Download or read book Chitr l written by Sir George Scott Robertson and published by London : Methuen. This book was released on 1898 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chitr l written by Sir George Scott Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Khowar English Dictionary written by Mohammad Ismail Sloan and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Khowar is spoken in Northern Pakistan and is the predominant language of Chitral. It is also spoken in Gilgit and Upper Swat. There are reports of Khowar speakers in Tajikistan. The total estimated number of Khowar speakers is 300,000. Chitral has been in the news lately because of the reports that Osama bin Laden is hiding here. We do not believe that he is here, but as long as you think so, it is great for business. Many of us will hire ourselves out as guides, to help you search for Osama, for a good price of course. This dictionary was originally published in the Tribal Area of NWFP Pakistan in 1981. It received a tremendous amount of publicity, of the negative kind, because of the explicit terms that were not commonly found in the dictionaries of Pakistan at that time. At least that made it probably the best known dictionary of a minority language ever published.
Download or read book Educational Policies in Pakistan Afghanistan and Tajikistan written by Dilshad Ashraf and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mountains of the Northern Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan School and schooling are both symbolic of wider ranging cultural and political battles over morals, modernity, development, gender and the rule of law. Educational Policies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan: Contested Terrain in the Twenty-First Century is about both the normative battles over the purpose of education, as well as about the structural impediments to providing instruction in those remote and challenging locations where it is attempted. The analytical frames in this collection come primarily from the social sciences and comparative education. Contributors examine education, policy, processes and structures in the broader socio-cultural, religious and economic context of three countries sharing somewhat similar colonial and post- colonial legacy and current uprising of extreme religious positions and a drive to social-cohesion.
Download or read book Chitral the Story of a Minor Siege written by George Scott Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-02 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chitral is a remote but strategically placed valley 250 miles long, high in the Hindu Kush Mountains. It had been ruled for many years by Mehtar Aman-ul-Mulk, a man with many wives and children until Aman-ul-Mulk died suddenly on 30 August 1892 at age 71. Thirteen of his many sons were considered eligible to claim the right to rule. His sons started killing each other and four of his sons briefly held power before being killed. In 1895, in the middle of this turmoil, a British military delegation arrived in Chitral headed by Surgeon-Major George Scott Robertson. Robertson had been appointed as political agent by the British as a result of his previous visit to Chitral in 1893 and to adjoining Kafirstan and because of his service in the Second Afghan War from 1878 to 1880. Two other groups representing different claimants for the right to rule arrived in Chitral shortly thereafter. The result was that the Robertson Group took control of the Chitral Fort but were placed under siege by the outside groups. Upon learning that one of their commanders was being held under siege or as a hostage, the British met in Calcutta and resolved to break the siege by military force. The British explorer, adventurer and army officer George Scott Robertson was on his second visit to Chitral. His group had been taken hostage and held under siege. This made it necessary for the British to launch a rescue mission. One military group advanced up from Peshawar, through Mardan, Swat and Dir, crossing Lowari Top and reaching the Chitral Fort where Robertson and his group were being held. The British brought with them Gurkhas, who are fierce fighters from Nepal who did most of the fighting. A second group advanced from a different direction, coming up through Gilgit and Gupis, crossing Shandur Top, reaching Mastuj and advancing down the Chitral River to reach Chitral Fort. In so doing, the two groups inadvertently conquered Chitral and all of the places in between, including Swat, Dir and Gupis. They appointed local rulers to govern these places, but they all remained under British control until the Independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. For doing this, George Scott Robertson was knighted by Queen Victoria and became Sir George Scott Robertson.
Download or read book Chitral written by Sir George Scott Robertson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1977 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan Languages of Chitral written by Calvin Ross Rensch and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living Islam written by Magnus Marsden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-12-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular representations of Pakistan's North West Frontier have long featured simplistic images of tribal blood feuds, fanatical religion, and the seclusion of women. The rise to power of the radical Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan enhanced the region's reputation as a place of anti-Western militancy. Magnus Marsden is an anthropologist who has immersed himself in the lives of the Frontier's villagers for more than ten years. His evocative study of the Chitral region challenges all these stereotypes. Through an exploration of the everyday experiences of both men and women, he shows that the life of a good Muslim in Chitral is above all a mindful life, enhanced by the creative force of poetry, dancing and critical debate. Challenging much that has been assumed about the Muslim world, this 2005 study makes a powerful contribution to the understanding of religion and politics both within and beyond the Muslim societies of southern Asia.
Download or read book The Relief of Chitral written by George John Younghusband and published by General Books. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Macmillan and co. in 1895 in 250 pages; Subjects: India; Chitral Expedition/ (1895); Chitral expedition/ (1895); Chitr?l District (Pakistan); Chitral, Pakistan; History / General; History / Asia / General; History / Asia / India & South Asia;
Download or read book Pakistan Affairs written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Blue Eyed Boy of Chitral written by Raafay Awan and published by Raafay Awan. This book was released on with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Story of Major Geoffrey Langlands, a British Army Commando who dedicated his life for the betterment of Pakistan as told to Raafay Awan. "The Quintessential Englishman of old, a living relic of the Raj" - the New York Times
Download or read book Tales of a Lost Kingdom written by Erik L'Homme and published by Enchanted Lion Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of three authentic folktales from the ancient Kingdom of Chitral, collected by the author.
Download or read book Ethnobiology of Mountain Communities in Asia written by Arshad Mehmood Abbasi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural resources and associated biological diversity provide the basis of livelihood for human population, particularly in the rural areas and mountain regions across the globe. Asia is home to the world's highest mountain regions including the Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindukush. These regions are renowned around the globe because of their unique beauty, climate, and biocultural diversity. Because of geoclimatic conditions, the mountains of Asia are medicinal and food plant diversity hot spots. The indigenous communities residing in the valleys of these mountains have their own culture and traditions, and have a long history of interaction with the surrounding plant diversity. Local inhabitants of these mountains areas possess significant traditional knowledge of plant species used as food, medicine, and for cultural purposes. So far, many workers have reported traditional uses of plant species from different regions of Asia including some mountain areas; however, there is not one inclusive document on the ethnobotany of mountains in Asia. This book provides a comprehensive overview on ethno-ecological knowledge and cross cultural variation in the application of plant species among various communities residing in the mountains of Asia; cross cultural variation in traditional uses of plant species by the mountain communities; high value medicinal and food plant species; and threats and conservation status of plant species and traditional knowledge. This book should be useful to researchers of biodiversity and conservation, ethnobiologists, ethnoecologists, naturalists, phytochemists, pharmacists, policy makers, and all who have a devotion to nature.
Download or read book Languages and Races of Dardistan written by Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an early account by one of the first adventurers to enter the remote mountains of what is now Northern Pakistan and India and live to tell about it.
Download or read book Chitral and Kafiristan written by Mohammad Afzal Khan and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chitr l the Story of a Minor Siege written by George Scott Robertson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Parlons khowar written by Erik L'Homme and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C'est la première fois que l'ancien royaume de Chitral fait l'objet d'une publication de cette envergure, mêlant aspects humains et historiques, culturels et linguistiques, et donnant au lecteur des clés inédites pour partir à la découverte d'un autre morceau de notre planète
