Editing Great Game (section)

=== Under the British Crown ===
Following the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], the East India Company's remaining powers were transferred to the British [[The Crown|Crown]]<ref name=gazetteer1908/> in the person of [[Queen Victoria]] (who in 1876 was proclaimed [[Emperor of India|Empress of India]]). As a state, the [[British Raj]] functioned as the guardian of a system of connected markets maintained by military power, business legislation and monetary management.<ref name=baten2016/> The [[Government of India Act 1858]] saw the [[India Office]] of the British government assume the administration of [[British India]] through a [[Viceroy]] appointed by the Crown.

In 1863 [[Sultan Ahmad Khan]] of Herat, who was placed into power by Persia and issued coinage on behalf of the Shah, attacked the disputed town of [[Farah, Afghanistan|Farrah]]. Farrah had been under Dost Mohammad Khan's control since 1856, and he responded by sending his army to defeat Herat and reunited it with Afghanistan.<ref name=tate1911/><ref name=sicker2001/>