« Yar Mohammad Khan in Herat: the Political Relationship between Iran and Afghanistan in the Mid-19th Century ». The Journal of Oriental Researches, 65-1, 2006, pp. 78-103 [in Japanese].

In 1818, Prince Kāmrān, son of Šāh Maḥmūd Dorrānī and governor of Herat at that time, had his minister, Fatḥ Ḫān Moḥammadzāī, killed for fear of his increasing influence. This murder led to revolts by the victim’s brothers, Dost Moḥammad Ḫān and Kohandel Ḫān, who established themselves at Kabul and Qandahar respectively, while Kāmrān himself could hold only Herat. This unique article focuses on one of the key figures in this Afghan civil war (1818-1826), Yār Moḥammad Ḫān, who gained power as ..