Author(s):Jamil Ahmad Chitrali, Zahid Ali, Salman Bangash, Inayat Ullah Khan, Abdul Manan
Abstract :
The paper provides a brief introduction to a few important
Agreements negotiated between British Rulers in India and Afghan
Dynasties, and discusses the British imperialists' motives behind
these agreements. The nature of analysis is descriptive and data
used is based on re-analyzing the literature and archives available
on the topic. Library method is used with desk research pattern.
The period is known as Age of British Imperialism. Afghanistan
has experienced on its soil the presence of all of the super powers
of the world, albeit directly or indirectly, in the last three centuries
ranging from Iran, France, Germany, Russia and Great Britain to
present day America. Writings on Imperialism, either Russian or
British, could not be summed up unless and until they include the
historical events that happened in or about Afghanistan. This
paper, which will cover an important aspect of British imperialism,
assesses its treaties with Afghanistan. The history of Afghanistan,
especially in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, is full of such
agreements with world powers including the many treaties they
entered into with the British royal powers of India. This paper will
focus on a few strategically important and historically trend-setting
treaties of Afghanistan and British India signed from 1803 to 1921
A.D.