SHERE See also:

• ALI

ALI See also:

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

KHAN (1825-1879)  , See also:

• AMIR, or AMEER (an Arabic word meaning " commander," from the root amr, " commanding ")

Amir of See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1825, one of the younger sons of the amir Dost Mahommed, whom he succeeded in 1863 . For some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time after his See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession Afghanistan was in a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of anarchy, and his rebellious See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers overran the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country while he remained at See also:

• KANDAHAR

Kandahar See also:

• MOURNING (from the verb " to mourn," to be sorrowful, 0. Eng. murnan; cf. O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan, to be anxious, O.N. morna, to pine away; by some referred to root seen in Gr. jdptpva, sorrow, by others to root mer-, to die)

mourning the loss of a favourite son . At length, however, the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• KABUL

Kabul in 1866 roused him to See also:

• ACTION

action; but in spite of his own bravery he suffered See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general defeat until 1868, when he regained Kabul . Supported by the viceroys of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence and Lord See also:

• MAYO
• MAYO, RICHARD SOUTHWELL BOURKE, 6TH EARL OF (1822-1872)

Mayo, Shere See also:

• ALI

Ali remained on See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good terms with the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government for some years; but after the See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion of his son Yakub See also:

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

Khan, 187o-74, he leaned towards See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, and welcomed a See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent at Kabul in 1878, and at the same time refused to receive a British See also:

• MISSION

mission . This led to See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long negotiations, and ultimately to See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, when the British forced the Khyber Pass in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1878, and defeated the amir's forces on every occasion . Shere Ali fled from his See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital and, taking See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• TURKESTAN
• TURKESTAN, or HAZRET

Turkestan, died at Mazar-i-Sharif on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1879 .