HONR 269 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Kandahar, Subsistence Agriculture, Mudbrick
5 Mar 2017
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Reading summary 1 (barfield, 1-65: introduction (barfield) Geography has played a major influence on afghan history, with many, many invaders: authority in afghanistan (p. 21-30) Once based in elite, few internal contenders for power b/c people saw the right to power as a hereditary matter. T(cid:396)aditio(cid:374) of (cid:862)elite autho(cid:396)ity(cid:863) g(cid:396)adually lesse(cid:374)ed i(cid:374) (cid:374)i(cid:374)etee(cid:374)th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tu(cid:396)y (cid:271)/(cid:272) of. Western colonialism (but still only in infant stages in 1800s) Rural areas were happy having autonomy in exchange to su(cid:271)(cid:373)itti(cid:374)g to go(cid:448)"t (cid:894)2(cid:1009)(cid:895) After british invaded, every time afghan rulers tried to employ rural armies to fight, they (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e (cid:449)illi(cid:374)g to sha(cid:396)e po(cid:449)e(cid:396) afte(cid:396), (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g it ha(cid:396)de(cid:396) & ha(cid:396)de(cid:396) to restore authority. After 2nd anglo-afghan war, abdur rahman abolished de(cid:272)e(cid:374)t(cid:396)alized go(cid:448)"t, p(cid:396)etty much an authoritarian ruler (all of this was reversed with ousting of soviets) Issue of political legitimacy: mujahideen resistance (cid:272)i(cid:448)il (cid:449)a(cid:396) (cid:894)stale(cid:373)ate(cid:895), g(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d(cid:449)o(cid:396)k fo(cid:396) tali(cid:271)a(cid:374)"s rise.
