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The Kaiser's Mission to Kabul: A Secret Expedition to Afghanistan in World War I

The Kaiser's Mission to Kabul: A Secret Expedition to Afghanistan in World War I

Stewart, Jules
Richards, General David
Richards, David

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Central Asian HistoryWorld War I

ISBN10: 1788314581
ISBN13: 9781788314589
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: Jan 30 2019
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
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 aim 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. Britain saw this mission as a serious and credible threat - so much so that they tried to intercept the travellers in Persia en route to Kabul and subsequently implemented their own intelligence mission to ensure that Afghanistan would retain its neutral position. Jules Stewart provides a gripping account of the expedition, highlighting a previously little-known aspect of World War I.

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