Crossword-Solution: ABDURRAHMAN 11 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 19

Brigadier General, U.S.A AN ACCOUNT OF RUSSIA'S ADVANCE TOWARD INDIA, BASED UPON THE REPORTS AND EXPERIENCES OF RUSSIAN, GERMAN, AND BRITISH OFFICERS AND TRAVELLERS; WITH A DESCRIPTION OF AFGHANISTAN AND OF THE MILITARY RESOURCES OF THE POWERS CONCERNED [Illustration: Afghanistan: England versus Russia] [Illustration: The Ruler of Afghanistan, Abdurrahman Khan, Ameer of Kabul] * * * * * WITH THREE MAPS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS * * * * * CONTENTS.

The armament, equipment, and instruction of the troops have doubtless improved since that time, as ten years later the British Government supplied the Afghan Government with 10,000 Enfield and 5,000 Snider rifles and one field battery, and very recently (1885) it was announced that a present of Martini-Henry rifles and improved field guns had been sent to Abdurrahman by the Indian authorities.

Soon after, Abdurrahman was formally installed as Ameer of Afghanistan, and the British army withdrew from the country.

When Lord Ripon persisted in refusing Abdurrahman's proffered visit, Sir Charles tried to get civil expressions of regret from the Government, and, failing in this, wrote in despair to Lord Kimberley: "I hope to goodness he has got his teeth." It was not, however, till 1885 that the tension with Russia became really acute.

CHAPTER VII: THE AMEER ABDURRAHMAN The occupation of Afghanistan by the British troops had been prolonged far beyond the period originally intended by the authorities.