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Afghanistan Flashcards

1
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When was the First Anglo-Afghan War?

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1839-1842

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What was the name of the British force during the First Anglo-Afghan War?

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Army of the Indus

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How many camels did the Army of the Indus bring?

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30,000

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How much fodder did the camels of the Army of the Indus require?

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300-600 tonnes per day

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5
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What proportion of their camels did the Army of the Indus lose on the 57 miles from the Bolan Pass to Kandahar?

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2/3rds

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6
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When was the Russian Khiva expedition?

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1839

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7
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How many camels did the Russian Khivan expedition bring?

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10,000

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8
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What percentage of their camels did the Russian Khivan expedition (1839) lose?

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90%

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9
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Robert Sale wrote what about Afghan ambushes in his letters?

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‘until they commenced firing, not a man was known to be there’

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10
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What was the effective range of the Brown Bess musket?

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150 yards

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11
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What was the effective range of the Jezail?

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800 yards

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12
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What did Arnold Keppel describe the Afridi tribe as in 1911?

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‘the finest natural [skirmishers] in the world’

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13
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Which regions have the strongest tribal groupings?

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Rural areas: mountains, arid provinces, northern steppeland

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14
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What is the Anthropological term for the form of tribal organisation in Afghanistan?

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Segmentary Lineage Organisations

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15
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What do rural Afghan tribes tend to eschew?

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hereditary succession

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16
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Which regions have tribal aristocracies ruling over a local underclass?

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Swat, Dir, Bajaur, Kunar Valley

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17
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Which peoples have entrenched internal stratifications?

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Ghilzai and Mohmand (approaches to Kabul)

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18
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Which regions did Afghan states rely on for tax receipts prior to 1834?

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Kashmir, Punjab and Peshawar

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19
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When did the Sikh empire rise to threaten the Afghans?

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early 19th century

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20
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What event represented the culmination of Ranjit Singh’s expansion of the Sikh empire?

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the capture of Peshawar (1834)

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21
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When did Dost Muhammed attempt to take back territory from the Sikhs?

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1836

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22
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When was Dost Muhammed crowned emir?

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1826

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23
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When Dost Muhammed became Emir in 1826, what percentage of revenues was going straight to the Jagirs?

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50%

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24
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When did Abdur Rahman’s son rebel against him?

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1881

25
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How did Abdur Rahman secure the loyalty of the Ghilzai’s against the rebellion of his son in 1881?

A

liberality of food and cash

26
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How much did British occupation cost in 1841?

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£2 million

27
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What was the tax receipts of Afghanistan in 1841?

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1.5 million rupees

28
Q

What did the Earl of Auckland write in March 1841?

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‘money is our first, our second and our last want’

29
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In which month did the Earl of Auckland complain of the costs of occupation?

A

March 1841

30
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What inflation rate was caused by the influx of British cash?

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500%

31
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By what percentage did Britain cut tribal subsidies?

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25%

32
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What institution did the British abolish?

A

feudal cavalry

33
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What was the total cost of the First Anglo-Afghan War?

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£17 million

34
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When was the Second Anglo-Afghan War?

A

1878-1880

35
Q

When was Dost Muhammed given 4000 muskets and 500,000 rupees to resist Persian invasion of Herat?

A

1856

36
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What assistance did Britain give to Dost Muhammed in 1856?

A

4000 muskets and 500,000 rupees (to resist Persian invasion of Herat)

37
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What assistance did the British give to Sher Ali in 1869?

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12 artillery pieces, 6500 muskets, 600,000 rupees

38
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What was Afghanistan’s tax revenue in 1869?

A

2.2 million rupees

39
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What did Lord Lytton offer to Sher Ali in 1876?

A

training, fortification and annual subsidy in exchange for control of foreign policy

40
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How much did the British pay Abdur Rahman in 1883?

A

1.2 million rupees per annum

41
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How much did the British pay Abdur Rahman following the Durand Agreement (1893)?

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1.8 million rupees per annum

42
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When was the Durand Agreement?

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1893 (agreed through threat of sanctions)

43
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What did the British give to Amir Habibullah in 1905?

A

confirmation of subsidies, right to purchase British weapons

44
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What system (1870s-1947) consisted of paying local tribes to self-police?

A

Sandeman System

45
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Who is the Sandeman System named after

A

Robert Sandeman, chief administrator in Balochistan

46
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When did the British install the puppet Shah Shuja?

A

1839

47
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In what year did religion serve as the basis for risings against the Shah?

A

1841

48
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In what month did Safdar Jand write to Rawlinson about the ‘country of Islam’?

A

February 1842

49
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What did Safdar Jand call Afghanistan in his letter to Rawlinson (Feb 1842)?

A

‘country of Islam’

50
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What phrase did Akhbar Khan use in letters to tribes, persuading them to join the rebellion?

A

‘Muslim nation’

51
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Who used the phrase ‘Muslim nation’ in their pro-rebellion letters to tribes?

A

Akhbar Khan

52
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In which years did Abdur Rahman write his religious tracts?

A

1883-1889

53
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What did Abdur Rahman emphasise in his religious tracts?

A

unified leadership for defensive jihad

54
Q

What proliferated in Kabul following British occupation?

A

prostitution

55
Q

What sparked the Afghan uprising in 1841?

A

Alexander Burnes refusing to return an escaped slave girl

56
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How did Dost Muhammed tax Afghanistan?

A

1000 cavalry sent out to tax at sword point

57
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What did Dost Muhammed write about his country’s economic prospects?

A

Afghanistan produces ‘nothing but men and stones’

58
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How many uprisings did Abdur Rahman endure in his 21 year reign?

A

40

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