Bibliograph

The Kaiser's mission to Kabul, a secret expedition to Afghanistan in World War I, Jules Stewart ; foreword by General the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux.

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The Kaiser's mission to Kabul, a secret expedition to Afghanistan in World War I, Jules Stewart ; foreword by General the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux.

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Kaiser's mission to Kabul

Responsibility statement

Jules Stewart ; foreword by General the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux.

Sub title

a secret expedition to Afghanistan in World War I

Summary

In 1915, at the height of World War I, the Central Powers sent a secret mission, led by Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer and Werner Otto von Hentig, to the court of the emir of Afghanistan, Habibullah Khan. Jointly operated by the governments of Germany and Turkey, the purpose of the mission was to persuade the emir to declare full independence from the British Empire, enter the war on the side of the Central Powers and attack British India

Target audience

adult

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