Government and Society in Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir 'Abd al-Rahman Khan

An authoritative study of the administrative, social, and economic structure of Afghanistan at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Government and Society in Afghanistan covers a decisive stage in the country's 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. It was under the Amir that its borders were established, its internal unification completed, and the modern concept of nationhood impl...