Kandahar in the Nineteenth Century

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-43305-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 193 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 828 g

This comprehensive history of nineteenth century Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second largest city, uses not only traditional historical sources, but unpublished diaries, archived military reports, contemporary photographs, drawings, paintings, and maps of the city drawn by British soldiers, other European visitors, and Asian sources. In addition to its detailed expansion on familiar political history, he addresses the social structure, tribal and ethnic composition, religious institutions, and economic activity during this century. Central to his work is an often street-by-street description of the geographical layout of Kandahar, its key features, and how they changed over time. Both for historians and those seeking the context of contemporary issues in Central Asia, Trousdale’s work is an essential read.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Trousdale, William B

Allen, Mitchell

Maurer, Cyndi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Author

Preface

List of Plans

List of Figures

part 2: The Moving City

1 The Old Kandahars

2 The New Kandahar before 1839

part 3: Kandahar in the First Afghan War, 1839–42

3 The Army of the Indus

4 The Plans of Kandahar, 1839–42

part 4: Kandahar at Midcentury

5 The Urban Infrastructure

6 Religious and Royal Structures

7 The People and the Region

Kandahar in the Later Nineteenth Century

8 Between the Wars, 1843–77

9 The Second Afghan War, 1878–81

Appendix: Kandahar Plan Concordance

References

Plans

Index

Über Autor(innen)

William B. Trousdale (Ph.D. University of Michigan) is Emeritus Curator of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution. He conducted archaeological field research in Afghanistan and Syria and is author of six books and numerous articles on Afghanistan, Central Asian, and South Asian art, archaeology, and history.