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Author:   Senzil K. Nawid
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   23
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9789004730007

ISBN 10:   9004730001
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   23 October 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Note on Transliteration and the Spelling of Names 1 Introduction: Lillias Anna Hamilton  1 Nineteenth-Century English Women Voyagers to the East  2 Hamilton’s Early Life, Professional Training and Travel to India  3 Unexpected Opportunity and Relocation to Afghanistan  4 Purpose and Structure  5 Note on Sources 2 Amir ʿAbd al-Rahman: Z̤ia al-Millat wa al-Dȋn (Light of Nation and Religion), r. 1880–1901  1 Afghanistan and the British Empire  2 ʿAbd Al-Rahman Khan’s Ascendance to the Throne  3 Amir ʿAbd Al-Rahman’s Early Life  4 British Observers’ View of Amir ʿAbd Al-Rahman  5 Relations with the British  6 The Rule of the Iron Amir  7 The Amir’ Court  8 Foreign Employees of the Amir 3 At the Royal Harem: Lillias Hamilton and Bibi Halima  1 Hamilton’s Audience with the Amir and the Sultana  2 Harem Life in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan  3 Amir ʿAbd Al-Rahman’s Harem and Household  4 Bibi Halima, the Crowned Lady of the Harem  5 A Resolute Feminist and a Powerful Queen: Hamilton and the Sultana  6 Hamilton and the Amir’s Household 4 Lillias Hamilton and Afghan Women  1 Hamilton on the Elite Women and Harem Life in Kabul: Idleness and Intrigue  2 Hamilton on Marriage and Polygamy  3 Hamilton on Female Slaves and Non-elite Women  4 Female Slaves in Hamilton’s Novels  5 Hamilton on Women in the Countryside 5 The King’s Physician  1 Appointment to the Royal Court  2 Hamilton’s Involvement in Court Politics  3 Amir ʿAbd Al-Rahman’s Invitation to England  4 Hamilton’s Appointment to Nasr-Allah Khan’s Mission  5 Continuing Efforts to Discredit Hamilton and Prevent Her Return to Kabul  6 Escalation of Tensions with the Sultana  7 Hamilton’s Impressions of the Royal Court 6 Amir ʿAbd al-Rahman through the Eyes of Lillias Hamilton  1 A Charming, Intelligent Man of Good Taste  2 The Amir’s Views on Religion  3 A Ruthless but Astute Ruler  4 Establishment of Law and Order  5 Modernizing Tyrant  6 Progress in the Field of Medicine  7 Centralization of Power and Unification of Afghanistan  8 Hamilton’s Defense of the Occupation of Kafiristan  9 The Question of Succession 7 Departure from Afghanistan  Epilogue Appendix: ʿAbd al-Rahman’s Wives, Concubines and Children Glossary of Terms Bibliography Index

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Senzil Nawid (Ph.D. 1987), University of Arizona, was professor at the same institution. She is the author of Religious Response to Social Change in Afghanistan (Mazda, 1999), as well as numerous articles, book chapters and encyclopedia entries on Afghanistan.

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