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I'm reading "Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander The Great to the Fall of the Taliban" by Stephen Tanner.

In the book, he makes a reference to how Dost Mohammed, the ruler of Afghanistan, missed an opportunity to retake Peshawar from the Raj during the Sepoy Mutiny. Tanner says the British might actually cede him Peshawar in exchange for him not attacking any more, since they feared an Afghan onslaught during the Mutiny.

So...

Is this plausible? And if they did cede him Peshawar, how long would he be able to keep it?
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