Mojtahed-Zadeh Pirouz. The Small Players of the Great Game: The Settlement of Iran's Eastern Borderlands and the Creation of Afghanistan

Routledge, 2004. — 280 p. — ISBN 0-203-33766-2This unique work of political geography of West Asia presents a study of the impact of the 19th century Anglo-Russian game of geopolitics and the consequential rivalries between the Abdali and Khozeimeh Amirdoms on the political geography of Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Central Asian republics. This scholarly work presents a thorough study of the trials and tribulations that resulted in the shaping of today's political geography of West Asia and the emergence and evolution of international boundaries amongst West Asian states.