Great King Ahmad Shah Durrani ruled Afghanistan and an empire stretching from Iran in the North to the Indian Ocean. Known as just, wise and loved by his people - yet he was troubled. He needed to find someone to help - but how?

Some two hundred and fifty years ago the great King Ahmad Shah Durrani ruled Afghanistan. His magnificent empire extended from eastern Iran to northern India, and from the Amu Darya to the Indian Ocean. Known to his people as Ahmad Shah Baba (Ahmad Shah, our father), the king was an outstanding general and a just ruler. But he was vexed with troubles and needed to find someone with the right qualities to help him - but how?

Meer dan 250 jaar geleden regeerde de grote koning Ahmad Shah Durrani over Afghanistan. Dit boek vertelt de intrigerende legende van Ahmad Shah Baba in Dari en Pashto.

Some two hundred and fifty years ago the great King Ahmad Shah Durrani ruled Afghanistan. His magnificent empire extended from eastern Iran to northern India, and from the Amu Darya to the Indian Ocean. Known to his people as Ahmad Shah Baba (Ahmad Shah, our father), the king was an outstanding general and a just ruler. But he was vexed with troubles and needed to find someone with the right qualities to help him -- but how? Among other things the story provides a framework through which young readers can consider and discuss the qualities needed for a useful and happy life. Additional pages include a short biography of Ahmad Shah, a map of the Durrani Empire, and suggested discussion points.

Great King Ahmad Shah Durrani ruled Afghanistan and an empire stretching from Iran in the North to the Indian Ocean. Known as just, wise and loved by his people - yet he was troubled. He needed to find someone to help - but how?

'Empires of Mud' analyses the dynamics of warlordism in Afghanistan. It analyses aspects of the Afghan environment that might have been conductive to the fragmentation of central authority and the emergence of warlords and then accounts for the emergence of warlordism in the 1980s.