UNDER THE ABSOLUTE AMIR

AMIR HABIBULLAH KHAN.

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UNDER
THE ABSOLUTE AMIR

BY
FRANK A. MARTIN
FOR EIGHT YEARS ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF SUCCESSIVELY TO THE AMIRS ABDUR
RAHMAN AND HABIBULLAH, AND FOR THE GREATER PART OF THAT
PERIOD THE ONLY ENGLISHMAN IN KABUL

Illustrated by the Author’s Drawings and Photographs,
and by other Photographs