Candahar

"Del buque de guerra el Candahar de la regna Ingleterra -- we belong to Her Majesty's ship, _Candahar_!"

Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene

Even Abdurrahman, who had received kind treatment in the persons of his imprisoned family at Candahar from the English, was not regarded as a factor of any great importance; while Ayoob, the least known of all the chiefs, was deemed harmless only a few weeks before he crossed the Helmund and defeated our troops in the only battle lost during the war.

The Life of Gordon, Volume II Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890

Established and prepared in Candahar, with a railway running the whole length of the left bank of the Indus, we may await any attempt in calmness.

Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

Candahar is therefore the grand strategical point; for if Herat be the key of Afghanistan, Candahar is the key of India.

Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

Candahar is surrounded by the Dooranee tribes, who, if left to themselves, are more likely to join an invader than to oppose him; but who, by being placed within the reach of control, may be converted into useful auxiliaries, or at all events rendered less hurtful.

Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

Alexander entered by the province now called Candahar, and it is probable that there were always some fortresses on that frontier.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

The grain brought by them was therefore left at Candahar. 94

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

Blood was shed, and it required the interposition of the Naib of Candahar to compose the quarrel. 59

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

The Syud carried an investment of broad cloths, chintz, cambris, long cloths, satins, etc. from Bombay via Bayla and Kelat to Candahar and Cabul where, though he had to pay duties, etc. amounting to 12 per cent, he disposed of his goods some at 200 per cent and the greater part at 100 per cent above his price at Bombay ....

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

All the same Candahar will be given up; and some time hence, if we have soldiers left, we shall probably have to fight our way back again to it.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006