Full Description
The Sirāj al-tawārīkh 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. This set comprises the complete volumes 1-4 (in 11 parts) of the Sirāj al-tawārīkh.
The complete set of 11 volumes can also be purchased as an online reference work.
Contents
Volume 1: The Saduzaʾi Era, 1747-1843
Volume 2: The Muhammadzaʾi Era, 1843-1880
Volume 3, Part One: The Reign of Amir ʿAbd al-Rahmān Khān, 1880-1889
Volume 3, Part Two: The Reign of Amir ʿAbd al-Rahmān Khān, 1889-1893
Volume 3, Part Three: The Reign of Amir ʿAbd al-Rahmān Khān, 1893-1896
Volume 3, Part Four: The Reign of Amir ʿAbd al-Rahmān Khān, 1880-1901, and
Appendices, Glossaries, Index, Bibliography
Volume 3 Conclusion (Tatimmah) and Volume 4, Part One: , 1896-1898
Volume 4, Part Two: 1898-1901
Volume 4, Part Three: 1901-1905
Volume 4, Part Four: 1905-1919
Volume 4, Part Five: Appendices, Glossaries, Bibliography, Index
