Abdur Rahman, Amir— Admiration for Gladstone, Bismarck, McMahon, and General White, 118-119 Afghans in Australia, and, 284 Amusements, 105-108 Anecdote of, when at war with his family, 117-118 Anecdote of, when in Russia, 116 Attendants (slave boys), 108-110 Attitude towards moullahs, 269 Attitude towards working mines, 261, 305 Aversion to railways, 305 Burial, 130 Character, 117, 118 Conduct at festivals, 207 Customs, 105, 106 Death, 126 Deserted during earthquake, 256 Doctor and medicine, 104 Drinking-water, 104 Favourites, 124 Fled from cholera to Paghman, 162, 200 Fond of flowers, 107 Food, 103 Government, 98 _seq._, 102 Guard, 105 Hat with diamond star, 133 Imported Russian spy system, 151 Interest in trade and mechanics, 229, 233 Method of putting down robbery, 28 Offence of writing reports concerning him to the Indian Government, 152 On Afridi rising, 110-112 On English Parliament, 114 Palaces, 51-52, 102 Personal appearance, 37 Petitions to, 138 Plans for his country, 113, 117, 304 Policy of getting rid of influential men, 289 _seq._ Policy towards England, 110, 113 _seq._, 123, 208 Preparations for fighting or travelling, 104 Punishments, 157 _seq._, 162 _seq._, 170, 300 Reads letter from spy in Russia to author, 303 Reception of author, 38 Reception of Nasrullah Khan, 32 Sons, his treatment of them, 120, 121, 293 Stays at Nasrullah’s house, 121 Story of Moullah and, 15 Subjugated the Hazaras and Kafris, 63 Sufferings from gout, 108, 125 Title, “Light of Religion and Faith,” 123, 133 Tomb prepared at Kila Asham Khan, 129 Views on Boer War, 115 Afghanistan— As a buffer state, 298 Condition of country for warfare, 226 Difficult to enter, 308 Afghans— Admire fat men, 89 Characteristics, 61, 62, 65 _seq._, 78, 92, 100, 138, 227, 276 Colony in Australia, 283, 284 Complexion, 61 Discontented, 298 Family feuds, 66 Fond of children, 184 Lost tribes of Israel and, 62 Mode of meeting friends, 6 Policy of arming, 300 Religious fanatics, 288 Sympathy with English justice and government, 301 Workman, 235 Afridi rising, 110 Aminoolah, Sirdar, 110, 120 Amirs— Internal policy, 307 Powers and duties, 98 Amusements, 68, 205 Animals, clean and unclean, 284 Apricots, 239 Arabic, children taught to read, 65 Arak fortified palace, 36 Abdur Rahman’s body taken to, 128 Described, 51, 52 Army, 299 As a fighting machine, 225-227 Generals have no knowledge of modern warfare, 225 Asman Heights, 162, 164 Water-marked, 259 Astrologers, 84