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About the book:--The author reveals that the final rupture between their Government and the Amir of Kabul, which has been impending at any time during the past four or five years—and which assumed a more threatening aspect after his contemptuous treatment of the Viceroy’s polite invitation to the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi, by which act he signalized himself as the only independent ruler in diplomatic relations with the Government of India who refused to be represented at that August ceremony—has all of a sudden been brought prominently before the Britishpeople by the warlike action of Government to resent the premeditated and unprovoked insult of a spoiled and petted barbarian neighbour who has mistaken conciliation for fear, and forbearance for weakness. It has been attempted to show from its past history, and the heterogeneous character of its population, how utterly unable the country is to maintain its independence as a friendly neighbour without our support, especially in face of the aggressive and disturbing policy pursued by Russia in Central Asia. He must explain that in committing this little pamphlet to the notice of the public, his object is to offer a brief and connected account of the history of Afghanistan, and the relations of their Government with its rulers, so far as these have from time to time become known to the public in India; whilst the account of the country and people is written from personal observation and inquiry. He has made no attempt to treat the subject in detail, for that would require volumes, and a leisure which he has not at command; but he has endeavoured to put the case clearly and concisely for a general comprehension of the whole, or for special inquiry into any particular point. About the Author:-Henry Walter Bellew MRCP (1834 –1892) was an Indian-born British medical officer who worked in Afghanistan. He wrote several books based on his explorations in the region during the course of his army career and also studied and wrote on the languages and culture of Afghanistan. He was with the Bengal Army, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service, and was posted along with Harry Burnett Lumsden and Peter Lumsden on the 1857 mission to Afghanistan. He was in Mardan with the Corps of Guides in the 1860s, and was then in Peshawar as a civil surgeon. He was appointed political officer at Kabul. In 1873-1874 Bellew participated in the Second Yarkand Mission led by Thomas Douglas Forsyth. The Title 'Afghanistan And The Afghans: Being A Brief Review Of The History Of The Country, And Account, Of Its People, With A Special Reference written/authored/edited by H. W. Bellew', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121221757 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 268 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:- . PODI