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Join Amin Khan on a journey of resilience and hope as he navigates life's challenges through unwavering faith. Discover how he conquers adversity with courage, perseverance, and the power of belief
Poetry. Northwest Africa Studies. Middle Eastern Studies. Translated from the French by Dawn Michelle Baude. "VISION OF THE RETURN is an ambitious work that wants to reinvent a space of writing (& breathing). Weary of earlier generations' lyrical excesses, Khan thrives on the quasi-laconic statement ('for him who travels / there is no sadness // there are blades in the heart / and traces in the sky / that are birds') & proposes a language conscious of, & carefully focused on, its own movements." Pierre Joris"
In this two-volume biography of 1846, Indian diplomat and author Mohan Lal (1812-77) describes the life of Amir Dost Mohammed Khan (1793-1863), the ruler of Afghanistan. The work also includes an eye-witness account of the disastrous First Anglo-Afghan War. Lal, who was attached to the British mission to Kabul, had prepared an account in English and Persian which was lost during the chaos of the War, but he later put the story together again. In his Preface, Lal apologises to the reader for his abundant errors both in grammar and idiom and explains that anecdotes about the Amir's adventures and morals were generally communicated to him second-hand. However, the book, which contains illustrations and draws personal correspondence, is a fascinating account of the ruler himself and of his political dealings with the English, Russian and Persian governments at the time of the 'Great Game' in Central Asia.
State formation in post-colonial societies differed greatly from the formation of the Western capitalist state. The latter has been extensively studied, while a coherent grasp of the post-colonial state has remained elusive. Amin-Khan provides a critical historical and contemporary understanding of post-colonial state formations in Asia and Africa, and suggests how this process differed from the formation of states in Latin America. In distinguishing between the post-colonial state and the Western capitalist state, the author argues that the unitary colonial state left a strong legacy on the decolonized states of Asia and Africa, reinscribing their subordination vis-à-vis Western states, tr...
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Amin Khan, Andrews Henderson Leith Frazer, Awar Khan Aibak, Cecil Beadon, Charles Eyre, Fidai Khan, Frederick Burrows, Frederick James Halliday, George Campbell (1824-1892), Harry Verelst (colonial governor), Henry Vansittart, Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang, Ijjauddin Balban Iuzbaki, Islam Khan II, Izzuddin Yahya, Jahangir Quli Beg, Jalaluddin Masud Jani, John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, John Cartier, John Herbert (Conservative politician), Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, List of Governors of Bengal, Mahabat Khan, Malik Ikhtiyaruddin Iu...
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The Sir?j al-taw?r?kh is the most important history of Afghanistan ever written. This pinnacle of the rich Afghan historiographic tradition is available in English translation, annotated, fully indexed, including an introduction, eight appendices, Persian-English and English-Persian glossaries, and bibliography.