The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80Forbes, Archibald
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The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80
Forbes, Archibald
Afghan Wars
MAINWARING, Mrs, in the Retreat.
MAIWAND; disaster at; battle at, between Mahomed Hassan and Ayoub.
MANDERSON.
MANGAL.
MARSHALL, Colonel, routs Nusseer Khan.
MASSY, Brigadier-General; occupies the Shutargurdan pass; takes
possession of the Sherpur cantonments; in the attack on Mahomed Jan; in
the defence of the Sherpur cantonments.
MAUDE, General.
MAULE, Lieutenant.
MAZRA; Ayoub's camp at, during battle of Candahar.
M'CASKILL, Brigadier-General, with Pollock; in the last skirmishes.
MEER AKHOR FORT, the, blown up.
MEER BUTCHA, a chief of Kohistan.
MEERZA AHMED, a Dooranee chief.
MEHRAB, Khan of Khelat.
MICHNAI PASS, the.
M'Neill, British Envoy to Persia.
MOHUN LAL, agent for Macnaghten's 'blood money.'
MONEY, Colonel, left to hold the Shutargurdan pass; brought out by
Gough; in the battle of Candahar.
MONTEATH, Colonel, sent against the Ghilzais; in the council of war at
Jellalabad; at the great sortie.
MONTENARO, Captain, killed at the Meer Akhor fort.
MONTGOMERY, Sir Robert, against keeping Candahar.
MOOKOOR.
MOOLLA SHIKORE, Shah Soojah's minister.
MOOLTAN.
MOORE, Elphinstone's servant.
MORGAN.
MULLA SAHIBDAD.
MUNDABAD.
MURCHA PASS.
MUSA KHAN, heir of Yakoub Khan.
MUSHAKI.
MUSHK-I-ALUM, a Moulla of Ghuznee; his influence; governor of Cabul,
fires the beacon on the Asmai heights.
MUSTAPHI, the, punished for the Cavagnari massacre.
N.
NAGHLOO.
NANUCHEE PASS, the.
NAPIER, Lieutenant Scott, of the 92d Highlanders.
NAPIER, Lord, of Magdala, in favour of keeping Candahar.
NEK MAHOMED KHAN, Afghan commander at the battle of Charasiah.
NEPAUL.
NEVILLE, of the Bengal Lancers.
NICHOLL, Captain, his heroism in the Retreat.
NIJRAO.
NORMAN, Sir Henry, against keeping Candahar.
NORTHBROOK, Lord, relations with Shere Ali.
NOTT, General; in command at Candahar; occupies Khelat; his character;
discipline; disagrees with Macnaghten; receives orders from Elphinstone
to evacuate Candahar, refuses to obey; fighting with Meerza Ahmed; his
letter to Brigadier England; Lord Ellenborough repeats orders to
evacuate Candahar, obeys; marches towards Cabul; drives Afghans out of
Ghuznee; refuses to aid in the rescue of the prisoners.
NUGENT, Lieutenant, killed.
NUSSEER, Khan of Khelat.
NUTTALL, General.
O.
OLDFIELD, Captain, in the Council of War at Jellalabad.
ORENBURG.
OSMAN KHAN.
OUTRAM pursues Dost Mahomed; raid on the Ghilzais.
P.
PALLISER, Brigadier-General.
PALMER, Colonel, tortured.
PALMERSTON'S, Lord, ultimatum to Persia.
PANJSHIR RIVER, the.
PASKEVITCH, General.
PATHANS.
PEAT, Captain, at siege of Ghuznee.
PEIWAR PASS, the.
PELLY, Sir Lewis, at the conference of Peshawur.
PEROFFSKY.
PERSIA, relations between Great Britain and.
PESHAWUR.
PESHBOLAK.
PETROFFSKY, a Russian writer.
PHAYRE, Brigadier-General.
PICQUET HILL, the, attacked by Ayoub Khan.
PIONEERS, the.
PISHEEN VALLEY, the; retained by us.
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