Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India

Elphinstone, Mountstuart

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“…For example, in relation to the Sindh, Richard Burton wrote in 1849: "most villages could be razed to the ground, transported to the requisite distance, and re-erected in a week, at an expense of probably a couple of rupees per house" [43]. Few years earlier, in 1842, Mountstuart Elphinstone wrote in relation to the Indus river: "the labourers have temporary huts erected, and cultivated" and "and the villages are only temporary, with a few exceptions" [61]. Mobile strategies have been proposed for the interpretation of prehistoric settlement patterns related to irregular water availability in semi-arid areas of Western India [22,60,62].…”

Section: Historical Social Responses To River Morphodynamicsmentioning

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Remote Sensing and Historical Morphodynamics of Alluvial Plains. The 1909 Indus Flood and the City of Dera Ghazi Khan (Province of Punjab, Pakistan)

Garcia

Orengo²,

Conesa

et al. 2018

Geosciences

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This paper explores the historical inundation of the city of Dera Ghazi Kkan (Punjab, Pakistan) in 1909. The rich documentation about this episode available—including historic news reports, books and maps—is used to reconstruct the historical dynamics between an urban settlement and the river morphodynamics in the Indus alluvial plain. Map and document-based historical regressive analysis is complemented with the examination of images obtained through different Remote Sensing techniques, including the use of new algorithms specifically developed for the study of topography and seasonal water availability which make possible to assess long-term changes in the Indus River basin. This case of study provides an opportunity to examine: (1) how historical hydrological dynamics are reflected in RS produced images; (2) the implications of river morphodynamics in the interpretation of settlement patterning; and (3) the documented socio-political responses to such geomorphological change. The results of this analysis are used to consider the long-term dynamics that have influenced the archaeo/cultural landscapes of the Indus River basin. This assessment provides critical insights for: (1) understanding aspects of the formation, preservation of representation of the archaeological record; (2) identifying traces of morphodynamics and their possible impact over the cultural heritage; and (3) offering insights into the role that recent historical documents can have in the interpretation of RS materials. This paper should be read in conjunction with the paper by Cameron Petrie et al. in the same issue of Geosciences, which explores the Survey of India 1” to 1-mile map series and outlines methods for using these historical maps for research on historical landscapes and settlement distribution.

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Section: Historical Social Responses To River Morphodynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Remote Sensing and Historical Morphodynamics of Alluvial Plains. The 1909 Indus Flood and the City of Dera Ghazi Khan (Province of Punjab, Pakistan)

Garcia

Orengo²,

Conesa

et al. 2018

Geosciences

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“…Rather, in the eyes of the British, Afghanistan's civi-territorial complex (Connolly, 1996) was only a loose construct, dominated by the 'settled' communities, and obscured by a heterogeneous collective of tribes with varying allegiance to Kabul. To the British, Afghanistan lacked a single sovereign authority, was divided into semi-sovereign 'tribal republics' (Elphinstone, 1842), and lacked an agreed-upon territorial limit.…”

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Imperial ontological (in)security: ‘Buffer states’, International Relations and the case of Anglo-Afghan relations, 1808–1878

Bayly

2014

European Journal of International Relations

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This article offers a new perspective on 'buffer states'-states that are geographically located between two rival powers-and their effect on international relations with a particular focus on the imperial setting. The paper argues that such geographic spaces have often been analysed through a structuralist-functionalist lens, which has in some cases encouraged ahistorical understandings on the role of buffer states in international affairs. In contrast, the article offers an approach borrowing from the literature on ontological security and critical geopolitics in order to access the meanings that such spaces have for their more powerful neighbours. The paper draws upon the case study of Afghanistan and Anglo-Afghan relations during the nineteenth century and finds that in this case, due to the ambiguity of Afghanistan's status as a 'state', and the failure of British policy-makers to establish routinized diplomatic engagement, Anglo-Afghan relations exhibited a sense of ontological insecurity for the British. These findings suggest previously unacknowledged international effects of 'buffer states', and may apply to such geographic spaces elsewhere.

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“…In 1802 the Iranians were in Mashhad again where they consolidated their hold and three years later they attacked Herat. Internal troubles in Afghanistan prevented aid from reaching the Afghan governor there, and after a Iranian victory at Ghurian, he ceded that border fortress to Iran and agreed to pay tribute for Heart (Elphinstone, 1815;Watson, 1866). Iranians was prevented from following up this success however, because war had broken out with Russia.…”

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Iran and Its Boundaries in Challenging with Foreign Relation (1789 - 1836)

Aghazadeh¹,

Nezhad²,

Abade³

2012

ACH

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From ancient times, Iran's boundaries were formed by Iranian kings' struggles. From that time, an imagination about these boundaries was formed in Iranian minds and has been continued until now. So, one of the important duties of Iranian kings was to expand Iran's boundaries to that of ancient times. The aim of this research is to investigate Iran's relations with European countries and the role of these relations in forming the Iran's boundaries from 1789 to 1828. In this research, a descriptive-analytic method is used. The findings of this research show that in Qajar dynasty, Agha Muhammad Khan and Fath Ali shah made some great attempts to expand Iran's boundaries to that of ancient times in order to, through which, can legitimate their rule on Iran. These actions made Iran to enter European countries' politics widely. Russia advanced in Caucasus and the Britain entered Iran's affairs widely to protect its realms in India, and France set a relationship with Iran in order to access India. Entrance of the unknowledgeable Iranians in international politics led to Iranian amazement, and European countries' interference in forming the Iran's boundaries, and, step by step, Iran lost some of its parts.

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Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India

Cited by 13 publications

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Remote Sensing and Historical Morphodynamics of Alluvial Plains. The 1909 Indus Flood and the City of Dera Ghazi Khan (Province of Punjab, Pakistan)

Remote Sensing and Historical Morphodynamics of Alluvial Plains. The 1909 Indus Flood and the City of Dera Ghazi Khan (Province of Punjab, Pakistan)

Imperial ontological (in)security: ‘Buffer states’, International Relations and the case of Anglo-Afghan relations, 1808–1878

Iran and Its Boundaries in Challenging with Foreign Relation (1789 - 1836)

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