such a biased story, this guy kidnapped someone's fiance and then says she was a slave girl who went to a British guy's home by her own choice in afghans writing it says she was kidnapped and R.. says thousands of camp followers worked for the army then says there were kids in those camp followers. were those kids for pleasure or work? then he says women went to Britain at night and came back richer, there is no brothel in Afghanistan now or at that time so where did the British find these women? Or they were local women who were kidnapped and R.
Gordon Graham Me too, and I just found Sikunder Burnes’ Travels to Bokhara and Lady Sale’s Afghanistan are available for free, primary sources those two.
The Anarchy has been a great read...lots of insight on these countries' interactions
Fascinating stuff. Got your book and also "The Great Game."
I think the picture at -1:19:15 - is of mehrangarh fort of jodhpur......
great and informative discussion.
A superb lecture the British East India Company .........what a disaster
Shame our ministers didn't spend their summer holidays watching this.
such a biased story, this guy kidnapped someone's fiance and then says she was a slave girl who went to a British guy's home by her own choice in afghans writing it says she was kidnapped and R.. says thousands of camp followers worked for the army then says there were kids in those camp followers. were those kids for pleasure or work? then he says women went to Britain at night and came back richer, there is no brothel in Afghanistan now or at that time so where did the British find these women? Or they were local women who were kidnapped and R.
Yup, its a lie as usual and nothing more than British orientalist lies. Sikander Burnes has Kashmiri and Punjabi women in his harem not Afgham.
Dalrymple is great, the lady introducing him is quite annoying and is trying to imitate someone else
Fascinating stuff. Got your book and also "The Great Game."
Gordon Graham Me too, and I just found Sikunder Burnes’ Travels to Bokhara and Lady Sale’s Afghanistan are available for free, primary sources those two.