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Although the Simla Manifesto stated that British troops would be withdrawn as soon as Shuja was installed in Kabul, Shuja's rule depended entirely on British arms to suppress rebellion and on British funds to buy the support of tribal chiefs.
Although he left the party in 1956 over the Soviet invasion of Hungary, he nevertheless remained a " historian in the Marxist tradition ," calling for a rebellion against Stalinism as a prerequisite for the restoration of communists ' " confidence in our own revolutionary perspectives ".
Although the interdict was a burden to much of the population, it did not result in rebellion against John.
Although the rebellion petered out before the gates of Kairouan in 742, neither the Umayyad rulers in Damascus, nor their Abbasid successors, would manage to re-impose Arab rule on the liberated areas west of Ifriqiya.
Although sharia ( Islamic law ) was to be the residual source of law, it regained prominence after the Khost rebellion of 1923-24.
Although Tízoc's reign was relatively short, he began the rebuilding of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan ( a task completed by his younger brother in 1487 ), and also put down a rebellion of the Matlatzincan peoples of the Toluca Valley.
Although he attained the standard succession of public offices, holding the consulship in AD 51, Vespasian became more reputed as a successful military commander, participating in the Roman invasion of Britain in 43, and subjugating Judaea during the Jewish rebellion of AD 66.
Although the Han Dynasty of China was firmly cemented into power and extended its imperial influence into Central Asia during the first half of the century, by the second half there was widespread corruption and open rebellion.
Although the Ming capital Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng ( who established the Shun Dynasty, soon replaced by the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty ), regimes loyal to the Ming throne — collectively called the Southern Ming — survived until 1662.
Although only involving about seventy slaves, the Turner's 1831 rebellion is considered to be a devastating event in American history.
Although the Caliphate was saved from immediate destruction, the decade long rebellion devastated Egypt and it was never able to regain much power.
Although the rebellion was easily crushed, the momentum for abolition remained, and by 1838 total emancipation had been effected.
Although the rebellion was not a large affair, it exposed underlying tensions in the new state and the Amerindians ' marginalized role in the country's political and social life.
Although there was some rebellion against local officials, the Evenks generally recognized thegreat need of peaceful cultural relations with the Russians ( 624 ).
Although he quietly signalled to Ottawa that these two incidents were the result of desperate and starving people and were, as such, unrelated to the rebellion, Edgar Dewdney, the lieutenant-governor of the territories, publicly claimed that the Cree and the Métis had joined forces.
Although five years passed between the massacre and outright revolution, and direct connections between the massacre and the later war are ( according to historian Neil Langley York ) somewhat tenuous, it is widely perceived as a significant event leading to the violent rebellion that followed.
Although the Red Army, commanded by Trotsky, crossed the ice over the frozen Baltic Sea to quickly crush the rebellion, this sign of growing discontent forced the party to foster a broad alliance of the working class and peasantry ( 80 % of the population ), despite left factions of the party which favored a regime solely representative of the interests of the revolutionary proletariat.
Although the rebellion led to the execution of five rebel leaders in New Orleans, no reprisals were necessary or occurred in Missouri.
Although Imperial control was re-established by the Frankish general Silvanus, his subsequent betrayal by court rivals forced him into rebellion and his work was undone.
Although the rebellion was crushed by the military, it had a number of adverse effects that affected Qasim ’ s position.
Although Benjamin Lincoln raised a militia force and put down the rebellion, it highlighted the weakness of both the military and defects in the Articles of Confederation that hampered Congressional ability to act on the matter.
Although the rebellion was soon quelled, it led to the flourishing of many regional armies under the control of de facto warlords.
Although Herodotus presents the revolt as a consequence of Aristagoras and Histiaeus's personal motives, it is clear that Ionia must have been ripe for rebellion anyway.
Although the success of the Manchurian conquest of China was attributed to the weakening of the Ming Dynasty ( exacerbated by Li Zicheng's rebellion ), ironically, official historiography during the Qing Dynasty period regarded Li as an illegitimate usurper and outlaw.

Although and was
Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.
Although New Orleans was not to learn of it for a spell, she also was a sadist, a nymphomaniac and unobtrusively mad -- the perpetrator of some of the worst crimes against humanity ever committed on American soil.
Although Faulkner was the heir in his own family to this tradition, he did not have Stark Young's inclination to romanticize and sentimentalize the planter society.
Although his tender nights were not the ones I dreamed of, nor was it for yachts, sports cars, tall drinks, and swimming pools, nor yet for money or what money buys that I burned, I too was burning and watching myself burn.
Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.
Although he did not attend any celebrated schools or universities, he was a master of Greek and Hebrew and could read the Bible in the original.
Although the fort was evacuated in the face of the force of Cornwallis, Morgan and his men did have a chance to take another swing at the redcoats.
Although because of the important achievements of nineteenth century scholars in the field of textual criticism the advance is not so striking as it was in the case of archaeology and place-names, the editorial principles laid down by Stevenson in his great edition of Asser and in his Crawford Charters were a distinct improvement upon those of his predecessors and remain unimproved upon today.
Although Mr. Brown was not himself its inventor ( it was a French idea ), it is typical that his intuition first conceived the importance of mass producing this basic tool for general use.
Although it was a mere fragment of the victim's remains, it was enough.
Although there were only four fluids tested, it was apparent that there were two distinct types.
Although the tape was run for over 1 hr., a steady state was not reached, and it was concluded that the reason for this was that the back pressure of the manometer was built up from the material fed from between the blocks and this was available at a very slow rate.
-- Although there was some variation in results which must be attributed either to trace impurities or to variation in wall effects, the photochemical exchange in the gas phase was sufficiently reproducible so that it seemed meaningful to compare the reaction rates in different series of reaction tubes for the purpose of obtaining information on the effect of chlorine concentration and of carbon tetrachloride concentration on the reaction rate.
Although the Taylor Scale was designed as a group testing device, in this study it was individually administered by psychologically trained workers who established rapport and assisted the children in reading the items.

Although and crushed
Although deposits of graphite had been found in other parts of the world, they were not of the same purity and quality as the Borrowdale find, and had to be crushed to remove the impurities, leaving only graphite powder.
Although Walwyn and Overton were released from the Tower, and Lilburne was tried and acquitted, the Leveller cause had effectively been crushed.
Although the kingdom had been crushed and its high nobility executed, the Ottomans nonetheless allowed for the preservation of Bosnia's identity by incorporating it as an integral province of the Ottoman Empire with its historical name and territorial integrity-a unique case among subjugated states in the Balkans.
Although crushed by this disappointment, there was still another chance for Athletic Club to claim glory to match the positive play and results of the unpreditable first season under Marcelo Bielsa.
Although the opposition in Lithuania was crushed by Russian forces ( Vilnius was besieged and capitulated on 12 August ), the uprising in Greater Poland achieved some success.
Although they captured a number of towns and areas, they were eventually crushed due to lack of organization.
Although he was thrown around as he usually is, he isn't crushed as in the SNL sketches.
Although the Rebellion was crushed with a heavy hand, some British army officers like Major Jervis who observed -
Although these rebellions were easily and bloodily crushed, according to Winston McGowan, they may have had a long-term impact in ending slavery:
Although mainly known as brutal superheavyweight heels who crushed blue-eye oppponents, they also had a major feud with masked fellow heel Kendo Nagasaki.
Although it achieved much critical success, Chaikin said: " I have rarely known a case where a critic's response to actors, directors or writers has expanded or encouraged their talent-I have known cases where by panning or praising, the critic has crushed or discouraged creative inspiration ".
Although Blaster and Juarez manage to get themselves sold to a family with plans to return to extract their comrades, Speckles ' own attempt to escape by playing dead ends disastrously when he is thrown into and supposedly crushed in a garbage truck.
Although the fiscal austerity package under his rule eroded his popularity heavily, the most controversial part of his life is his role after the 1956 revolution, which started on 23 October and was crushed in the days following 4 November.
Although also a distilled rice liquor, awamori differs from shochu in two ways: it uses Thai-style, long-grained Indica crushed rice rather than the short-grained Japonica usually used in shochu production ; and instead of using white koji mold in fermentation ( as in shochu production ), black koji mold, indigenous to Okinawa, is used.
Although crushed, this rebellion led Thomas Jefferson to declare that " a little revolution every twenty years or so is a good thing.
Although Horatio Nelson crushed Napoleon's ambitions at the Battle of the Nile, three armies-one from Bombay, and two British ( one of which contained a division that was commanded by Colonel Arthur Wellesley, the future 1st Duke of Wellington ) nevertheless marched into Mysore in 1799 and besieged the capital, Srirangapatnam, after some engagements with the Tipu's armies.
Although, the Naiman Khanlig was crushed by the Mongols, they were seen in every parts of Mongol " Empire.
Although Wimbledon lost their first two games back in the Third Division, they crushed Newport County ( who had narrowly missed out on promotion to the Second Division the previous season ) 6 – 0 at home in the third game of the league campaign, and by Christmas they were genuine promotion contenders.
Although less vulnerable to cracking than a jewel case, the disc tray inside the package ( particularly the " teeth " of the hub which secure the disc in place ) remains rather brittle and is prone to cracking if the package is crushed.
Although Chen's uprising was crushed by the imperial forces, other rebel forces had sprouted throughout China to overthrow Qin and restore the former six states annexed by Qin about two decades ago.
Although Koizumi's party handily won a strong majority in the elections in 11 September 2005, Watanuki crushed the challenger in his district.
Although the rebellion was finally crushed by the Qing government in 1804, it marked a turning point in the history of the Qing dynasty.

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