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At the Court of the Amîr

At the Court of the Amîr

by John Alfred Gray

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Author
Gray, John Alfred
Title
At the Court of the Amîr: A Narrative
Credits
Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
Subject
Afghanistan -- History
Category
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eBook-No.
44395
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44395
Release Date
December 9, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.AT THE COURT of the AMÎR A NARRATIVE
  2. 2.THE APOLOGY.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. On the Road to Kabul.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. Arrival at Kabul.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. The Reception.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. Afghan Hospitals.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. Afghan Dwellings.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. The Kabul Bazaars .
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. Ethics.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. Afghan Surgeons and Physicians.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. The March to Turkestan.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. The Amîr.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. Life in Turkestan.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. The Inhabitants of Afghanistan.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. The Birth of Prince Mahomed Omer.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. The Rearing of the Infant Prince.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. The Amîr’s Conversation.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. The First Sitting.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. The Amîr as an Art Critic.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. The Levee on New Year’s Day.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. The Young Princes.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. The Return Journey to Kabul.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. The Arrival in Kabul.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. Life in Kabul.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. The Amîr’s Illness.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. Royal Patients.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. A Kabul Winter.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. A Kabul Spring.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. On Leave.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. The Welcome to Kabul.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. The Cholera.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. Another Winter.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. Adieu to Kabul.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. The Argument.
  37. 37.FOOTNOTES:
  38. 38.Transcriber's Note

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