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Timeline of Kabul

The following is a timeline of the history of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Prior to 20th century edit

  • Circa 1500–1200 B.C. – The Rigveda, a book of Vedic Sanskrit hymns, called this town "Kubha". By about 1000 BC the Zend Avesta of Zoroastrianism mentioned the region and praised it as ideal.[1][2][3]
  • c. 678–549 BCE. - Kabul valley was part of the Median Empire.
  • c. 549 BCE. the Median Empire was annexed by Cyrus The Great and Kabul valley became part the Achaemenid Empire.
  • c. 330 BCE. the Achaemenid empire was conquered by Alexander the Great.
  • c. 305 BCE. the valley is seized by Alexander's general Seleucus, becoming part of the Seleucid Empire.
  • c. 5th century CE – Bala Hissar (fortress) built.
  • 565 – Kabul Shahi is in power.
  • 794 – Shahi capital relocated to Kabul from Kapisa.
  • 1461 – Wali khan Beg is in power.[4]
  • 1502 – Arghunid Muqim in power.[4]
  • 1504 – Siege of Kabul; Mughal Babur in power.[4] [5]
  • 1528 – Gardens of Babur developed outside city.
  • 1545 – Mughal Humayun in power.[6]
  • 1637 – Char Chatta Bazaar built.[7]
  • 1646 – Shahjahani Mosque built.[8]
  • 1738 – Persian Nader Shah captures citadel.[4]
  • 1747 – Ahmad Shah Durrani in power.[4]
  • 1772 – Timur Shah Naizy in power.[4]
  • 1773 – Durrani capital relocated to Kabul from Kandahar (approximate date).[7]
  • 1793 – Timur Shah Mausoleum built.[8]
  • 1838 – British troops arrive.[9]
  • 1839 – 7 August: Shah Shujah Durrani in power.[9]
  • 1841 – 2 November: Uprising against Shah Shujah Durrani.[7]
  • 1842
  • 1850 – Char Chatta (bazaar) restored.[10]
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    Panoramic view of Kabul, 1890s

    20th century edit

     
    Market 1976
     
    View towards Kabul in June 1976

    21st century edit

    See also edit

    References edit

    1. ^ Adamec, Ludwig. Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan, p. (Scarecrow Press, Rowman & Littlefield, 2012).
    2. ^ Street, Lucie. The Tent Pegs of Heaven: A Journey Through Afghanistan, p. 49 (Hale, 1967): "The Rigveda refers to the city of Kabul by name as 'Kubha'...."
    3. ^ "Kabul: City of lost glories". BBC News. November 12, 2001. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
    4. ^ a b c d e f g h Bosworth 2007.
    5. ^ a b c Britannica 1910.
    6. ^ Stephen F. Dale; Alam Payind (1999). "The Ahrārī Waqf in Kābul in the Year 1546 and the Mughūl Naqshbandiyyah". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 119 (2): 218–233. doi:10.2307/606107. JSTOR 606107.
    7. ^ a b c d e Balfour 1885.
    8. ^ a b c d e f ArchNet.org. "Kabul". Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012.
    9. ^ a b Louis Dupree (1967). "The Retreat of the British Army from Kabul to Jalalabad in 1842: History and Folklore". Journal of the Folklore Institute. 4.
    10. ^ Gazetteer of India 1908.
    11. ^ Grove 2009.
    12. ^ Frederick Simpich (January 1921). "Every-Day Life in Afghanistan". National Geographic Magazine. USA.
    13. ^ "Afghanistan Digital Library". New York University. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
    14. ^ Nancy Hatch Dupree (20 April 1998). "Museum Under Siege". Archaeology. Archaeological Institute of America. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
    15. ^ M. Henneberger (23 December 2001). "A Nation Challenged: the Exiled Ruler". New York Times.
    16. ^ "Once Prosperous, Jangalak Now Fills With Refugees". Eurasianet.org. Open Society Institute. 15 October 2010.
    17. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
    18. ^ John Baily (2005). "So near, so Far: Kabul's Music in Exile". Ethnomusicology Forum. 14.
    19. ^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
    20. ^ a b c "History of Kabul". Kabul. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
    21. ^ "About Us". Kabul: Nejat Center. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
    22. ^ "Afghanistan Music Unit". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 1 March 2013. Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia
    23. ^ a b "Afghanistan Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
    24. ^ World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva, archived from the original on March 28, 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
    25. ^ "Suicide Bomber Attacks Kabul Military Hospital". New York Times. 21 May 2011.
    26. ^ "Urban Regeneration". Turquoise Mountain Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
    27. ^ a b c Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.
    28. ^ Central Statistics Organization. "Population of Kabul City by District and Sex 2012–13". Government of Afghanistan. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
    29. ^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

    Bibliography edit

    Published in 19th century
    Published in 20th century
    Published in 21st century
    • C. E. Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Kabul". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill.
    • "Kabul". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009.

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