Afghan Definition–noun | 1. | Also, Afghani. a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan. |
| 3. | (lowercase ) a soft woolen blanket, crocheted or knitted, usually in a geometric pattern. |
| 4. | Also called Afghan hound. one of a breed of swift hunting hounds having a long, narrow head and a long, silky coat. |
–adjective | 5. | of Afghanistan or its people or language. |
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(1839-42; 1878-80; 1919), three conflicts in which Great Britain, from its base in India, sought to extend its control over neighbouring Afghanistan and to oppose Russian influence there. The first ...
Afghan hound
breed of dog developed as a hunter in the hill country of Afghanistan. It was once thought to have originated several thousand years ago in Egypt, but there is no evidence for this theory. It was ...
Afghan carpet
thick, heavy floor covering handwoven by Turkmen craftsmen in Afghanistan and adjacent parts of Uzbekistan. While most of the weavers could be broadly labeled Ersari Turkmen, rugs are also woven by ...
Afghan War
in the history of Afghanistan, the internal conflict (1978-92) between anticommunist Muslim guerrillas and the Afghan communist government (aided in 1979-89 by Soviet troops). More broadly, the term ...
Afghan interlude
(1722-30), period in Iranian history that began with the Afghan conquest of Iran and ended with the defeat and death of the Afghan ruler Ashraf.Pashto language
Eastern Iranian language spoken by the Pashtun in eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. Its dialects fall into two main divisions: the southern, which preserves the ancient sh (as in "Pashto") ...
Pashtun
Pashto-speaking people of southeastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They constitute the majority of the population of Afghanistan and bore the exclusive name of Afghan before that name came ...
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Husayn I (reigned 1694-1722) was of a pious temperament and was especially influenced by the Shi'ite divines, whose conflicting advice, added to his own procrastination, sealed the sudden and ...
India
Russia's glacial advance into Turkistan sufficiently alarmed Prime Minister Disraeli and his secretary of state for India, Robert Salisbury, that by 1874, when they came to power in London, they ...
India
Muhammad Shah died in April 1748, and within the next 11 years four princes ascended the Mughal throne. Muhammad Shah's son, Ahmad Shah (ruled 1748-54), was deposed by his vizier, 'Imad al-Mulk. ...
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