Chapter I: Front Matter

AFGHANISTAN

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AFGHANISTAN

BY

ANGUS HAMILTON

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
AUTHOR OF “KOREA,” “THE SIEGE OF
MAFEKING,” ETC.

WITH A MAP AND NUMEROUS
ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1906

COPYRIGHT 1906 BY WILLIAM HEINEMANN

_All rights reserved_