Istanbul And Kabul In Courtly Contact: The Question Of Exchange Between The Ottoman Empire And Afghanistan In The Late Nineteenth Century

Abstract

The aim of this article is to stimulate greater interest in a series of largely uncharted scholastic journeys—a history of encounters and exchange between the Ottoman Empire and the amirate of Afghanistan in the long nineteenth century. The Muhammadzai dynasty of Afghanistan (r. 1826-1919), though never falling under Ottoman rule, shared an increasingly warm relationship with the sultans of Istanbul beginning in the late nineteenth century.