Afghanistan Rising: Islamic Law and Statecraft Between the Ottoman and British Empires

by Faiz Ahmed and Faiz Ahmed

Book Overview

Debunking conventional narratives of Afghanistan as a perennial war zone or marginal frontier, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first Muslim-majority country to gain independence from the British Empire, form a fully sovereign government, and promulgate an original constitution after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Far from a landlocked wilderness, turn-of-the-twentieth-century Afghanistan was a magnet for itinerant scholars...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674971949
• ISBN13: 9780674971943
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"