The Tyrant Who Shaped Afghanistan | History Documentary

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I want to thank Timur Khan for his invaluable help with the script. He is a PhD Candidate at Leiden University and his research focuses on Durrani rule in 18th and 19th century Peshawar. Check out his Academia page: https://leidenuni.academia.edu/TimurKhan For many Islamic countries, the 19th century was a period of trying to survive European imperialism. Powers such as Britain spread the tentacles of its empire across the globe, subjugating disparate lands and peoples. In Central Asia, landlocked Afghanistan was at the prey of not one but two imperial powers, as Russia and Britain contested their Great Game. Emerging from this chaotic backdrop was an Afghan leader who through sheer will and cunning would ensure that Afghanistan, unlike so many other Islamic territories, would avoid the fate of colonisation. If Amir Abdur Rahman Khan had lived in a different age, he probably would’ve campaigned into India or Iran. But the world had changed. Hemmed in by the borders established for him by the colonial powers, the Amir went to work on forcefully knitting his nation together into a cohesive unit under the purview of his government. Abdur Rahman Khan, whose name is still associated with brutality, would leave hundreds of thousands of Afghans dead in his quest to centralise the administration of the country. But with his country under constant existential threat, the man known as the Iron Amir would’ve felt vindicated of his heavy-handedness. FREE NEWSLETTER: https://mailchi.mp/a69f93be6c66/hikma-history-newsletter - Become a Patron for as little as a dollar a month to vote on upcoming and keep the movement going! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12397811 Massive thank you to our Patreons: Callum Derek Richard Pedro Muhammad Igor Aman Shawn William Tahsin Zaki Sam Elman Walid Areeb Edgar Claudius Bilal Rob Kjetil Amin Deniz Yehoshua Artin Adam Farid Ibrahim Ari Joshua Haseeb Mahmoud Joel CoreBard - Join our social media community: Twitter: https://twitter.com/HikmaHistory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hikmahistory/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HikmaHistory/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hikma... #Afghanistan #afghan #historydocumentary Images Used: Music Used: Doug Maxwell - Arabian Nightfall (Sting): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bRzD... Epidemic Sound If any of the images or songs are yours, please let me know I will amend them. Please don't report me straight away! 0:00 Intro 1:35 Early Life 4:29 British Invasion Creates Opportunity 6:08 Becoming Amir 9:20 Ghilzai Rebellion 11:24 Ishaq Khan's Rebellion 13:16 Hazara Uprising 17:28 Durand Line 21:23 Kafiristan Becomes Nuristan 23:30 Governance & Institutions 25:46 Legacy