The races of Afghanistan

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by  Henry Walter Bellew

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R'kCPS O F AFGHANISTAN,
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A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL NATIONS
a 0 INHABITING THAT COUNTRY,
BY
SURGEON-MAJOHR. W. BELLEW, C.S.I.,
LATE ON SPECIAL POLITICAL DU'TY AT KADUL.
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PRINTED BY TIIACKER, SPINIC, AND 00.
'PIFIE manuscript of thc follonirig brief ncconnt of tlle
races of Afg1i:lnistnn was writlc1~a t Xnhul, for tlic
most part, after the clnties of tlie day werc over, and at
odd intervals or leisure from oficial business, with the
vicw to its tmnsunission to Englnntl for pnb1ic:ation ;
hut hlling ill ns it drew to a close, and being ol)lige(l
on that nccount to leave 1hl)ul for Indin on sick
leave, my pnrposc could not be cnrriccl out.
And now, on awiv:~l I~idin,f inding injwlf lillnble
ill
to revise the tcst, or enlarge it, as I sl~onldw is1~t o do,
by tlie introtlnction of much wefill :rnd interesting-
matter wliicll is availnhle, I linve thought it ndvisn1)lc:
to bring the work to tho notice of tl~cpu blic mitllol~t
further clclny, rather than indefinitely postpoiie its
nppenrance to an il~zccrtniuf utnrc. Ant1 likcnrise,
full? sensible as I :~nro f tllc inconlpleteness of the
work and its shortcomings, still, as eve~itsn re progress-
ing wit11 mpitl strides i11 the country with wliosc?
peoples it denls, xnd it is of importmcc that tine
subjecf should be early bro~lglitt o the notice of tlle
thinking pnblic, T have deenled it prefern1)lc to Ict
tllc hook go forth in its iiicompletcness, in the liopc
t h t it may direct attention :uid further encluirv and
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PREFACE.
rcscarcli into the nationnl l~eculinritieso f tlE several
races treated of ; since I belicve tlint, for the pence mid
security of our Inilinn Empire, they must, erevery
lolig, be CII~OIIC:~~m ongt he list of its snrious subjects;
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:1nd thisl by tlic 'force of impelling and uunvoidnkle' ,
ci~~cuiastaaces.F or, to lcilow the Il$ory, interests,
ant1 nspirnhions of a peoplc, is 1i:df the bnttlc ghiileir
in converting tliein to loyal, conteuted, mlcl peaceable
st~l),jectst,o \rilli~igp articipators and active p~otector~
of' t11e welfare of tlic Einpire towards which, from
positiou and self-interest, they naturally gravitate.
T-I. W. E.
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231h Ju~luawI~ 8,8 0.
CONTENTS.
- CIIAPTER I.
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IS-TI~O.DUCT ION
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CHAPTER 11.
c CHAPTER 111.
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IIrs~on0~s ,rum AFGIIAXB
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CHAPTER Q.
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Srrsn ALI
CHAPTER VI,
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THE PATEAN
CZIAFTER VII.
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THEP ususenr
CIIBPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IS.
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CHAPTER XI.
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CHAl'TER SII.
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Tns TAJIK
ClIAPTEll SIII.
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A F G H A N I S T A N .
NO\Vt hat our ar~rlicsa re in posscssion of Knodallar and
lbbul-the earlier aud later capitals, respectively, of the
lapsed Durrarli Empirc, and, ns regmds the latter, the sent
of government of the succeeding Durrani Rulers, Lhat is to
say, tho capiLals of the Sadclozai Slial~sa nd Barakzai Amirs-
the question arises, ~vliilL are we to do with the country
heretofore govert~ecfl rom those seats of authority, and latterly
in the posscssion of tllc Ituler seatcd at Kabul.
The qncstioiz is one which must 11cfore very long be
:answered by the logic of accomplished facts, consequent on
tho stern demands of necessity more than of mere policy.
'For Iuving, as wc have now done, colnpletcly dest~oyedth e
authority and gover~mento f the ty~nnnousa nd trcacllorous
*~nrraniR ulcrs, whose power it; has been our policy to main-
tg,in and streilgtlml during the past quarter of s century, it
is now incredible that we shall deliberately abardou tho
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vantage $ound gained, ignore the great danger me have now
- tl~erehys taved off; and Icave the country a prcy to internal
s11archy~a nd s prize to the first esternd adventurer. It is
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.equally incomprehensible that we should again conunit the
folly of restoring the clcstroyecl go\:~n~nent of the Au-irs-
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