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See also:ABEKEN, HEINRICH (1809-1872) , See also:German theologian and Prussian See also:official, was See also:born at See also:Berlin on the 8th of See also:August 1809. He studied See also:theology at Berlin and in 1834 became See also:chaplain to the Prussian See also:embassy in See also:Rome. In 1841 he visited See also:England, being commissioned by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Frederick See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William IV. to make arrangements for the See also:establishment of the See also:Protestant bishopric of See also:Jerusalem. In 1848 he received an See also:appointment in the Prussian See also:ministry for See also:foreign affairs, and in 1853 was promoted to be privy councillor of See also:legation (Geheimer Legationsrath). He was much employed by See also:Bismarck in the See also:writing of official despatches, and stood high in the favour of King William, whom he often
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and the forcible seizure of some debateable frontier lands was an untoward incident; but it was no sufficent See also:reason for calling upon the See also:British, although they had guaranteed his territory's integrity, to vindicate his rights by hostilities which would certainly bring upon him a See also:Russian invasion from the See also:north, and would compel his British See also:allies to throw an See also:army into See also:Afghanistan from the See also:south-See also:east. His See also:interest See also:lay in keeping powerful neighbours, whether See also:friends or foes, outside his king-dom. He knew this to be the only policy that would be sup-ported by the Afghan nation; and although for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time a rupture with See also:Russia seemed imminent, while the See also:Indian See also:government made ready for that contingency, the See also:amir's reserved and circumspect See also:tone in the consultations with him helped to turn the See also:balance between See also:peace and See also:war, and substantially conduced towards a pacific See also:solution. Abdur Rahman See also:left on those who met him in See also:India the impression of a clear-headed See also:man of See also:action, with See also:great self-reliance and hardihood, not without indications of the implacable severity that too often marked his See also:administration. His investment with the insignia of the highest grade of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order of the See also:Star of India appeared to give him much See also:pleasure.
From the end of 1888 the amir passed eighteen months in his See also:northern provinces bordering upon the See also:Oxus, where he was engaged in pacifying the See also:country that had been disturbed by revolts, and in..punishing with a heavy See also:hand all who were known or suspected to have taken any See also:part in See also:rebellion. Shortly after-wards (1892) he succeeded in finally beating down the resistance of the See also:Hazara tribe, who vainly attempted to defend their immemorial See also:independence, within their See also:highlands, of the central authority at See also:Kabul.
In 1893 See also:Sir See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Durand was deputed to Kabul by the government of India for the purpose of settling an See also:exchange of territory required by the demarcation of the boundary between north-eastern Afghanistan and the Russian possessions, and in order to discuss with the amir other pending questions.
The amir showed his usual ability in See also:diplomatic See also:argument, his tenacity where his own views or claims were in debate, with a sure underlying insight into the real situation. The territorial exchanges were amicably agreed upon; the relations between the Indian and Afghan governments, as previously arranged, were confirmed; and an understanding was reached upon the important and difficult subject of the border See also:line of Afghanistan on the east, towards India. In 1895 the amir found himself unable, by reason of See also:ill-See also:health, to accept an invitation from See also:Queen See also:Victoria to visit England; but his second son Nasrullah See also:Khan went in his See also:stead.
Abdur Rahman died on the 1st of See also:October 1901, being succeeded by his son Habibullah. He had defeated all enterprises by rivals against his See also:throne; he had broken down the See also:power of See also:local chiefs, and tamed the refractory tribes; so that his orders were irresistible throughout the whole dominion. His government was a military despotism resting upon a well-appointed army; it was administered through officials absolutely subservient to an inflexible will and controlled by a widespread See also:system of espionage; while the exercise of his See also:personal authority was too often stained by acts of unnecessary See also:cruelty. He held open courts for the See also:receipt of petitioners and the See also:dispensation of See also:justice; and in the disposal of business he was indefatigable. He succeeded in imposing an organized government upon the fiercest and most unruly See also:population in See also:Asia; he availed himself of See also:European inventions for strengthening his armament, while he sternly set his See also:face against all innovations which, like See also:rail-ways and telegraphs, might give Europeans a foothold within his country. His adventurous See also:life, his forcible See also:character, the position of his See also:state as a barrier between the Indian and the Russian empires, and the skill with which he held the balance in dealing with them, combined to make him a prominent figure in contemporary See also:Asiatic politics and will See also:mark his reign as an See also:epoch in the See also:history of Afghanistan.
The amir received an See also:annual See also:subsidy from the British government of 184 lakhs of rupees. He was allowed to import munitions of war. In 1896 he adopted the See also:title of Zia-ul-Millat-ud-
accompanied on his journeys as representative of the foreign See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office.
He was See also:present with the king during the See also:campaigns of 1866 and 187o—71. In 1851 he published anonymously See also:Babylon and Jerusalem, a slashing See also:criticism of the views of the Countess von See also:Hahn-Hahn (q.v.).
See Heinrich A beken, ein schlichtes Leben in bewegter Zeit (Berlin, 1898), by his widow. This is valuable by reason of the letters written from the Prussian headquarters.
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