Nasrullah Khan, Shahzada, 40, 120 Builds house like Dorchester House, 121 Conduct on Abdur Rahman’s death, 126, 128, 133 Entry into Kabul, 31 Favourite wife dies of cholera, 201 Head of offices and mirzas, 121 Inspecting troops, 136 Journey from Chaman to Kabul, 2 _seq._ Knowledge of his religion, 203 Mission to England, its object, 110 Routes from and to Kabul, 12 Stay in Kandahar, 12, 21 Visit to England, 1895, 1 Welcomed at villages and cities, 5, 11, 24 O Officers, titles, and promotion, 223 Officials, 99, 101, 103, 109 Power over Abdur Rahman, 125 Princes and, 121 Salaries, 122 Titles, 123 Treatment of English residents, 123 Workmen and, 236 Old uniforms, 60 ʾOud Khels, thief tribe, 221-223 Oxus river, gold in, 260 P Pack animals, 4, 242, 320 Paghman, summer palace at, 52 Abdur Rahman at, 162 Palaces in Kabul, 51 Parliament, 124 Persian, the Court language, 64 Petitions to Amir, 138 Pilau, 88, 103 Plots to get Abdur Rahman’s body, 129 Political situation, 289 _seq._ Postage on letters and magazines, 211 Powder-making, accidents in, 237 Prayers, 276 Princes, Royal, their position and treatment, 120-122 Prisons, 302 In Kabul, 146 _seq._ Well in Bala Hisar, 149 Prisoners: food and treatment, 148-150 Prisoners, revolt of, 147 Provisions from India, 194 Pul-i-Bagrami, Amir’s shooting-box at, 139 Punishments, 149 _seq._, 157 _seq._ Pushtoo, 63 Q Quail-shooting, 174, 176 Queen Sultana, 30 Influence, 126 Lived at Gulistan serai, 294 R Racing, 75 Rafts for crossing river, 317 Railways, why not wanted, 305 Railways would be easy to make in Afghanistan, 29 Ramazan fast, 277 Regimental bands, 223, 224 Regiments, how named, 220 Religion, 266 _seq._ Crimes and offences, 274 Revenue of country, 296 Road from Chaman to Kandahar, 29 Robberies— And murders on roads, 27 By collectors of revenue, 123 In Kabul, 47, 144 Roberts, Lord, march to Kandahar, 113, 114 Roberts, Lord, rased Bala Hisar, 303 Roofs of houses used for exercise and sleeping, 205 Route to Kabul through Khilat, Mukur, and Ghazni, 22 Routes from India to Afghanistan, 12 Rupees, 252 Russian encroachments on frontier, 297 Russian influence in Kabul, 297 Russian railway to Khuskh, 114 S “Sandalee,” for warming rooms, described, 90 Sayids, 272 Schools, 64 Seaboard desired, 306 Serais, 312 Servants in Kabul, 186 Shahrara palace, 52 Shaitans (demons), stories of, 81 _seq._ Sheep raising, 194 Shere Ali, Amir, story of chief of ʾOud Khels and, 221 Shiah sect, 266 Shinwari tribe, 112 Shooting near Kabul, 174 Silk, where produced, 240 Singing, 70 Sirdar, title conferred only on Amir’s sons, 30 Smoking, 89 Snipe-shooting, 175 Snuff-taking, 90