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The Lessons Of Afghanistan — William Dalrymple

The Joe Walker Podcast

CHAPTER

The History of the East India Company

Willie O'Brien has been researching the East India Company history for 20 years. He says a lot of colonial history is still written using only British and East India Company version. But he's had to work with translators who have used Afghan, Urdu and Farsi sources. 'You can get a completely different set of facts if you go to the Afghan sources,' he says.

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