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GANDAMAK

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 450 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GANDAMAK , a

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VILLAGE

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AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, 35 M. from

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JALALABAD, or JELLALABAD

Jalalabad on the road to

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KABUL

Kabul . On the

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RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat from Kabul of

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army in 1842, a

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hill near Gandamak was the

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SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene . of the

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MASSACRE

massacre of the last survivors of the force, twenty

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OFFICERS

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FORTY

forty-five

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BRITISH

British soldiers . It is also notable for the treaty of Gandamak, which was signed here in 1879 with Yakub

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KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan .

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