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British Retreat from Waziristan - Mark Jacobsen
An Indian army column moves to counter Afghans invading the Northwest
Frontier in May 1919 (Fouikes Papers, Liddel I Lart, Centre for Military
Archives, King's College London).
The literary history of Pashto in the Colonial
Period is often overlooked. Pashto or Pukhto, like many other oriental
languages prospered under the British rule. During that phase most of
the existing written literature was produced as a result of English
influence. In this article, I shall attempt to chronicle the important
literary events under the Raj and the Pashtun Renaissance.
The creation and progress of an autocratically
ruled state which since 1917 has come into being in the Tribal Territory
of the North West Frontier of British India; the Yusufzai State of Swat
- as it is styled by its Founder Miangul Shahzada Sir Abdul Wadood. The
article was published in 1934 in the Royal
Geographical Society
Chitral,
which today is part of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, was
a separate state in 1895, owing allegiance to Kashmir and thus, although
beyond the then border of British India, within the British sphere of
influence. At the beginning of 1895, the Mehtar (ruler) of Chitral was
assassinated by one of his brothers, who claimed the throne.
Dr. Brydon's Report of the Cabool Disaster - William Trousdale
The single most important event of the first Afghan War is the virtual
destruction of the British Army in the wintry mountainous terrain
between Kabul and Jalalabad in 1842. Only one man survived to write an
account of this terrible ordeal...
Chitral,
which today is part of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, was
a separate state in 1895, owing allegiance to Kashmir and thus, although
beyond the then border of British India, within the British sphere of
influence. At the beginning of 1895, the Mehtar (ruler) of Chitral was
assassinated by one of his brothers, who claimed the throne.