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Kabul]] in the [[First Anglo-Afghan War|first major conflict]] during "[[The Great Game]]".<ref>{{cite book |title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia:...

left Britain without any serious international rival, other than [[The Great Game|Russia in Central Asia]].{{Sfn|Porter|1998|p=401}} Unchallenged at...

cartoon from 1878.jpg|thumb|Political cartoon from the period of the [[The Great Game|Great Game]] showing the Afghan Amir Sher Ali with his "friends" Imperial...

Afghan frontier. Russian attack on Afghans at [[Panjdeh]] (1885). [[The Great Game]] in full play. <br /> Report of Public Services Commission of 1886–87...

and taking over the [[Bosporus|Bosphorus Strait]], as well as from [[The Great Game|threatening India via Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Golicz...

changed with the establishment of Xinjiang province in 1884. During [[The Great Game]] era, taking advantage of the [[Dungan Revolt (1862–1877)|Dungan revolt]]...

[[Mohammed Zahir Shah|Zahir Shah]]'s reign in 1973. During the so-called "[[The Great Game|Great Game]]" of the 19th century, rivalry between the [[British Empire|British]]...

in the West, considered to be a fresh twist on the geo-political "[[The Great Game|Great Game]]" of the 19th century in which Britain feared that Russia...

[[Russian Empire]], and a strategic competition in what became known as [[The Great Game]] for supremacy in [[Central Asia]].<ref name=keay419>{{cite...

Convention]] that resolved most of the problems generated for decades by [[The Great Game]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Klein, Ira |title=The Anglo-Russian Convention...

was necessary to prevent another French advance through Egypt or [[The Great Game|Russian expansion through Persia]]. The emergence of [[Muhammad Ali...

[[Anglo-Russian Entente]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], bringing a pause in [[The Great Game]] in Central Asia, and establishing the [[Triple Entente]]. === September...

contested between the United Kingdom and Russia, in what became known as [[The Great Game]], and codified in the [[Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907]], which...

analysis, to be proof that Israel is engaged in a modern version of [[The Great Game]], with the backing of Zionist currents in the American neoconservative...

connections to and from Herat were proposed many times, during ''[[The Great Game]]'' of the 19th century and again in the 1970s and 1980s, but nothing...

[[Space geostrategy]] * [[Sphere of influence]] * [[Strategic depth]] * [[The Great Game]] * [[Think tank]] * [[Water politics]] * [[The Cold War]] }} == Notes...

Cambridge University Press, 2 November 1995, p.69</ref> In the midst of [[The Great Game]], and fearful of a Russian invasion of British India, the Punjab was...

Empire|Russian incursions]] into the [[Caucasian War|Caucasus]] (1828) and [[The Great Game|Central Asia]] (1830-1895), and ultimately in the 20th century with...

empires for spheres of influence in [[South Asia]] known as the "[[The Great Game|Great Game]]" to the British and the "Tournament of Shadows" to the...

most [[Panjdeh incident|dramatic success came in 1885]], settling [[The Great Game|long-standing tensions]] with Great Britain, which was fearful that...