Government and society in Afghanistan : the reign of Amir ʾAbd al-Rahman Khan
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Government and society in Afghanistan : the reign of Amir ʾAbd al-Rahman Khan
（Modern Middle East series, no. 5）
University of Texas Press, c1979
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Bibliography: p. [307]-312
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is an authoritative study of the administrative, social, and economic structure of Afghanistan during a decisive stage in its history. The period covered-the reign of the "Iron" Amir Rahman Khan-was in many ways the beginning of modern Afghanistan as a cohesive nation. Although Afghanistan had emerged as an entity in 1747, it was actually under the Amir that its borders were established, its internal unification completed, and the modern concept of nationhood implanted.
Kakar approaches this complex process by taking into consideration both the internal and the external forces that influenced its development. Thus, modernization, centralization, and nationalization are seen as both defensive reactions to European imperialism and necessary preconditions to capital formation and, consequently, industrialization.
The first part of the book covers the government of the Amir, from the personality of the ruler down to the operation of his new bureaucrats at the local level. Here Kakar presents a comprehensive treatment of the Afghan system of taxation and local government. The second part views these economic and social institutions from the perspective of the major segments of the populace-nomads, townsmen, tribes, women, slaves, landowners, mullahs, merchants, and so forth.
Table of Contents
Preface
Note on Transcription
Introduction
I. The Central Government: 1
II. The Central Government: 2
III. The Local Government
IV. The System of Taxation
V. The Army
VI. Social Structure: 1
VII. Social Structure: 2
VIII. Economic Structure: 1
IX. Economic Structure: 2
Conclusion
Appendix
Note on Sources
Notes
Abbreviations Used in the Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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