'Abd al-Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghanistan, -1901; Afghanistan -- History; Kabul (Afghanistan)
Soldiers—
And arms, 213 _seq._
Dress, 59, 213
Field-cooking utensils, 219
Guards, 3, 145
Length of service, 219
Medals, 218
Mode of life, 220
Pay, 218,
increased, 136
Qualities, 225
Ready to revolt on Abdur Rahman’s death, 131, 135-137, 295
Uniforms, 216
Spies, favourite accusation of, 152
Spies in foreign countries, 303, 306
Sponges, legend about, 84
Spy system, 99, 151
Abolished, 134
Stealing, punishment for, 166
Story-tellers, 75
Sundials, 91
Suni sect, 266
Superstition, stories of, 78 _seq._
Swordstick combats, 73
T
Tea imported, 244
Timber, 240, 317
Time, how kept, 91-92
Tirah campaign, 300
Its effect on traffic, 196
Tobacco, 89
Tortures, 153 _seq._, 302
Trade and commerce, 229 _seq._
Treasury, public and private, 101
Turkestanis, 63
U
Usbeg game of “Buz-bazee,” 315
Usbeg Lancers, 3
Usbegs, 63
W
Warming rooms, method of, 90
Weddings of different classes, 94-95
Weights and measures, 245
White, General, defence of Ladysmith, 119
Wives, plurality of, 287
Working hours, 205
Workmen, foreman and, 236
Pay of, 238
Workshops, 229 _seq._, 234
Women, laws of “purdah” suspended in time of war, 227
Women, not valued in Kabul, 198
Wrestling matches, 74
Y
Yakoob Khan, 112, 293
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