Afghanistan
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Afghanistan is a country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.
Afghanistan in Conan Doyle's fictions
- Our Derby Sweepstakes (1882) : Jack Hawthorne mentioned he was "in that beastly hole Afghanistan".
- The Mystery of Cloomber (1888) : Corporal Smith was a smart young soldier in Afghanistan.
- The Story of the Brown Hand (1899) : Dr. Hardacre did an operation on an Afghan before he went back to Afghanistan.
- The Narrative of John Smith (1880s-1890s) : The Major proposed to buy over the Amir of Afghanistan.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- A Study in Scarlet (1887) : Dr. Watson has been in Afghanistan during the war where he was severely wounded at the Battle of Maiwand. When Sherlock Holmes met him, he did his famous deduction « You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive. » (STUD, 94)
- The Sign of Four (1888) : Dr. Watson endeavoured to cheer and amuse Mary Morstan by reminiscences of his adventures in Afghanistan. (SIGN, 432)
- The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1891) : Dr. Watson's experience of camp life in Afghanistan had at least had the effect of making him a prompt and ready traveller. (BOSC, 17)
- The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (1892) : Dr. Watson mentioned the jezail bullet which I had brought back in one of my limbs as a relic of his Afghan campaign. (NOBL, 5)
- The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual (1893) : The rough-and-tumble work in Afghanistan, coming on the top of a natural Bohemianism of disposition, has made Dr. Watson rather more lax than befits a medical man. (MUSG, 3)
- The Adventure of the Reigate Squire (1893) : Colonel Hayter was an old friend of Dr. Watson who had come under his professional care in Afghanistan. (REIG, 10)
- The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893) : Dr. Watson failed to interest Percy Phelps in Afghanistan, India, and social questions. (NAVA, 694)
- The Adventure of the Crooked Man (1893) : Henry Wood found himself among the Afghans. (CROO, 341)
- The Adventure of the Empty House (1903) : Colonel Sebastian Moran served in Jowaki Campaign, Afghan Campaign, Charasiab (dispatches), Sherpur, and Cabul. (EMPT, 415)
