and translated by R.D. McChesney and M.M. Khorrami -- v. 4. August 1905-February 1919, part 4 / edited and translated by R.D. McChesney and M.M. Khorrami -- v. 4. Appendices, glossaries, bibliography and index, part 5 / edited and translated by R.D. McChesney and M.M. Khorrami.
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Erschienen: 1 - 4
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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