grant us opportunities and judgment so that we may be able to remove all the causes of complaints as between the Nation and the Government and contrary to the precedent the Nation may regard the Government as its own Government and as a true servant desirous of the progress of the country. The modern Consultative Assemblies, like the Assemblies of all the Nations, which in the course of time have acquired progress and improvement, are an example of the advanced nature of the Councils of our preceding ages. Although the Nation has upto now expressed no desire for any such things, since I considered, and still hold, a National Assembly to be the foundation of the prosperity and as a special instrument for the reform of the country and which I had declared in my programme on

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the very first day, by the grace
of God on this occasion when
peace prevails all over Afghan-
istan I am enabled to inaugurate
such an Assembly. When you
read the little guide to the Nation-
al Assembly you will know what
difference there is between an
Assembly of to-day and the jirgas
of old. If you exercise properly
your rights and watch the
proceedings of the Government
and make attempts at improving
the National Assembly of
Afghanistan the same will be-
come the moulder of peace and
the foundation of the prosperity
and the advancement of the
country; and I have hopes in
God the High that civil wars
and dissensions and disputes will
disappear for ever from this
motherland of ours and personal
questions will no longer be the
cause of the downfall and the
ruin of this Islamic land. And
this country will ever remain

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happy, and the changes and
revolutions will not affect or be
the cause of shattering and ضایع کردن و شکستاندن
uprooting the prosperity and
advancement of the country and
the Nation; and the miscreants دنی - پلید
will not have the chance again to
be at the helm of affairs. Able and جای
righteous rulers and benevolent
agents of the country and the
Nation alone will be selected for
the betterment of Afghanistan
and they will engage themselves
in her service. Tyranny and
the worship of innovations and ابداع بدعت
corruption and bribery will
disappear altogether from this
country.

I am in a position to say that on
the day that the representatives
of the Nation in the Consultative
Assembly understood their rights
and distinguished the harmful
from the beneficial from the
point of view of the general
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dissensions will be removed and
just from that day the epoch of
happiness of Afghanistan shall
commence. I pray to God that
that day of happiness of our
beloved country, the country
belonging to me and belonging
to yourselves, may be just
this day, the first date of
the opening of the Consultative
Assembly. God is Omnipotent.
He is merciful, he is gracious.
As He has granted release to
Afghanistan from a civil revolu-
ارزانی داشت / tion and has vouchsafed peace
to Afghanistan and bestowed on
us honour, strength and unity,
so in the same way I am not
مایوس despondent regarding His further
Grace. And we cherish the
confident hope that the past
revolution would be the last
period of calamity and distress
to our Nation, and I trust by
the Grace of God it will have
ended for ever. And this first

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day of the inauguration of the Consultative Assembly will be the first day of the period of happiness of Afghanistan which will last for ever.

Honourable Reprensentatives! do not be despondent. Periods of darkness such as we have passed through, are to be found in the history of every nation of the world. After every difficulty there comes ease. After every down-fall there is a sure ascent provided only that the creatures of God do not turn away from the path of Righteousness and Humanity, and do not mistake defects for efficiency and the means of degradation for weapons of progess.

My dear children and my beloved people! what I wish to impart تفهیم کردن - اطلاع دادن to you with regard to this new period, is the present foreign policy of Afghanistan, so that you may be in touch and well-informed about the foreign policy

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of your Government of to-day. As to the remaining problems, which have arisen during this period of a year and a half and a few months, light will be thrown on the same by the Prime Minister and the other Ministers. I wish to place before you whatever correspondence and transactions have taken place with the friendly States from the very beginning of my arrival to this sacred scil of Afghanistan, so that my foreign policy may not remain undis-closed.

When I set foot on the soil of Afghanistan, myself and Shah Wali Khan and Shah Mahmud Khan remained in the southern regions and Mohammad Hashim Khan and Mohammad Gul Khan were despatched to the East. At that time in the southern region there were no evidences of the influence of the followers of

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Boy Scouts, 1933


Bacha Saqqao and no one gave
any importance or respect or
placed trust in the Saqqavi
Government. But the moment
Amanullah Khan with an army
from Kandahar appeared in the
boundary of Kalat and Muqar
and announced to the people
round about his intention of
invading Kabul, the people of
the southern region became
somewhat suspicious and they
thought that I along with my
brothers was engaged in the
service for and on behalf of
Amanullah Khan. I made it
clear that my endeavour was
put forth with reference to no
personality. Even myself and
my brothers had not come
for establishing ourselves. We
wanted only that peace should
reign in Afghanistan and that
the civil wars should vanish and
that that person whom the
entire Afghan Nation selected

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as their King should be appointed to the position. However, in spite of all insistence from me, the people of the southern regions remained suspicious of my declaration and were not satisfied. I was, therefore, compelled in the absence of acknowledgment and confirmation of the entire Afghan Nation, not to take into consideration the declaration of my Kingship. In spite of all the pressure that was brought to bear upon me with every event of importance and occasions of defeat and failures, I always relied on the name of God than on the name of Sovereignty and always gave preference to the kindness and blessing of God over the help that I might have attained by the title of King, so much so that in most parts of the southern regions, confusion of thought prevailed and the followers of Bacha Saqqao acquired

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complete control in the southern
regions. They captured Gardez
and occupied many parts of
Khost, Orgoon, etc. At that
time I thought to seek the
help of the Afghan tribes in the
independent territory. I wanted
to get support from the Orakzai
tribe. At that time the path of
negotiations between me and
the Orakzais was in the hands
of the British. Through Haji
Mohammad Akbar Khan I
entered into negotiations with
the British Government. But
the latter did not agree. They
adduced their neutrality as
their excuse and pointed out
that to allow the Orakzais to
go over to me would be a
contravention of their declara-
tion of neutrality and the British
wrote to me a letter to this
effect, which letter to this day
is with me. I was not dis-
heartened over all this. I
did not refrain from my

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undertakings. The brave tribe of Jaji and a section of the Mangals and Ahmadzais were in my hands. At last I decided to seek help from the Waziris whose pride in Islam and Afghanistan was touched and who were ready to support me and emancipate Afghanistan. The Waziris accepted my invitation and they presented themselves before me. The British Government became more rough towards me in this connection. They brought considerable pressure upon Haji Mirza Mahammad Akbar Khan in order to force me to send away back the Waziris from Jaji to Waziristan. The declaration and letters that I had addressed to the people of Kandahar and the tribes of those districts and had sent them through Abdul Ghani Khan via Chaman were all

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The Refigi Sanatorium (1933)


مطبعه عمومی کابل
The Orphanage


received by the tribes of Kandahar and the proud Achakzais. But the British Government prevented Abdul Ghani Khan himself and took strong measures against his proceeding further and did not allow him to enter Kandahar. The moment my declaratory letters were received by them the tribes and clans of the provinces of Kandahar stood by me and I received applications declaring their pleasure at my efforts and their readiness to oppose the followers of Saqqao and their preparedness to execute my orders in the south. In spite of the objection of the British Government as soon as I sent Haji Mirza Mohammad Akbar Khan again to Parachinar to explain the impossibility of sending back the Waziris, I despatched Shah Wali Khan, Shah Mahmud Khan and

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Mohammad Gul Khan with other Waziri chiefs and a section of the Jajis, Mangals and Ahmadzais, Jadrans, Totakhels and Gardezis to the front of Lohgar and Kabul. The British Government were not as yet satisfied with the reasons of impossibilities of sending back the Waziris when the news of the conquest of Kabul was received. In short, before the fall of Kabul there were considerable obscurity and complications between myself and the British on the question of the Waziris. I was compelled by fate to try and see as to the tribes and clans of Afghans from whom I could get help because there was left in me hardly a breath of life. The threats of the British Government with regard to the co-operation of the Waziris and the tyranny of Saqqao had no

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importance in my eyes, since
the period of my life was now
very limited. I had determined
to live with self-respect or die
along with my family. Certain
interested parties after the
conquest of Kabul set afoot a
propaganda to the effect that
while I was in the southern
regions the British had lent me
help and that I had in return
given the British certain conces-
sions. To-day, in the presence
of you, the Representatives of
(اقرار و اعتراف کردن) the Nation, I avow that I have
received no help whatsoever
from any foreign Power. Only
the kindness and help of God
the Powerful and the loyalty
of the people of Afghanistan
have enabled me in capturing
Kabul. To support my efforts
to free my country, only the
especial Divine Grace and the
شجاعت - دلاوری valour and the spirit of the
general Afghan Nation were

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utilized. As for those persons
and people who cherished
hostility towards the Govern-
ment of Amanullah Khan, as
well as the Ministers and officers
and the spiritual leaders and
respectable members of public,
who were not agreeable to the
personally harmful activities of
Amanullah Khan, it is certain
that their want of agreement
with Amanullah Khan was for
the good of the motherland
and the happiness of the nation.
They desired to keep him back
from those thoughtless and
بیهوده - vainglorious activities, which did
not take into consideration the
sentiments of the Nation or of
religion since by the advice of
certain short-sighted people he
had disgusted the Nation and
had kept away from himself
all the people of influence and
fidelity whose services for the
welfare of the community would

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The Arts School, Kabul.


Hurdles Race.
Independence Day. 1932.


have proved valuable to the
Nation.
My beloved people ! I was much im-
سخنان بچه‌گان و ساده pressed when I heard the prattle
of interested parties. My policy
in Afghanistan is without any
secret or mystery. My policy
in Afghanistan is open policy.
I wish to make everything
clear to you, so that you may
be acquainted with every cir-
cumstances and may know your
own affairs.
When I reached Kabul and you my
countrymen pressed and impor-
tuned me to be the chosen King
of Afghanistan, the Foreign
Ministry immediately announced
the event to the whole world.
In reply to the proclamation the
Foreign Ministries of all the
friendly States sent congratula-
tions and recognition of the pre-
sent Government and acknow-
ledgement and announcement
on their part of the same. The

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Turkish Ambassador was present
in Kabul. The Ambassador of
the Soviet Government also
was the first to reach Kabul
and the friendly nations oneafter
another sent their Ambassadors
and accredited representatives
to the Court of Afghanistan.
In accordance with the principles
of International laws I recognized
all the treaties which the preced-
ing Government had entered into
with the friendly States. I
have made no other treaty,
secret or open, at all. No
doubt, last year some of the
States rendered assistance to us.
For example the Government
of Great Britain without any
condition rendered help to
Afghanistan. This help consisted
of a loan of £175,000 without
interest and 10,000 rifles and
five lakh cartridges. And
since this help is free from any
لکه و بیماری kind of taint, secret or open,

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and is a gift without any stipulation, I have accepted it with gratefulness. Amanullah Khan, too, had accepted motors and telegraph wires and other things from the British Government and in the campaign against Mullah Abdullah 5,000 rifles and cartridges were accepted from the Government of India,-transactions which to this day have not been made public andeven when Amanullah Khan was in London, there were presented to him by the Government of His Britannic Majesty some amounts in cash, 10,000 rifles and sundry articles as gift, which Amanullah Khan accepted. I tell you plainly and clearly what I have effected in respect of foreign policy. And I give you assurance that my Government upto this day has given concessions or rights to no State, and so long as

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I am alive, God willing, no
such transaction will receive
my signature. I do not at all
wish that there should be any
secrecy or mystery in the Foreign
policy of Afghanistan. Similarly,
I advise my Government and
my nation that the geographical
position of Afghanistan will
under no circumstances tolerate
secret diplomacy. It lies on
us ever to eschew the ways of
secret diplomacy.

Besides the weapons which the British
Government gave us as help
we have contracted to purchase
16,000 rifles and one crore and
eight lakhs cartridges from
France. The price of nine
thousand out of the same has
been paid off in cash and the
balance will be paid in due
course. The German Govern
ment too has assumed towards
us an attitude of friendliness.
For it has transferred to us

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Ready for Gymnastics, Independence Day Celebrations, 1932.


Gymnastics, Independence Day Celebrations, 1932.


the balance of Amanullah
Khan's loan and has extended
the period of repayment by
instalment from 6 to 8 years.
The German Government has
given us 5,000 rifles and five
lakhs of cartridges and has
included the price thereof in
the loan, the repayment of which
has to be effected in 8 years.
At the same time, about 5,000
rifles and 50,000 cartridges
in addition to the weapons
which I have mentioned above
have been purchased from
England, the amount in respect
of which has been paid in cash.

Similary, we have bought at a proper
price from other friendly States
weapons for Afganistan. The
treaties which have recently been
entered into and which are being
exchanged or which are under
negotiations are as follows :—
A treaty between Japan and Afghan-

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istan has been concluded and is being exchanged.
A treaty of neutrality between Afghanistan and the Soviet Russia has been concluded de novo.
An agreement for boundary Commission between Afghanistan and Iran has been reached.
We are going to enter into negotiations with Soviet Russia in respect of a commercial treaty.
We shall enter into negotiations with Soviet Russia in respect of Postal Exchange.
A treaty between Afghanistan and the Government of the Hedjaz will soon be negotiated.
In short, whatever has taken place and whatever is being done has been declared to you without any reservation. And I wish once more to aver to you that the most advantageous policy
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which can be imagined for
Afghanistan,—and I always
recommend its continuance,—
is this : that Afghanistan should
observe neutrality and with
regard to her neighbours and
all the friendly States should
maintain relations based on such
a process and method as may
not be inimical to the interest
of Afghanistan and that she
should give practical assurance
to her neighbours, that Afghan
istan will hold the balance
perfectly even with regard to the
equal status of her neighbours
and that she will hold on to
the same policy. And it is just
this policy which is the most
wholesome, both for Afghanistan
and for the neighbours of
Afghanistan.
As regards the Independent Frontier
Tribes, let not this problem, too,
remain untouched. For the
question of Independent Terri
tory is a question of equal

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importance to Afghanistan and
the British Government. Afghan-
istan is not free from anxiety
about the border tribes with
regard to the attitude of and
conduct towards each other and
the Government of India. I
might say that the Frontier
Tribes and ourselves are one
with each other from the stand-
point of Islam and tribal relations.
The British Government has
probably had experience of and
witnessed this sympathy on the
part of the Frontier Tribes
towards Afghanistan and vice
versa for many a long year.
انکار کردن - حاشا کردن We connot possibly repudiate
this fellow-feeling. For the dis-
tress of the Independent Frontier
Tribes is sure to have repercus-
sions in Afghanistan. From this
point of view the well-being and
uplift of the Independent Tribes
are always our desire and
aspiration.

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The Saracha Bridge. Jelalabad.


The Surkhab Dam, Logar.


Respected Deputies ! this is the policy
of your Government to-day,
which I have described to you,
so that you may be acquainted
with facts without any reservation
or exaggeration. Pray, be atten-
tive to your duties. Ponder well
over every problem and then
give your decision. Apathy
towards affairs of State is a
great sin. In this very Assembly
you will be deciding the fate of
a great Nation. The mistakes
and errors on your part will not
be considered as your personal
errors and mistakes. The harm
بشره دادن resulting therefrom will accrue
to a mighty Moslem nation and
Government. Pray, apply con-
sidered judgment and practical
احتیاط - ذکاوت circumspection in the solution
of the problems before you.
You have had sufficient experi-
ence as to what amout of harm
was incurred by the preceding
Government, on account of

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recklessness and the lack of
discrimination between good and
evil on the part of the Nation.
To put this country day by
day into difficulties, —I do not
تعبیر و ترجمه کردن know how to construe this except
to describe it as the perpetration
جنایت بزرگ of felony.

Since your Government attaches great
importance to consultations and
desires that it should ever be
the source of such procedure
that it could attain acceptance
in the sight of God and the
joy of His creatures and should
achieve every necessary reform
in accordance with the public
sentiments, now with perfect joy
I open this exalted Assembly
of National Counsellors, and I
have it in view that by Divine
Grace as deliberative assistance
to the Consultative Assembly
and to attain other exalted aims
I shall be able in future to
institute an Assembly of Nobles.

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In conclusion, I entrust unto God, you as well as the Government, and the beloved Nation as a whole and pray unto God for your triumph and for the success of your sagacious deliberations."

His Majesty the King is within easy approach of the people. Thursday is a public Durbar day, and on that day any one of his subjects without distinction of birth or wealth can, without let or hindrance, see the King and lay before him his grievances.

Trade and other developments.-The commercial reforms and developments of the last four years are highly important. In spite of the great financial crisis due to the fall in the price of silver and general economic depression, statistics clearly show a steady increase in exports and imports. Government lends a helping hand to all the promising merchants and enterprisers by supplying them with large sums of money without interest. Recently an Afghan student, in possession of a French diploma of

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Tanning, was given the sum of twenty
thousand Afghanis to start a tanning factory
at Kabul. His Royal Highness Prince
Mohammad Zahir Khan, with a view to help
and encourage the industry, became a partner
by lending him another hundred thou-
sand Afghanis. Spinning and weaving
mills, paper and sugar factories will shortly
commence work in different parts of the
country. About half a dozen water-dams
are being constructed under the supervision
of Italian and German Engineers, which, when
completed, would irrigate 95,000 acres of land.
The first Afghan Bank, Shirkat-i-Ashami,
has been established and steps are being
taken for the establishment of an Imperial
Bank with branches in some of the
important trade centres inside and outside
Afghanistan. مع ملحقات ان

The Postal system with its adjuncts, the
Telegraph and the Telephone, is well
organized and efficiently conducted.

To facilitate trade, new roads are being
constructed and the old ones are thoroughly
repaired. In 1928 there were 1,100 miles of
road open to traffic, now there are 1,800 miles

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The New Customs House, Kabul.


The Dairy Farm, Aliabad.


open, and nearly 500 miles more are in process of construction; it has now become possible to travel in a car from the remote north to the extreme south almost without a break. Mines of coal and other useful metals are being worked, and those who discover any useful mine are given suitable rewards. Besides the repairs done to the old buildings that had fallen to decay or were burnt to ashes during the revolution, and which are restored to their ancient decency and magnificence, great attention is being paid to the construction of new public buildings. All these works of the King bear the stamp of his genius. The public monuments with which he adorns the capital are executed not only by his orders but undergo frequent inspections by him. These monuments, it is generally believed, will bear permanent testimony to his taste and munificence, and will command the attention and admiration of the travellers.

The old and neglected gardens are attended to once more and new ones are being laid out for the recreation and enjoyment of the public.

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مرغ خانگی
Dairies and poultry farms on modern lines have been started, and are supplying the best milk and eggs to the people of Kabul. Efforts are being made to improve the breed of live-stock.

Outside the city large fields are converted into playgrounds where can be heard the happy shouts of the citizens playing football, hockey and other games. The innumerable new buildings that enhance the splendour of the capital and other cities, the beautiful face of the country cultivated and adorned with immense gardens and playgrounds and the unbroken peace of the last four years enjoyed by so many tribes have made them forgetful of their acient animosities and relieved them from the apprehension of future danger.

The labours of this monarch are repaid many times over by the immense satisfaction resulting from his success and by the exquisite delight of beholding the general happiness of which he is the author.

The strength and clearness of his reasoning, and the breadth of his views have already given him the rank of the first and

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The Military Club, with the new Cantonment in the background.


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foremost of the Afghan diplomats and one
of the greatest organizers that the East has
ever produced. He is the idol of the
Easterner. He possesses all the qualities
of a strong and brave ruler combined with
the diplomatic skill of a modern statesman.
He is the wise general of the East and the
experienced diplomat of the West. Weigh
him as carefully as you like in the scale
of historical criticism, he will always take
rank with the greatest sovereigns and
reformers of the East. He is always devoted
to the advancement of public prosperity and
is extremely careful of the interests of his
people. He never allows himself the smallest
respite in the discharge of his duties, and
is always ready to remedy evils, to redress
wrongs and to acquaint himself personally
with the condition of his people. The
Afghans fully realize that they have now
a king who has proved his worth time and
again in war and in peace. He is called
the "Saviour of the Nation"—Naji-i-Millat.
His personality and his conduct have already
secured for him the highest reward that a
sovereign can aspire to—the love and esteem

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of his people. Those who know these virtues
of their king are happy to contemplate that
very soon they will find their motherland
on the path of real success and progress,
and earnestly pray that they might long
enjoy the benign influence of his wise and
just administration.

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The Karghah Dam, near Kabul.


The Kharwar Dam, Logar.


INDEX
A
Abbas, House of, 194
Abdul Ahad Khan, 54
Abdul Aziz Khan, 30, 152
Abdul Ghafoor, 42
Abdul Ghani Khan, 141, 205
Abdul Latif, 136, 137, 140, 151
Abdul Majid, 47
Abdul Qadir, 151
Abdul Rahman Khan, 93
Abdul Rasul Khan, 49
Abdul Wakil Khan, 54
Abdulla Khan, Lala, 64, 67
Abdur Rahim Khan, 152, 156
Achakzai, 152
Achin, 15
Afghan Bank, 221
Afghan Parliament, 192
Afghanistan, 1, 2, 6, 10, 15, 19, 72-74, 80-87, 169, 172-175, 193-202, 210, 213, 215-221
Ahmad Ali, 24
Ahmad Shah Abdali, 73
Ahmad Shah Khan, Sardar, 86
Ahmadzais, 34, 105, 110, 118, 129, 156, 207
Ali Abad, 187
Ali Ahmad Jan, 20, 27, 51-69, 82-84, 98

Ali Khel, 156, 162
Ali Shah Khan, Sardar, 140
Aliadad, 163
Allah Nawaz Khan, 119, 156, 158, 159
Altamoor, 129, 135, 142, 143
Aman Ullah Khan, H. M., 1, 2, 5, 10, 15-20, 24, 25, 36, 38, 39, 41, 47, 51-67, 75-77, 81-83, 91, 100, 105, 106, 121, 124, 125, 131, 182, 190, 195, 202, 209, 212, 214
America, 175
Amir Habib Ullah, 42
Amir Habib Ullah Khan. H. M., 74, 75, 105
Anjuman-i-Adabi, 188
Arg, 12, 29, 31, 32, 37, 41, 43, 49, 52, 69, 159-162, 168, 129
Asmai, 159
Ata-ul-Haq, 42

B
Babrak Khan, 113
Bacha Saqao (Saqaoists), 5, 12, 18, 21, 24-45, 47, 49, 53-101, 121-168, 180, 202, 207

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Bagh-i-Bala, 30, 32, 34
Bala Deh, 118, 119, 122
Bala Hisar, 184
Bani Umayya, 194
Barg, 130
Bari Kow, 56
Bedak, 126
Belgium, 175
Bini Hisar, 159, 160
Bombay, 29, 81
Bostan Serai, 47
Britain, 175, 211
British Government, 212, 213, 217
British Legation, 34
But Khak, 55, 63

C
Caliphate, 84
Caves of Mullah Omar, 55, 56
Central Asia, 153
Chahar-Asyah, 4
Chaman, 68, 205
Chaman-i-Hazoori, 160
Chamkani, 156
Chankhawah, 115
Char Deh, 159
Charkh, 126-128, 133
Chehl Satoon, 159, 162

D
Dobandi Pass, 150, 157
Dobandi, 86, 130
Dakka, 16
Darbar, 127, 128, 220
Dari Khel, 101, 114, 118, 135
Darvesh, 126, 127
Dean's Hotel, 40
Deh Mozang, 151

Dost Mohammad, Qari, 49
Durrani, 62

E
England, 187

F
Faqir Mohammad, 136
Farah, 63
France, 117, 175, 187

G
Gardez, 92, 99, 107-114, 118-126, 135, 140-156.
Gardezis, 207
German Government, the, 214
Germany, 175
Ghaus-ud-Din, 34, 106, 129-131
Ghaus-ud-Din, Mir, 126, 127, 128
Ghazi, 22
Ghazni, 59, 63-67, 125
Ghilzais, 30
Ghulam Nabi Khan, 152, 153
Great Britain, 175, 211

H
Habib Ullah, 137
Habib Ullah, Amir, 42
Habib Ullah Khan, 49
Habib Ullah Khan, H. M. Amir, 74, 75, 105
Habibia College, 29, 31, 161, 186

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Hamid Ullah, 38, 42, 154
Hanafi School, 171
Hayat Ullah Khan, Sardar, 47
Hazaras, 66, 91
Hazrat-i-Shor Bazar, 40
Hedjaz, 215
Herat, 62, 66, 91, 97
Hindu Kush, 25
Holy Quran, 193
Home Minister, 42

I

Id, 90, 103, 104
Inayat Ullah Khan, Sardar, 13, 39, 40, 60
Independence Day, 151
India, 40
Indian, 77
Islah, 150, 152
Islam, 29
Islamic Law, 172

J

Jabl-us-Saraj, 25, 29
Jadran, 111, 207
Jagdilak, 55, 64,
Jahandad Khan, 106
Jaji, 109, 126, 140, 148, 154, 165, 205, 207
Jalalabad, 1, 16, 18, 52, 54
Jamiat-ul-Ulama, 190
Jan Gul Khan, 156
Japan, 175, 214
Jehad, 14, 48

K

Kabul, 1, 4, 5, 20, 23—29, 36, 38, 41, 45, 53—71, 74, 80, 85, 90, 97, 106, 137—142, 154, 178
Kafir Koh, 31, 35, 37
Kai, 15
Kaisar-i-Hind, S. S., 79
Kajja, 153
Kalakan, 20
Kalola Pushta, 31, 32
Kandahar, 40, 54, 57, 59, 61—70, 84, 91, 97, 106, 151, 205, 206
Kandaharis, 62, 63
Karez-i-Darvesh, 154
Karim Khan, 64, 65
Katghan, 136
Khairkhana Pass, 29
Khogianis, 18, 56
Khost, 88, 93, 104, 106, 204
Khushi, 86, 125, 130, 157
Khyber Pass, 15, 16
Kiran, 43
Koh Daman, 97
Kohati, 151

L

Laghman Valley, 51
Lala Abdulla Khan, 64, 67
Levannai, 114
Logar (Lohgarh), 126, 127, 144, 207
Logar (Lohgarh) Valley, 131

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M
Mahmand, 57, 122
Mahmud Khan Yawar, 17, 18
Mahmud Sami, 53
Majlis, 190
Majlis-i-Ayan, 191
Majlis-i-Shura-i-Milli, 191
Makoolat, 183
Malik Mohammad Jan, 56
Malik Mohsin, 42, 45
Mangalis, 108, 205
Mangals, 108, 109, 142
Manzil Bagh, 65
Maranjan Hills, 159, 160
Mazar-i-Sharif, 62, 91, 152, 153
Mehr Dil Khan, 152
Mirza Mujtaba Khan, 42
Mirzaka, 142, 156
Mohammad Agha, 158, 159
Mohammad Akbar Khan, 155, 204-206
Mohammad Alam Khan, 19
Mohammad Aziz Khan, Sardar, 72
Mohammad Ghaus Khan, 91
Mohammad Gul Khan, 53, 122, 159, 201, 207
Mohammad Hashim Khan, Sardar, 57, 64, 72, 79, 89, 121, 122, 153, 201
Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, 91
Mohammad Nadir Khan, H. M., 3, 49, 72-90, 93-131, 133-225

Mohammad Qasim, 98, 152
Mohammad Rafiq Khan, 118
Mohammad Sadiq Khan, Hazrat, 39
Mohammad Shah, 56
Mohammad Siddiq, 42, 92, 98, 113, 118, 119, 134, 135, 140, 141
Mohammad Usman Khan, Sardar, 39, 47
Mohammad Yusuf Khan, Sardar, 73
Mohammad Zahir Khan, H. R. H. Prince, 221
Mohammadzais, 73
Moin-us-Saltanah, 42
Moslem World, 195
Mullah Abdulla, 212
Mullahs, 29

N
Naib-us-Saltanah, 42
Naji-i-Millat, 224
Nasrullah Khan, Sardar, 1
National Assembly, 193
Nau Burjah, 34
Nawab Khan, 156
Nimla, 17, 18, 23
Noor Mohammad Khan, 88

O
Omar Caves, 56
Orakzai, 155, 204
Orgoon, 115, 116

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P
Paiwar Pass, 75
Parachinar, 20, 21
Paris, 77
Payindah Khan, Sardar, 73
Persia, 175, 186
Peshawar, 17, 20, 57
Pinni Beg, 127
Postal Exchange, 215
Prophet Mohammad, 193, 194
Purdah 7, 171

Q
Qatghan, 92, 153
Qita-i-Namuna, 20

R
Rais Tanzimia, 24
Rome, 68
Russia, 175

S
Sabari, 110
Sadiq Khan, Hazrat Mohammad, 39
Sadozais, 73
Sahak, 144
Salam Khana, 163
Sang-i-Navishta, 159
Sari Kul, 153
Sari Roza, 115, 116
Sayed Hussain, 25, 28, 29, 35, 42, 153
Sayed Sharif Khan, 88

Scout movement, 187
Serai Khoja, 29
Shah Mahmud Khan, Sardar, 75, 86, 88, 109, 130, 140, 143, 147, 150, 154, 156, 161, 201, 206.
Shah Wali Khan, Sardar, 49, 72, 75, 79, 89, 108, 118-120, 140-145, 157, 160, 161, 201, 206
Shehr Ara, 29, 30, 161
Sheikhabad, 64
Sher Ahmad Khan, 18, 19
Sher Darwaza, 159
Sher Jan, 42, 43, 64, 86, 92, 98
Shiga, 148
Shinwaris, 15, 18, 19, 24, 28, 56
Shirkat-i-Ashami, 221
Shoora-i-Milli, 171, 176
Sijinak, 129-133, 143
Slavery, 189
Soviet Government, 211
Soviet Russia, 215
Speen, 157
Suez Canal, 79
Sulaiman Khel, 101, 116, 124, 135
Sultan Mohammad Khan, Sardar, 73
Surkhab, 130

T
Taj Mahal Hotel, 68, 80
Tarzi, 19
Thal, 75
Tirah Pass, 129

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Tor, 157
Totakhels, 156, 207
Turkey, 187
Turkish Ambassador, 211
Turkomans, 152
Turrah Baz Khan, 127

U
U. S. A., 187
Ulya Hazrat, 61
Urgoon, 92

V
Verdak, 63-67, 91

W
Wagho Jan Pass, 130, 157, 158
Wali Ali Ahmad Jan, 98
Wana, 75
Wazir Refugees, 104
Waziristan, 75, 104, 205
Wazirs, 105, 205-207
Western Asia, 6
White Fort, 142

Z
Zalmae Khan, 126, 136
Zarghoon Shehr, 130, 136
Zirak, 115
Zulfiqar Pass, 153
Zurmat, 115, 117

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