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  • Note 31: See Caroe, p. 15, for one such genealogy.

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

  • Note 5: The Persian term for this rotation of royalty is badshahgardi or king turning, which Caroe repeatedly applies to the intra-Durrani dynastic succession squabbles.

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

  • The building was erected in 1888 by Caroe on a site given by the Duke of Westminster, and cost £5,000.

    Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London Walter Besant 1868

  • Seven City brokers get stuck in a lift after boozy night out Laura Caroe and Mark Blunden

    Evening Standard - Home Laura Caroe 2011

  • After his retirement from the British Foreign Office, Caroe toured the United States, speaking on behalf of the somewhat depleted British Empire.

    Countercurrents.org 2009

  • Caroe defined his task as to insure that the "lengthening shadows from the north" (i.e., the Soviet Union), did not reach the "wells of power" (i.e., the oil wells of the Persian Gulf), nor cast a shadow over Afghanistan.

    Countercurrents.org 2009

  • Caroe agreed with Churchill's concept at the time, that an independent entity in the northwest of India should remain linked to Britain, and serve as an area from which London could exercise its influence over

    Countercurrents.org 2009

  • Caroe went on to claim that the British base in India-now in Pakistan-had maintained stability in the Middle East since 1801, defying Tsar Paul's ambitions.

    Countercurrents.org 2009

  • The British objective, as expressed at length by Churchill and Caroe, prior to the partition of India, to set up an independent state, comprised of Balochs and Pushtuns, was an attempt back then, to set up a buffer nation, between the Subcontinent's large nations and the "wells of power."

    Countercurrents.org 2009

  • Caroe, a quintessential colonialist, whose policy was to keep all groups divided and fighting each other, in order to assert control over them, had been foreign secretary in Delhi from 1939-46, serving two Viceroys, Linlithgow and Wavell.

    Countercurrents.org 2009

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