The history of Afghanistan : Fayż Muḥammad Kātib Hazārah's Sirāj al-tawārīkh

Author(s)

• Kātib, Fayz̤ Muḥammad
• McChesney, R. D.
• Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi

Bibliographic Information

The history of Afghanistan : Fayż Muḥammad Kātib Hazārah's Sirāj al-tawārīkh

Brill, 2013-

• : set v. 4 hardback
• v. 3, conclusion (tatimmah) and v. 4, pt. 1
• v. 4, pt. 2
• v. 4, pt. 3
• v. 4, pt. 4
• v. 4, pt. 5

Note

子書誌あり

Statement of responsibility: v. 3, conclusion (tatimmah) and v. 4-: edited and translated by R.D. McChesney and M.M. Khorrami

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Vol. 3, conclusion (tatimmah) and v. 4, pt. 1: September 1896-May 1897 and June 1897-July 1898 -- v. 4, pt. 2: July 1898-October 1901 -- v. 4, pt. 3: October 1901-July 1905 -- v. 4, pt. 4: August 1905-February 1919 -- v. 4, pt. 5: Appendices, glossaries, bibliography, and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9789004234918

Description

The Siraj al-tawarikh is the most important history of Afghanistan ever written. It was commissioned as an official national history by the Afghan prince, later amir, Habib Allah Khan (reigned 1901-1919). The author, Fayz Muhammad Khan, better known as "Katib" (The Writer), was a scribe at the royal court. For more than twenty years, he had full access to government archives and oral sources and thus presents an unparalleled picture of the country from its founding in 1747 until the end of the nineteenth century. The roots of much of the fabric of Afghanistan's society today-tribe and state relations, the rule of law, gender issues, and the economy-are elegantly and minutely detailed in this immense work. The first three volumes of Siraj al-tawarikh are published as a set consisting of 6 parts. The previously unpublished portion of volume three and its subsequent volume four have now been published as a separate set, completing this unique resource on Afghanistan. The History of Afghanistan is also available as a complete print set of 11 volumes, covering all four volumes of this unique resource on Afghanistan. The complete set of 11 volumes can also be purchased as an online reference work.

Table of Contents

The first three volumes of Siraj al-tawarikh are published as a set consisting of 6 parts. Volume One (The Saduza'i Era) contains a geographical sketch of Afghanistan and its political history from 1747 to 1843. Volume Two (The Muhammadza'i Era) covers the period 1843-1880 and is based mainly on Persian texts and oral sources. Volume Three (The Reign of Amir 'Abd al-Rahman Khan) covers the period 1880-1896. This volume (published here in four parts) is a documentary history of the period and contains verbatim transcripts of some 400 decrees and letters originating at the court as well as petitions sent to it.

Volume

: set v. 4 hardback ISBN 9789004307575

Description

The Siraj al-tawarikh is the most important history of Afghanistan ever written. This pinnacle of the rich Afghan historiographic tradition is now available in English translation, annotated and fully indexed. Volume Four of The History of Afghanistan is published as a five-volume set and completes the previously published six-volume set.

Table of Contents

Volume 3 Conclusion (Tatimmah) and Volume 4, Part One Introduction September 1896-July 1898 Volume 4, Part Two July 1898-October 1901 Volume 4, Part Three October 1901-July 1905 Volume 4, Part Four August 1905-February 1919 Volume 4, Part Five Appendices, Glossaries, Bibliography, Index

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Details

• NCID: BB11510371
• ISBN:
  • 9789004234918
  • 9789004307575
  • 9789004307582
  • 9789004307599
  • 9789004307605
  • 9789004307612
  • 9789004307629
• LCCN: 2012036732
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS356
  • DC23 : 958.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Afghanistan -- History