LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

AMANULLAII ARRIVES IN EUROPE . . . Frontispiece

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THE AUTHOR AND A PARSI TRADER IN PESHAWAR . 16

AMANULLAII WAS AN ENERGETIC TENNIS " FAN " . 16

AMANULLAH'S WINTER PALACE, JALLALABAD . „ 82

BALA HISSAR, THE OLD FORT OUTSIDE KABUL . 82

SIR FRANCIS HUMPHRYS ..... 56

ON EMS." VICTORY » ..... 80

ON H.M.S, " TIGER " ...... 80

AT THE BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS FACTORY . .112

AT THE ROYAL Am FORCE PAGEANT AT HENDON . 112

WESTERNISED BY ORDER. AFGHAN MJ?.*s IN
" MORNING COATS " BEHIND BARBED WIRE . 128

THE RESULTS OF A WESTERN TOUR* AMPLIFIERS AT
AMANULLAH'S FIRST PARLIAMENT , . .160

OFFICERS OF AMANULLAH'S BODYGUARD , . .192

WESTERNISED. THE POLICE SET AN EXAMPLE, A
GROUP IN KABUL, 1929 . ... * 192

BACHA SACHAO, THE BANDIT KING OF KABUL, WITH
HIS STAFF ....... 208

BACHA SACHAO AS A PRISONER JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH 208
BACHA SACHAO, THE BANDIT KING, MAKING A SPEECH 224

HENCHMEN OF A BANDIT KING. BACHA SACHAO'S

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