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Although they are nominally identified, there is little direct reference to the activities of Shikarpuri bankers in Durrani state finances specifically until the early 1880s when they appear in the context of Abd al-Rahman's redistributions of his prized British subsidy.

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

Note 26: The use of book money in Durrani state financial records is considered in Chapter 3. back

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

Note 46: The Durrani Envoy is often referred to as the Durrani Agent in India.

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

Potters such as Durrani trust the pyrotechnic abilities of wood and, despite the time consuming and labour-intensive process, prefer wood-firing to any other process (other potters use natural gas or electric kilns).

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Potters such as Durrani trust the pyrotechnic abilities of wood and, despite the time consuming and labour-intensive process, prefer wood-firing to any other process (other potters use natural gas or electric kilns).

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This was an undervalued point in helping to understand the Taliban insurgency, which could, at least in part, be understood as a movement of Ghilzai Pashtuns, rural tribes long on the outs in Afghanistan, fighting for power against the Durrani Pashtuns who have traditionally ruled the country since the mid-18th century.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

Ahmad Shah Durrani brought it from Bukhara in 1768 and appointed the Akhundzada family as its guardians.

Security Blanket 2009

Sindh police chief Wajid Durrani said police arrested 17 suspects; he blamed land speculators for igniting the unrest.

15 Killed in Karachi Violence 2011

Among the participants in this week's discussions are Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, who served as the Taliban regime's ambassador to Pakistan in 2001 and was later incarcerated in the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as well as the former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate spy agency, Gen. Assad Durrani.

Talks Court Afghan Insurgents Yaroslav Trofimov 2010

Modern Afghanistan is considered to have emerged with the first Afghan empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747—it has been a nation for decades longer than the United States, and Afghans have an accordingly strong sense of nationhood.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011