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Title Kaiser's Mission to Kabul : A Secret Expedition to Afghanistan in World War I
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Author(s)
Call No 940.32 STE
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ISBN
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Publisher Name I B Tauris Publishers
Publishing Year 2014
Edition 1st
Pages 232
Price 0.00 PKR
Text Language English
Available Yes, Accessions:[ 48963 ]
Description In 1915, at the height of World War I, the Central Powers sent a secret mission, led by Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer and Werner Otto von Hentig, to the court of the emir of Afghanistan, Habibullah Khan. Jointly operated by the governments of Germany and Turkey, the purpose of the mission was to persuade the emir to declare full independence from the British Empire, enter the war on the side of the Central Powers and attack British India.
Keywords Wilhelm II, keizer van Duitsland, 1859-1941; Afghan War