# At the Court of the Amîr: A Narrative

Author: Gray, John Alfred

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44395

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=At+the+Court+of+the+Am%C3%AEr%3A+A+Narrative+Gray&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The start and the wherefore. Unsettled condition of Afghanistan. Departure from Peshawur. Jumrûd Fort and the Watch-tower. The Afghan guard. The Khyber defile. Eccentricities of Rosinante. Lunch at Ali Musjid. Pathan villages. Pathans, their appearance and customs. Arrival at Landi-Kotal Serai. The Shenwari country. Caravan of Traders. Dakka. Dangers of the Kabul River. Mussaks. Camp at Bassawal. Chahardeh. Mountain road by the river. Distant view of Jelalabad.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/55/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/57/index.md)
- [ill. He at once ordered the two chief Hakims and all the Hindustani](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/58/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/66/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/54/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/60/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/56/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/67/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/61/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/68/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/62/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/63/index.md)
- [ill. The Hakims, who were attending him, not knowing the use of the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/59/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/64/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/51/index.md)
- [ill. He had had fever, but was now suffering from suppuration of the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/48/index.md)
- [ill. This was the gentleman I met first in Turkestan, who struck me as](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/65/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/at-the-court-of-the-amir-a-narrative-44395/chapters/5/index.md)