http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).09
10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).09
Published : Mar 2023
The Great Game of 19th Century: The Significance of Tribal Belt as Buffer to the Buffer State of Afghanistan
The Great Game of 19th century between the Imperial British and Czarist Russia encapsulated the geo-political tactics and strategies of expansion which paved the way for their intense rivalry and competition in Central Asia. Great Game was power politics to gain influence, authority and ascendancy in the region. It was a game having rules and boundaries for the worthy players (Ahmad, 2017). The geo-strategic location of Afghanistan and Tribal Belt made them pawns on the geo-political chessboard of the Great Game. Afghanistan’s location was vital for carving out a buffer state, moreover it was considered more pragmatic to declare the adjacent Tribal Belt a buffer to the buffer. The Great Game revolved around moving one’s pawns on the chessboard with acumen. Afghanistan being the buffer state and the Tribal Belt as buffer to the buffer were used to avoid escalation and to move the pawns on the chessboard whenever expedient.
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(1) Abida Azeem Afridi
PhD Scholar. Department of History. University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Afridi, A. A. (2023). The Great Game of 19th Century: The Significance of Tribal Belt as Buffer to the Buffer State of Afghanistan. Global Social Sciences Review, VIII(I), 99-106. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).09
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CHICAGO : Afridi, Abida Azeem. 2023. "The Great Game of 19th Century: The Significance of Tribal Belt as Buffer to the Buffer State of Afghanistan." Global Social Sciences Review, VIII (I): 99-106 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).09
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HARVARD : AFRIDI, A. A. 2023. The Great Game of 19th Century: The Significance of Tribal Belt as Buffer to the Buffer State of Afghanistan. Global Social Sciences Review, VIII, 99-106.
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MHRA : Afridi, Abida Azeem. 2023. "The Great Game of 19th Century: The Significance of Tribal Belt as Buffer to the Buffer State of Afghanistan." Global Social Sciences Review, VIII: 99-106
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TURABIAN : Afridi, Abida Azeem. "The Great Game of 19th Century: The Significance of Tribal Belt as Buffer to the Buffer State of Afghanistan." Global Social Sciences Review VIII, no. I (2023): 99-106. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).09