Great Game

political and diplomatic confrontation between Britain and Russia over the Central Asia region from 1830 to 1895

border between Afghanistan and Pakistan

1878–1880 war between the British Empire and the Emirate of Afghanistan

1941 invasion during World War II

battle between the Russian Empire and Turkmens (1881)

treaty between the British and Russian Empires, signed on 1907 in St. Petersburg, ending their rivalry in Central Asia to unite against Germany, in which southern Persia, Tibet, and Afghanistan were acknowledged as British sphere of influence

divides the territories of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan

1885 battle between Russian Empire and Emirate of Afghanistan

international border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan

european Expansion and the Transformation of Asia

national border between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan

Failed Russian invasion of the Khanate of Khiva

journalistic term for predicted conflict over central Asian resources

overview of the influence of European colonial powers in Afghanistan

1895 British military expedition

military campaign in 1891

1885–1887 British intervention in Korea

1837 action by Qajar Persia that preceded the Anglo-Persian War

joint British-Russian commission for the demarcation of the north-west boundary of Afghanistan in the 1880s

successful Qajar Iran siege on Herat in 1856