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1840 Plan (Plan A) x–xi, 24, 53, 59, 60–73, 90, 93, 97–100, 104, 105, 109, 120, 125, 130–32, 145, 158, 159, 163, 168n28, 174, 177–78, 214n36, 237–42;
authorship , 53, 60–65;
comparison with Plan C , 60–73, 209;
orientation , 60–61;
scale , 53, 60, 61, 64, 178
7th Royal Fusiliers 201, 203, 204, 209
Abbas, Shah 3, 10
Abbott, Capt. John 167n11
Abdali tribe 11, 13, 14, 16;
tribal name changed to Durrani , 16, 67.
Durrani tribe
Abdul Sami xii, 165
Abdur Rahman, Amir 7, 31, 37n7, 39n42, 173–74, 208, 209, 212n6
Achakzai, subtribe of Abdali/Durrani 71 (also spelled Achukzaee)
Achakzai district of Kandahar 71, 73, 120, 178 (also spelled Achuk Zaee)
Aerial photographs (Plan D) 25, 59, 62, 65, 72, 73, 94, 98, 110, 111, 127, 247–52
agriculture 5, 19n49, 21, 126–27, 143, 159–60
Ahmad Khan 13, 16
Ahmad Shah Durrani x, 3, 24, 30, 35, 67, 71–72, 79, 110, 103, 106, 128;
death of , 22;
and founding of Kandahar , 20–23, 31, 35, 37n8, 38n36;
rule of , 16, 20, 31, 71, 128;
tomb (mausoleum) , 28, 49, 53, 59, 60, 62, 65, 68, 71, 94, 94, 103, 109, 111–17, 112, 118n29, 119n30, 120, 144, 165–66, 169n75, 178, 187, 188, 190, 198, 198, 199, 202, 203
Ahmed Shauh. see Ahmad Shah Durrani
Akhtar Khan 142
Ali, Karaumut 32
Alikozai, subtribe of Abdali/Durrani 20, 70, 109 (also spelled Uleekoozaee)
Alikozai, Nawab Fujdar Khan 147
Alizai, subtribe of Abdali/Durrani 71, 75 (also spelled Uleezaee)
Alizai district 68, 71, 73, 109, 178, 191
Allen, Rev. Isaac N. 8, 86, 90–91, 92–93, 95, 99, 106, 110–11, 114–15, 124, 126, 127, 133
Arabic inscriptions 10, 112, 113
Arabs 132
archaeological excavations 17n5, 18n21, 38n28, 117
architecture 89, 90, 159, 195–96, 204–6, 207, 209;
brick , 89, 120, 124, 196, 206;
vernacular , 120–25
domes, mosques
arg. see fort
Arghandab River 4–5, 126, 127, 162;
canal system , 4, 21, 24, 97, 126, 180, 213n8
Arghandab Valley 5, 132
Armenians 13, 118n10, 126;
in Kandahar , 22, 65, 70, 132, 144.
Christians
Army of the Indus 8, 39n52, 43–52, 53, 55, 62, 63, 77, 85, 89, 98, 109, 117, 125, 131, 140, 168n28
Ashraf, Mir Wais’s brother’s son 13
Atkinson, James 47, 48, 89, 91, 104, 113–14, 121, 125, 132–33
Ayub Khan (son of Sher Ali Khan) 173–74, 189, 194, 198, 202, 209
Baba Wali, shrine 97, 128
Baba Wali Pass 97, 127, 198
Baba Wullee Pass. see Baba Wali Pass
Babur 3, 18n41
Backhouse, Capt. Julius Brockman 44, 50
Bala Hissar (Kabul) 48, 103, 118n11, 157, 175
Baluch 30, 36, 39n59, 44, 46, 67, 81n20, 146, 155
Baluchistan 30, 44, 45, 67, 71, 85, 95, 101n37, 163, 167n12, 171;
slavery in , 67, 81n20
Bameezaee. see Bamezai
Bamezai, subtribe of Ghilzai 71, 72, 73
Bamezai district 109, 111, 120, 178
Barakzai (Abdali/Durrani subtribe) 16, 26, 28, 29, 31, 35, 50, 67, 71, 110, 111, 120, 123, 126, 127, 144;
rule of , 31, 48, 130, 133, 139
Barakzai district 39n39, n50, 70, 73, 109–10, 124, 178, 191
Bardurrani, subtribe of Durrani 67 (also spelled Bar Durrani, Burdooranee)
Bardurrani district 59, 71–72, 150, 175, 178, 195;
slave market in , 67, 72
Bardurrani Gate 35, 53, 55, 64, 87, 131, 159, 175, 178
Barikzaee. see Barakzai
bazaars 87–93, 101n23, 120, 159, 165, 169n52, 183–86, 185. Herat Bazaar, Shah Bazaar, Shikarpur Bazaar
baths 68, 75, 97–100, 201
Bellew, Henry Walter, Surgeon 9, 9, 146, 147, 148–50, 151–53, 156, 157–58, 163–65, 178, 188, 194, 201, 209
Bengal Army 43, 45, 48, 51, 53, 61, 77, 79, 140, 197
Bengal Artillery 38n28, n35, 43, 44, 104
Bengal Engineers xi
Benton, Sir John 163
Berdanranee gate. see Bardurrani gate
Ber Dooranee Gate. see Bardurrani gate
Blackburne, W. W. 187
Bloomsbury Square 202, 208, 209
Bolan Pass 44–45, 45, 46
Bombay Army 43, 48, 51, 53, 61, 77, 79, 127, 140, 197
Bombay Engineers xi
bricks x, 10, 31, 32, 35, 66, 89, 104, 105, 118n29, 120, 122, 149, 160, 186, 200, 206;
manufacture , 66, 81n17. architecture
British occupation:
1839–1842 occupation x, 3, 61, 73, 78–79, 86, 126, 129–30;
1879–81 occupation x, 172–75, 179–82, 209, 210–12.
Army of the Indus
British Museum 10, 182
Brooke, Gen. Henry Francis 173, 195
Bullock’s Hump mountain 93, 115, 127
Burdooranee. see Bardurrani
burial grounds. see cemeteries
Burke, John xii, 67
Burnes, Lieut. Sir Alexander 8, 34, 49, 77, 104, 113, 121, 168n46
Burns, John F. xii, 119n30
Burrows, General 173, 190
Cabool Gate. see Kabul gate
Cabul gate. see Kabul gate
Campbell, John (Feringhee Bacha) 146, 168n22
canal system 20, 25, 32–33, 37n7, 53, 85, 97–100, 128, 178. Jui-i Deh Khoja, Jui-i Patab, Jui-i Shah
cannons 57, 66, 69, 86, 105, 197, 198, 215n50
cantonments 78, 127, 160, 172, 173, 179, 180, 187, 188, 190;
transformation of , 186–92
caravanserais 24, 160, 200
Cavagnari, Maj. Sir Louis 181, 210, 214n22
cemeteries: within the city walls xi, 68, 69, 195, 215n48;
outside the city walls , 50, 53, 127–29, 129, 135n28, 154, 160, 188, 189, 189, 195, 208
census 126, 131, 132
chaikhana (tea house) 101n30, 158
chaparkhana. see Chupur Khana
Charsoo. see Charsu
Charsu 32, 33, 39n55, 54, 57, 66, 87–92, 88, 95, 144, 145, 155, 165, 183, 184, 185, 186, 214n34;
dome , 32, 35, 89, 91, 95, 106, 114, 144, 178, 183
Chehil Zena (flight of steps) 18n41
chowkidar (watchman) 125
Christians 70, 110–11, 118n10, 125–26, 144
Christie, Lieut. Charles 95–96
chunam 104, 113, 122, 123, 124. plaster
Chupur Khana (post house) 66, 158. chaparkhana
cisterns 4, 18n20, 35, 55
citadel 56, 56, 103, 105, 107, 108, 118n1, 120, 149, 153, 159, 165, 174, 175, 194–206, 197, 200, 204, 209;
photographs of , 195–201;
repairs , 194–95
citadel mound 5–7, 6, 7
Cloak of the Prophet. see Shrine of the Cloak of the Prophet
condition of city. see disrepair of city
Conolly, Lieut. Arthur 32–34, 81n32
Cotton, Sir Willoughby 45, 117, 123, 124
Court, Claude Auguste 28–29
culture 36, 79, 90–92, 132–33, 158–60
D’Aguilar, Lieut. Francis Burton Grant 149, 194
D’Aguilar Plan of the Kandahar Citadel (Plan G) xi, 56, 61–62, 64, 104, 105, 149–50, 153, 175, 178, 194–98, 201, 202–6, 207, 208, 209, 259;
authorship , 149, 194;
comparison with 1840 Plan , 104, 105;
scale , 56, 194, 208
Deh Khwaja 97, 173, 178, 195, 198
Dennie, Col. William 79, 133
dhoolie (stretcher) 177, 195
Dil Khan brothers (Barakzai) 28, 31, 47, 48, 85, 107
Dil Khan, Kohen (also spelled Khan) 28, 31, 109–110, 135n29, 139, 141, 143, 144–46, 148, 153, 157, 178, 202, 208;
mosque , 109, 118n19, 178
Dil Khan, Mir (also spelled Mehr) 28, 31, 39n39, n40, 73, 109, 120, 121, 135n29
Dil Khan, Pir (also spelled Fur or Poor) 28, 31, 39n39, 73, 135n29, 193
Dil Khan, Ram (also spelled Rahm) 28, 31, 135n29, 142, 157;
gardens of , 160–62, 163, 164, 169n62, n67
Dil Khan, Sher 28, 31, 100n2, 135n29
Disraeli, Benjamin 173, 215n53
Disraeli’s War 202. Second Afghan War
disease 99, 156, 159. sanitary conditions
disrepair of city x, x, 104, 106, 120, 125, 134n17, 148, 161, 165, 166, 174, 175, 179, 192, 195, 198, 209
domes 23, 101n19, 113, 122, 125, 134n10, 143, 196, 214n37;
of Ahmad Shah’s mausoleum , 28, 47, 94, 109, 113–14, 115, 116, 117, 118n29, 119n30, 160, 165–66, 187–88, 190, 198, 204;
of Charsu , 23, 32, 35, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95, 106, 144, 145, 178, 183, 211;
flat , 134n10, 159.
vaulted domes
Dori Rud (river) 5
Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir (Barakzai) 28, 29, 31, 35, 71, 85, 106, 139, 141, 144, 146, 147, 148, 157, 160, 173, 193;
death of , 172 (also spelled Dost Mohammed Khan)
Douglas, Capt. James Dundas 48, 80n7, 100n13
Dupree, Nancy Hatch 81n17, n18, 94
Durand Plan 1880 (Plan E), 175, 177, 178–79, 197, 201, 253–55
Durani. see Durrani tribe
Durie, Mr. 26–29, 36, 37n16, 132, 158
Durrani district 70, 71, 75
Durrani tribe x, 16, 67, 110, 132, 144, 165. Abdali tribe
Ead Gah Gate. see Id Gah Gate
Edgah Gate. see Id Gah Gate
Eedgah Gate. see Id Gah Gate
Eed Gah Gate. see Id Gah Gate
East India Company 12, 101n30, 169n52;
mission to Afghanistan in 1808 , 23
Elephant Hall 194
Elphinstone, Mountstuart 20, 23, 24, 25–26, 37n18, 71, 120, 132
epidemics 151, 152, 153, 156, 160. sanitary conditions
Esukzaee. see Ishakzai
executions 91–92, 142, 145, 155, 180, 211
expulsion of Afghan residents 78, 130, 131–32. Henry Rawlinson
Fane, Gen. Sir Henry Edward 45, 48, 51, 169n52
Fattah Mohammad Khan 160, 161
Feringhees 110, 142, 144, 168n46
Ferrier, Joseph Pierre 100n6, 140–46, 167n10, n18;
impressions of Kandahar , 143–44;
and Kohendil Khan , 144–46, 157
First Afghan War (1839–42) xi, 8, 29, 34, 55, 60–61, 75, 126, 166, 179. British occupation
Forster, George 22–23, 79, 132, 165
fort (arg) 56, 56, 74–75, 103–5, 105, 149, 150, 175, 197, 198, 199, 200, 200, 201, 209, 211
fortifications 85–87, 100n6, 103–9, 118n1. cannons; citadel; fort
foundry 57–58, 66, 69
Fraser-Tytler, William 53, 55, 62, 74, 75
Fraser-Tytler Plan (Plan C) 53, 55–60, 61, 65, 85, 86, 93, 97, 109, 175, 177, 178, 197, 201, 209, 245–46;
comparison with 1840 Plan , 60–73;
orientation , 55, 60–61;
scale , 55, 56, 60, 63, 64, 80n11;
updated in 1880 (Plan E) , 175, 177–79, 201
fruit 23, 27, 34, 39n52, 79, 91, 100n13, 106, 161, 165, 184
Fujdar Khan Alikozai, Nawab 147
Furash Khana (storehouse for furnishings) 66
Gaoodar (caste of herdsmen) 69, 70, 75, 178 (also spelled Gaodar, Gaudar)
gardens 21, 23, 27, 28, 30, 37n7, 79, 96, 98, 100, 100n13, 106, 112, 126–27, 133, 139, 143, 151, 159, 174, 192, 201, 211. Rahm Dil Khan
Garrison Headquarters 201, 202
gates 86–88. Bardurrani Gate, Herat Gate, Id Gah Gate, Kabul Gate, Shikarpur Gate, Top Khanah Gate
Gaudar. see Gaoodar
Gaurs (Zoroastrian Persians) 70. Gaoodar
Genghis Khan 3
Ghaznavids 3
Ghazni 3, 27, 29, 36, 60, 103, 109, 125, 152, 200
Ghilzai district 75, 98, 109, 110
Ghilzai Pashtun tribe 10–13, 14, 15, 16, 18n26, 70, 72, 78, 144
Gholam Haider Khan 146, 151, 153, 157, 160, 210 (also spelled Ghulam Haider Khan)
Gholam Hussain, Nawab 180
Gholam Sarwar Khan Khagwani 147, 149
Ghulam Hussain Hazratji, shrine of 128, 129
Goldsmid, Sir Frederic John 162, 163
Gordon, Rev. George M. 195
Gordon Creed, Maj. Richard J. 67, 80n15
Graphic, The 192
Grey, Charles 26
hajji (pilgrim) 73, 115
Hamilton, Angus 67, 94, 101n33, n35
Havelock, Capt. Henry 8, 50–51, 85–86, 92, 98, 99, 104, 110, 116–17, 122, 123–24
Hazratji Shrine 163
Helmand River 5, 6, 24, 25, 67, 81n20, n22, 101n27, 141, 146, 162, 165, 167n10, 181
Herat 3, 9, 13, 28, 32, 35, 36, 50, 73, 126
Herat Gate 54, 55, 56, 60, 61, 63, 69, 75, 78, 87, 172, 183, 209
Herat Bazaar 65, 68, 89, 93, 97, 120, 165, 178, 191, 214n31, n32
Hindus 64, 120, 125, 126, 132, 153–54, 159, 172, 178, 195;
merchants , 39n58, 69, 70, 76, 131, 139–40, 152, 153, 166n6, 180
Holdsworth, Lieut. Thomas 44–45, 52n21, 100n5, n13, 135n30
horses 27, 46, 49, 68, 81n20, 92, 100n13, 123, 149, 159, 164, 173, 195. stables
hospital 105, 150, 193, 197, 198, 200
Hough, Maj. William 51, 86, 89, 90, 98, 99, 100n18, 104, 117, 120, 122–23, 126, 132, 164–65, 175
houses 98, 120–24, 131, 134n11, 145, 161, 166, 175, 206;
elite , 120, 122, 124, 142, 159, 209;
flat-roofed , 120, 124, 159;
single-storied , 35, 79, 120, 123;
two-storied , 120, 124, 159, 161
Hubshee Khana 66–67. slave market
hujra 158
hummum. see bath
Hurley, Lance-Crpl. William 183, 210, 215n46
Hussein, Shah 10, 11, 13, 17n11, 18n26, 70
ice house 188
Id Gah Gate x, 35, 54, 55, 63, 87, 105, 131, 148, 152, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 201 (also spelled Ead Gah, Edgah, Eedgah, Eed Gah, Idgah)
Id Gah mosque 50, 127, 148
Illustrated London News 177, 188, 189, 192
Indians. see Hindus
Irwin, Lieut. J. F. 189, 190
Isfahan 11, 12, 13, 102n41
Ishakzai (Durrani subtribe) 70, 75, 109, 178 (also spelled Esukzaee)
Jackson, Sir Keith 121
Jackson, Father Thomas 156
Jacob, John 169n65
Jalalabad 80n15, 133;
slavery in , 67
Jews 65, 69, 132, 144. Jews’ Serai
Jews Seraee. see Jews’ Serai
Jews’ Serai 57, 58, 64, 65, 69, 88, 144, 214n36
Jooee deh Khajah. see Jui-i Deh Khwaja
Jooee Patab. see Jui-i Patab
Jui-i Deh Khoja (canal) 37n7, 55, 63, 68, 75, 97, 98, 99, 178, 179 (also spelled Jui-i Deh Khwaja)
Jui-i Patab (canal) 37n7, 63, 68, 97, 98, 110, 178, 179
Jui-i Shah (canal) 32–33, 54, 68, 99, 178
juis (canals) 25, 90, 97–100, 153. canal system
Kabul 3, 18n18, n22, 22, 25, 28, 35, 36, 39n38, 43, 48–51, 70, 78, 81n22, 87, 88, 106, 111, 126, 130, 139, 140, 141, 142, 146, 147, 171, 173, 210;
Bala Hissar , 48, 103, 118n11, 157, 175
Kabul Bazaar 18n22, 35, 55, 63, 64, 65, 66, 71, 73, 89, 93, 97, 98, 110, 168, 178, 185, 186, 214n33
Kabul Gate 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61, 64, 65, 72, 87, 100n12, 129, 154, 161, 171, 172, 178, 184
Kakars 70–71, 75, 178 (also spelled Kakurea, Kakureea)
Kakureea tribe. see Kakars
Kalat 164, 181;
siege of by the Baluch , 30, 38n29
Kalizai tribe 71, 75, 178
Kamran, Prince 103
Kandahar, Battle of 194, 198
Kandahar plain 5, 14, 15, 21, 127, 151, 162, 212
Kaye, Sir John 47, 51, 52n28, 79
Kaytul Ridge 4, 5, 18n41, 48, 129
kazi (judge) 68, 154, 156
Keane, Gen. Sir John 45, 50, 51, 77, 78, 109, 127, 133, 168n28
Keane Plan 1839 (Plan B), 53–54, 59, 127, 244;
orientation , 54;
scale , 53, 54
Keating, Pvt. George 210
Kennedy, Richard Heatley 8, 85, 89, 103–4, 113, 120
Kherqa Sherif Ziyarat. see Shrine of the Cloak of the Prophet
Khwaja Amran Range 46
Khyber Pass 37n12, 146
Kohandil Khan. see Dil Khan, Kohen
Kojak Pass 46, 46, 47
Kuleezaee tribe. see Kalizai tribe
Lal, Mohan 8, 17n11, 34–36, 39n50, n52, n57, n58, 55, 85, 91, 100n2, 112, 113, 116, 120, 173
Lawrence, Sir John 146
layout of city 23–25, 32, 35, 39n54, 59–60, 85–86, 175, 177–78
Leach, Maj. Edward Pemberton 63, 80n10, 174, 179, 194
Leach Plan 1880 (Plan F), 61, 80n10, 169n62, n67, 174, 179, 187, 188–89, 194–95, 256–58;
authorship , 134n25, 179;
comparison with D’Aguilar Plan , 194;
comparison with Plan A , 63, 201;
comparison with PRO Plan , 179. Edward Pemberton Leach
Leech, Maj. Robert 77–78, 126, 130
Lee, Jonathan 39n42, 57, 80n14, 167n10, 212n6
Le Messurier, Maj. Augustus 171–72, 174–75, 177–78, 180, 187, 191, 192–93, 194, 198, 211
Longe, Lieut. Francis Bacon 17n8, 188, 199, 204
Lumsden, Maj. Harry B. 9, 98
Lumsden mission 126, 146–53, 163, 168n24, n28, 169n80, 201, 209, 210
MacGregor, Col. Charles 156, 199, 215n47
Macnaghten, Sir William 18n22, 43, 49, 78, 104
mahala (neighborhood) 69, 71, 81n23, 121, 144, 178
Mahmud (son of Mir Wais) 12–13
Mahmud Shah (Sadozai) 12–13, 26, 103
Mahmud of Ghazni 3, 125
Maiwand 117;
Battle of xii, 190, 194, 198, 211
Maricq, André 167n10
marketplace 87–93. bazaars
Marsh, Capt. Hippisley Cunliffe 169n80
Mashhad 36, 159 (also spelled Mashad)
Masson, Charles 29–32, 34, 38n28, n29, n35, 87–88, 98, 100n2, 104, 112–13, 120, 121, 139
Mehrdil Khan 120, 127. Dil Khan, Mehr
mica 123, 168n18
mihrab 59, 60
minstrels 182, 182
Mint 15, 57, 58, 65, 66, 69, 121, 144, 153, 214n36
Mir Afsool (also Sardar Mir Afzal Khan, Meer Ufzul Khan) 174, 193, 194, 198, 209, 212n11, 214n44
Mir Wais 10–12
Mir Zaha section 69, 71, 81n23
Mitford, Edward Ledwich 17n13, 29, 118n29, 166n4, 168n46
Mohammad Bakr 12
Mohammad Sadiq Khan 123, 124, 141–42, 145, 157, 167n12
Mohammadzai (clan of the Barakzai subtribe) x, 71
mohulla. see mahala
mosques 58–60, 75, 109–11. Id Gah mosque, Kohendil Khan mosque, Mulla Kahta, Musjid Yeker, New Musjed, Old Musjed, Omar Jan Sahibzada mosque, Shah Bazaar mosque
Mosuleeha district 69, 178
Muhulu Meerza district 178. mahala
Mulla Kahta (also called Musjid Mola Kutah, Musjed Kutah) 109
murders 18n18, n22, 45, 46, 81n32, 91, 146, 148, 171, 210, 211;
of Alexander Burnes , 49;
of Mahmud Shah , 13;
of Shah Shuga , 118n11, 130
Murghab x, 22
music 27, 49, 93, 95, 96, 101n41
musical instruments 61, 66, 93, 95. Nukar Khana
Musjid Yeker (mosque) 75, 109, 111, 200
Nadirabad 15–16, 15, 20, 98, 128, 160
Nadir Shah 3, 13–16, 30, 103, 126. Christians, Quli Khan
naswar 115, 158–59. tobacco
natural resources 3, 4–5
Neekoo Serae 65, 75
Neill, J. Martin 87, 133, 134n11
New City 16, 25
New Musjed (mosque) 72. Shrine of the Cloak of the Prophet
Niedermayer, Oskar von 59
Nobat Khana. see Nukar Khana
Noorzaee (also Noor Zaee). see Nurzai
Nott, Maj. Gen. Sir William 8, 51, 77–78, 79, 126, 131, 133–34, 135n32, 144, 148, 160
Nukar Khana (also Nukar Khanah) (drum and musical instruments storehouse) 58, 66, 88, 93–97, 101n42, 120, 131;
music of , 95, 101n41;
religious function of , 95–97
Nurzai, subtribe of Abdali/Durrani 70
Nurzai district 73, 178
Old Kandahar 4–7, 9–10, 15, 54, 160, 182, 189
Old Musjed (Musjid) (mosque) 72, 111, 179
Old Palace 106, 107, 108, 202–3, 204, 205–6, 205, 209. Signal Tower
Oliver, Lieut. Henry 191, 201
Omar Jan Sahibzada mosque 109
O’Shea, Laurence 180–81, 182–83, 187
Outram, James 50, 87
palace 8, 23, 24, 50, 71, 102n41, 103–4. citadel, Old Palace
Papul Zaee. see Popalzai
Pashtun subtribes x, 10, 16, 21, 22, 28–29, 35–36, 39n59, 51, 67, 69, 70, 71, 112, 131, 132, 135n38, 158, 172
Pattenson, Lieut. Thomas Francis 81n22, 101n27, 146, 168n20
Persia: border with Afghanistan 162;
Gilzai conquest of , 13, 70;
war with Afghanistan , 9, 147
Persian Cromwell, The 11–12, 18n28, 102n41
Persian Hero, The 12, 18n23
Persians, living in Kandahar 8, 10–13, 28–29, 36, 39n58, 69–70, 132, 133, 159
Peshawar 23, 29, 67, 71, 146, 147, 157
photography x, xii, 175, 189, 195, 197, 198, 205–6, 213n15. Benjamin Simpson
physical location (of Kandahar) 3–4
Plan A. see 1840 Plan
Plan A.6. see PRO Plan
Plan B. see Keane Plan
Plan C. see Fraser-Tytler Plan
Plan D. see Aerial photographs
Plan E. see Durand Plan
Plan F. see Leach Plan
Plan G. see D’Aguilar Plan
plaster 25, 39n51, 89, 103, 104, 113, 114, 115, 118n29, 122, 123, 125, 145, 149, 150, 159, 167n18, 177, 198, 200;
lime plaster , 113. chunam
Political Agents 29, 38n30, 77, 78, 81n32, 87, 106, 127, 215n50. Robert Leech; Henry Rawlinson; Robert Sandeman
Pollock, Col. Sir F. Richard 9, 163, 165, 193
Pollock Mission 162–66, 169n80, 193
Popalzai tribe 21, 70, 132, 144 (also spelled Populzaee)
Popalzai district 178, 191
population 4, 17n4, 30, 32, 70, 118n17, 120, 130, 132, 144, 153, 166. Armenians, Christians, Hindus, Jews
Pottinger, Eldred 9, 18n18, 30, 73, 141
Primrose, Gen. James Maurice 201
prisons 145, 150, 205
PRO Plan (1839, Plan A.6) 53, 74–78, 94, 97, 177, 178, 179, 200, 243;
comparison with 1840 Plan , 75–78, 201;
orientation , 74;
scale , 74
Protheroe, Maj. Montague 109, 110, 118n17, 191, 214n42
Punjab 141, 146, 147
quarries 101n37, 117, 169n54, 184
qibla wall 59, 60
Quetta 30, 45, 46, 97, 135n32, 163, 212n7
race course 127, 127, 134n25
Ranjit Singh 43, 141
Rattray, James 86, 90, 91, 93, 95, 106, 110, 111, 114, 115–16, 120, 121, 125, 127–29, 132
Rawlinson, Lieut. Henry Creswicke 29–30, 38n30, 78, 87, 101n27, 106, 126, 127, 135n32, 139, 146, 148, 192;
and expulsion of Afghan people , 130–32, 140, 166n2, 167n13
Reindke, Gisela 38n33, 62, 65
repairs after first occupation 139–40
Roberts, General 173, 189, 198, 210, 215n50
Robson, Brian 177, 212n5
Royal Asiatic Society xi, 130, 131
Royal Engineers 174, 191, 191, 197
Royal Geographical Society xi, 38n30, 175, 215n54
Russian interference in Afghanistan 30, 119n30, 146, 173
Sadozai clan of the Popalzai subtribe of the Abdali (Durrani) tribe x, 16, 21, 26, 28, 29, 36, 71, 75, 76, 110, 132, 141, 178. Shah Shuja
Safdar Ali, Gen. 165
Sandeman, Maj. Robert 163, 169n65, 215n50
sanitary conditions 98, 99, 152, 153, 157, 159, 191, 192–93, 197
sardar 34, 101n27, 107, 120, 140
Second Afghan War (1878–80) xi, 7, 53, 56, 60–62, 67, 90, 103, 126, 139, 171–212
Shah Abbas of Persia 3, 10
Shah Bazaar x, 35, 57, 57, 58, 89, 93, 94, 100n12, 109, 110, 178, 179, 184, 185, 191, 196, 199, 200
Shah Bazaar mosque 72. New Musjid mosque
Shah Mahmud. see Mahmud Shah
Shahr-I Kohna. see Old Kandahar
Shahr-I Nao. see New City
Shalimar Bagh 62, 66, 71, 100, 150, 175, 176, 194–95, 196, 201, 204
Shawl Valley 45, 46
Sher Ali Khan, Amir 9, 160, 173, 193, 205, 206, 210;
zenana , 207–10
Sher Shooja-ool-Moolk. see Shuja ul-Mulkh
Shi’a Kizilbash 132, 135n36
Shi’a Muslims 13, 39n58, 96, 97, 118n17, 132;
relations with Sunni Muslims , 154
Shikarpur Bazaar 93, 178, 179, 185
Shikarpur Gate 27, 35, 54, 55, 79, 86, 87, 125, 171, 176, 177, 185 (also spelled Shikarpoor, Shikarpore)
Shrine of Sher Surkh Baba 15
Shrine of the Cloak of the Prophet (Kherqa Sherif Ziyarat) 20, 59, 62, 65, 72, 80n9, 93, 94, 94, 99, 109, 110, 120, 131, 178–79, 187–88, 196, 198, 202. New Musjed
Shuja ul-Mulkh, Shah (of the Sadozai tribe) 35, 43, 45, 47–51, 59, 63, 78, 91, 104, 109, 116, 118n11, 120–21;
murder of , 118n11, 130
Signal Tower 108, 202–3, 204, 205–6, 205. Old Palace
Simpson, Benjamin, Surgeon 5, 175, 204–5, 213n15;
photographs , 175, 177, 192, 195, 198, 202, 205–6, 207, 215n54
slave trade 10, 67, 72, 154, 167n11
Smith, Maj. Charles Bean Euan 7, 101n27, 210
smiths 65, 75, 92, 183–84
sporting activities 9, 127, 148, 154, 159, 160, 169n59, 182, 182, 183
stables 78, 195, 201, 203, 205
Stewart, Gen. Sir Donald 171, 175, 179, 188, 190–91, 201
St. John, Maj. Oliver Beauchamp Coventry 180, 183, 201;
Kandahar residence , 201, 202, 205, 207, 209, 210
strategic location (of Kandahar) 3, 5, 36
streets 15, 23, 24, 25, 35, 39n55, 53, 57, 60, 62, 87, 90, 94. bazaars
Sudoozaee. see Sadozai
Sunni Muslims 36, 39n58, 154
Tahmasp Quli Khan 10, 13. Nadir Shah
Taj Muhammad, Col. 164
Talbot, Sgt. Henry J. 176
talc 122, 124, 150
Tarnak River 5
Tate, G. P. 37n6, 89, 100n18
taxation 10, 11, 31, 34, 39n58, 116, 139, 153, 160, 166, 193
tea 92, 101n30, 158, 159, 169n52
theater 183, 183, 194, 215n47
Timur (Emperor Tamerlane, fourteenth century) 3, 15
Timur Shah (son of Ahmad Shah, father of Shah Shuja) 22, 48, 49, 111
Timur, Prince (son of Shah Shuja) 78, 91, 106, 126, and 116
tobacco 8, 26, 50, 143, 158–59, 198
Toop Khanah Gate. see Top Khanah Gate
Topchee Bashee (cannon master) 66, 68, 71, 97, 99, 178
Top Khanah (cannon storehouse) (Plan A) 66, 105, 107
Top Khanah Gate 54, 55, 66, 87, 111, 116, 131–32, 166, 188, 189, 190, 200 (also spelled Toop Khanah, Topkhana, Top Khana)
Topkhana Square 196–97, 197, 198, 200
Transport Lines 188–89, 189
treasury 16, 20, 80n14, 153
Treasury Office 153, 201
T. R. S. 80n12, 93
tuhkhana (sunken room) 122, 124
Turnuk River 126
Ukram Khaun 107
Uleekoozaee. see Alikozai
Uleezaee. see Alizai
uluma (clergy) 68
uniforms, military 48, 65, 80n15, 148, 164, 167n12, 168n28, 169n80
Urghand-ab River. see Arghandab River
Urghundaub River. see Arghandab River
vaulted bazaar 25, 64, 75, 89, 90, 93, 144, 178
vaulted domes 89, 122, 124, 134n10, 143, 144, 196, 214n37;
flat vault-domes , 122, 134n10. architecture; domes
vaulted roof 57, 120, 124, 145, 159, 200;
skew vault , 122, 134n10, 196, 214n37
Victoria, Queen 50, 157
water tank 9, 55, 56, 160, 195, 203, 205
Williams, William H. 19n49, 211–12
Willis, Lieut. Herbert Valiant 180, 181
Wilton, J. H. 78, 79, 87, 99–100, 106, 116
women 49, 135n42, 156–57, 158, 207–10. zenana
Wyld, James 60, 62
Yar Mohammad Khan 73, 141, 142
Zaranj 3, 24–25
zenana (women’s quarters) 104, 123, 123, 134n13, 207–10, 207
ziyarat 16, 19n51, 69, 93, 94, 109, 114, 127
Ziyarat-i Hazratji 127, 154, 163, 178
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