. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . o be behindin establishing their mission at the same expedition accordingly set out from the expedition at once took the character ofan invasion, and the movement, supported bymilitary force, continued until Cabul was againoccupied by British soldiers. Another divis-ion of the army took possession of Candahar,and the Government was soon in co
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . o be behindin establishing their mission at the same expedition accordingly set out from the expedition at once took the character ofan invasion, and the movement, supported bymilitary force, continued until Cabul was againoccupied by British soldiers. Another divis-ion of the army took possession of Candahar,and the Government was soon in condition todictate its own terms of settlement. At this juncture Shere Ali died, and was GREAT BRITAIN.—REFORMS OF THE EIGHTH DECADE. 429 succeeded by his son, Yakoob Khan. Thelatter made haste to confer with the Britishauthorities, and at a place called Gandamaka new treaty was made and signed, on the 5thof May, 1879. It was agreed that the Ameerfihould grant new boundary-lines for British should siij)port that country against all foreignenemies. The establishment of the Englishmission at Cabul was also granted by theAmeer, and Sir Lewis Cavagnari became therepresentative of England at the Court ofYakoob Khan. Everything seemed to have. HAZARAH, FROM NORTHERN HIGHLANDS-AFGHAN WARRIOR. bdia, and that he should be compensated forthe cession by the payment from the treasuryot British India of sixty thousand pounds. Itwas also agreed that, for the concessions by Great Britain, she should hereafter?regard Cabul as under her protectorate, and turned out in perfect accord with the plans andpurposes of Great Britain. Scarcely, however, had the English Em-bassy been planted in Cabul unti^ a revoltbroke out, very similar to that which had hap>peued in the case of Sir Alexander Burnes, V) 430 UNIVERSAL HISTORY.—THE MODERN WORLD. the days of Dost Mohammed. The Englishrepresentatives and other officers in Cabul
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