Our Afghan policy and the occupation of Candahar / (Record no. 41672)

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Classification number Pamphlet D378.
Item number O878 1880
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Title Our Afghan policy and the occupation of Candahar /
Statement of responsibility, etc by D. B.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc London :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc William Ridgway,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1880.
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Extent 29 pages ;
Dimensions 30 cm.
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General note Cover title.
General note “Our Afghan Policy and the Occupation of Candahar is a pamphlet published in London in 1880 at the height of the debate in Great Britain over the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878–80. The author, identified only by the initials “D.B.,” was Sir David Miller Barbour (1841‒1928), a senior British administrator in India and expert on Indian monetary issues. He argues that there was no moral justification for the Anglo-Indian invasion of Afghanistan and that any argument for the invasion of, or for continued British occupation of, any part of the country had to rest on “expediency” and the need to retain control over all or parts of Afghanistan for the defense of India. He then analyzes two potential types of danger to India, “dangers arising from the action of the Afghans,” and “dangers arising from the action of Russia, on, through, or in conjunction with, the Afghans.” The author proceeds to make the case that neither of these kinds of dangers is very real, and that the “arguments appear conclusive against the occupation of Candahar, or of any portion of Afghan territory whatever.” The focus of the discussion is on the possible interaction of a military threat emanating from Afghanistan, either by the Russians or by the Russians in concert with the Afghans, with a mutiny in the Indian army, particularly by its Muslim soldiers. One of the key arguments he advances for not permanently occupying Kandahar is that this would deprive the Indian government of trustworthy soldiers whose services might be needed in India to quell a rebellion. The Liberal William Gladstone replaced the Conservative Benjamin Disraeli as prime minister in April 1880 and took office committed to a policy of full withdrawal. The last Anglo-Indian troops left Afghanistan in the spring of 1881”—copied from website.
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Language note English
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Afghan Wars.
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Geographic name Kandahar (Afghanistan).
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_pamphlet_d378_o878_1880">https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_pamphlet_d378_o878_1880</a>
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Call number prefix azu_acku_pamphlet_d378_o878_1880
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    Library of Congress Classification     Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 24/01/2018   Pamphlet D378.O878 1880 3ACKU000506070 24/01/2018 24/01/2018 Monograph The digital file donated from Library of Congress-World Digital Library, PDF is available in ACKU.