Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
By the start of the 19th century, the British East India Company had become the dominant power across the subcontinent. Britain came to realise the vast productive potential of India and sought to protect this asset by any means necessary. At the same time, Russia’s imperial expansion started to gain real momentum by the 1820s. Russia’s rise worried the British. This Great Game rivalry placed the mountainous Kingdom of Afghanistan in the middle. The ever ambitious Afghan ruler, Dost Mohammad Khan made every effort to take advantage of this predicament he found himself in. But in the end, his intrigues and plans were not well-received by the British whose paranoid belligerence lead them to invade Afghanistan in 1839.
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0:00 Intro
1:21 Great Game Context
5:01 Road to War 1835-38
8:52 British Invasion 1838-39
10:12 British Occupation 'Honeymoon' Period 1839-40
12:44 Afghan Uprising 1841-42
18:06 British Revenge & Pullout
19:52 Outro
By the start of the 19th century, the British East India Company had become the dominant power across the subcontinent. Britain came to realise the vast productive potential of India and sought to protect this asset by any means necessary. At the same time, Russia’s imperial expansion started to gain real momentum by the 1820s. Russia’s rise worried the British. This Great Game rivalry placed the mountainous Kingdom of Afghanistan in the middle. The ever ambitious Afghan ruler, Dost Mohammad Khan made every effort to take advantage of this predicament he found himself in. But in the end, his intrigues and plans were not well-received by the British whose paranoid belligerence lead them to invade Afghanistan in 1839.
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Tristan
Edgar
Claudius
Bilal
Rob
Kjetil
Quoc
Amin
Tasso
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Yehoshua
Artin
Adam
Mohammad
Areeb
Awais
Omar
Farid
Ibrahim
Ari
Joshua
Haseeb
Mahmoud
Joel
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#GreatGame #AngloAfghanWars #AfghanHistory
Special Thank You to:
- George for the help on the script - you the man!
- Maryam Kakar for her amazing drawing of Alexander Burnes' Residence:
instagram.com/meriamxarts
- Rada Akbar for her help in tracking down videos and even her own videos:
instagram.com/radaakbar
abarzanan.com
- Jordan Bryon for the awesome drone footage:
https://offtherecordproductions.com.au/
instagram.com/jordan_bryon
Music used includes:
Doug Maxwell - Arabian Nightfall (Sting)
youtube.com/watch?v=3bRzDRqez_k
- The beautiful rabab music you hear in the video is Qais Essar. Check out his music at:
therabab.com/
qaisessar.com/
instagram.com/q_essar
Epidemic Music
If any of the images or songs are yours, please let me know I will amend them. Please don't report me straight away!
0:00 Intro
1:21 Great Game Context
5:01 Road to War 1835-38
8:52 British Invasion 1838-39
10:12 British Occupation 'Honeymoon' Period 1839-40
12:44 Afghan Uprising 1841-42
18:06 British Revenge & Pullout
19:52 Outro
