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Kabul

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Kabul, the great city of India's marches; besieged by Ibn Samura for months under mangonels till breached — the foe's hamstrung elephant blocking their gate, by Ibn Khazim's stroke or al-Muhallab's — entered by force, breached again and retaken; then the Kabul Shah expelled its Muslims and Rutbil overran to Bust, till Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's million-dirham sulh covered Kabul's lands.

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Persia & Central Asia
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Kabul is a great city on the frontiers of India, according to al-Baladhuri. Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura besieged it for months with catapults until he breached it, then the Muslims entered it by force. Its people broke their word, and the Muslims took it again. Then Kabul Shah drove the Muslims out of it, and Ratbil came and prevailed as far as Bust. The peace agreement of Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra covered his land and the land of Kabul for a million dirhams. 1

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Birthplace of
Abdullah Abdullah· Mohammad Ayub Khan· Mohammad Daoud Khan· Sher Ali Khan· Ustad Ghulam Hossein· Mohammad Zahir Shah
Home of
Abdullah Abdullah· Ahmad Shah Massoud· Ashraf Ghani· Burhanuddin Rabbani· Fawzia Koofi· Habiba Sarabi· Hamid Karzai· Sima Samar· Ustad Ghulam Hossein
Place of death of
Burhanuddin Rabbani· Hafizullah Amin· Mohammad Daoud Khan· Nasrullah Khan· Nur Muhammad Taraki· Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan· Shah Shujah Durrani· Umra Khan of Jandol· Ustad Ghulam Hossein· Mohammad Zahir Shah
Burial place of
Burhanuddin Rabbani· Hafizullah Amin· Mohammad Yaqub Khan· Mohammad Daoud Khan· Nasrullah Khan· Mohammad Zahir Shah
Site of
Kabul's Opening and its King's Islam under al-Ma'mun· Kabul's Breach and Yazid ibn Ziyad's Death· Kabul Shah's Submission to al-Ma'mun· Ibn Samura's March to Kabul

People and things also explored

Sher Ali Khan· Habiba Sarabi· Mohammad Ayub Khan· Mohammad Yaqub Khan· Sima Samar· Abbas ibn al-Husayn al-Hibati· Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura· Abd Allah al-Ma'mun ibn Harun al-Rashid

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Sher Ali Khan

Emir of Afghanistan twice (1863–1866 and 1868–1879), a son of Dost Mohammad Khan, founder of the Barakzai dynasty. He inherited the emirate from his father in 1863, lost it to his brother Mohammad Afzal Khan in a civil war, and regained it in 1868. He tried to reform the administration and the army, created Afghanistan's first postal service and first school, and sought neutrality between Britain and Russia until his refusal of a permanent British mission brought on the Second Anglo-Afghan War; he died at Mazar-e Sharif in 1879 on his way to seek Russian aid.