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" Persia, that the time has arrived at which it would be right for you to interfere decidedly in the affairs of Afghanistan. Such an interference would doubtless be requisite, either to prevent the extension of Persian dominion in that quarter or to raise... "
Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics - Page 53
by Martin Ewans - 2002 - 368 pages
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 184

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1896 - 616 pages
...(1836), the Cabinet impressed upon him that the time was ripe for interference in Afghan affairs, ' either to prevent the extension of Persian dominion...the impending encroachments of Russian influence.' Our interest in Afghanistan was here, we believe, suggested in a State paper for the first time. Since...
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John Russell Colvin: The Last Lieutenant-governor of the North-West Under ...

Sir Auckland Colvin - Colonial administrators - 1895 - 246 pages
...be right for you to interfere decidedly in the affairs of Afghanistan. ' Such an interference might doubtless be requisite, either to prevent the extension...timely barrier against the impending encroachments of Eussian influence. ' We shall transmit to Mr. McNeill a copy of this despatch for his information and...
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The Governors-general of India: Second series, Volume 2

Henry Morris - Governors - 1896 - 186 pages
...would be right for you to interfere decidedly in the affairs of Afghanistan. Such an interference might doubtless be requisite, either to prevent the extension...the impending encroachments of Russian influence." The Governor-General was requested to give to this matter his immediate and most earnest attention....
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 184

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1896 - 632 pages
...India (1836), the Cabinet impressed upon him that the time was ripe for interference in Afghan affairs, 'either to prevent the extension of Persian dominion...the impending encroachments of Russian influence.' Our interest in Afghanistan was here, we believe, suggested in a State paper for the first time. Since...
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The Oxford History of India: From the Earliest Times to the End of 1911

Vincent Arthur Smith - India - 1920 - 866 pages
...on his arrival in .Persia, that the time has arrived at which it would be right for you to interfere decidedly in the affairs of Afghanistan. Such an interference...the impending encroachments of Russian influence.' ' That unhappy dispatch, the product of Lord Palmerston's fantastic fears, was the foundation of Lord...
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The Oxford History of India, from the Earliest Times to the End of 1911

Vincent Arthur Smith - India - 1928 - 866 pages
...on his arrival in Persia, that the time has arrived at which it would be right for you to interfere decidedly in the affairs of Afghanistan. Such an interference...the impending encroachments of Russian influence.' i That unhappy dispatch, the product of Lord Palmerston's fantastic fears, was the foundation of Lord...
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Muddle of the Middle East, Volume 1

Nikshoy C. Chatterji - Africa, North - 1973 - 492 pages
...was authorized to adopt any measure because "the time has arrived at which it would be to interfere decidedly in the affairs of Afghanistan. ..such an...the impending encroachments of Russian influence." These quotations do not need any elucidation. From the time when Nadir Shah's empire broke up and Afghanistan...
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The Great Game: Documents

Martin Ewans - History - 2004 - 160 pages
...could be right for you to interfere decidedly in the affairs of Afghanistan. Such an interference might doubtless be requisite, either to prevent the extension...the impending encroachments of Russian influence. We shall transmit to Mr McNeill a copy of this dispatch for his information and guidance, and you may...
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Advanced Study in the History of Modern India, Volume 2

G. S. Chhabra - India - 2005 - 710 pages
...we confide to your discreation. The time has arrived at which it would be right for you to interfere decidedly in the affairs of Afghanistan. Such an interference would doubtless be requisite, whether to prevent the extension of Persian domination to that quarter, or to raise a timely barrier...
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