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hardcover. Zustand: near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. Tom Tomorrow (illustrator). Illustrations by Tom Tomorrow in b/w. 211 pages. 8vo, blue board-backed cloth, pictorial d.w. New York: New Press,(2005). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Signed on the title page by both authors.

Original laminated hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. 2013. PP [vi], 1674-2232. The Siraj al-tawarikh is the most important history of Afghanistan ever written. It was commissioned as an official national history by the Afghan prince, later amir, Habib Allah Khan (reigned 1901-1919). The author, Fayz Muhammad Khan, better known as 'Katib' (The Writer), was a scribe at the royal court. For more than twenty years, he had full access to government archives and oral sources and thus presents an unparalleled picture of the country from its founding in 1747 until the end of the nineteenth century. The roots of much of the fabric of Afghanistan's society today?tribe and state relations, the rule of law, gender issues, and the economy?are elegantly and minutely detailed in this immense work. The first three volumes of Siraj al-tawarikh are published as a set consisting of 6 parts. Volume Three (The Reign of Amir 'Abd al-Rahman Khan) covers the period 1880-1901. It is a documentary history of the period and contains verbatim transcripts of some 400 decrees and letters originating at the court as well as petitions sent to it. The volume offered here is Part 4 of Volume 3. Slight bumping to head of spine, otherwise in excellent condition with no inscriptions. Heavyish book so extra may be needed for shipping to non-UK customers.