cabulees

Updated: August 18, 2026

Sabres flashed in front of the procession, bayonets sparkled in its rear, as it wended its way through the great bazaar which Pollock was to destroy three years later, and along the tortuous street to the gate of the Balla Hissar. But neither the monarch nor his pageant kindled the enthusiasm in the Cabulees.

Archibald Forbes - The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80