Download or read book The Pathans 550 B C A D 1957 written by Olaf Caroe and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the frontier tribes of Northwest India from their obscure origin in antiquity to the present day, by a former British Indian administrator.
Download or read book The Pathans 550 B C A D 1957 written by Olaf Caroe and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1983 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an authoritative work on the social and political history of the Pathans, from 550 BC to AD 1957. It includes an epilogue written, just before the author's death, in the light of recent events in Afghanistan.
Download or read book The Pathans written by Ghani Khan and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Political Leadership Among Swat Pathans written by Fredrik Barth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic and highly influential ethnography, which explores political leadership among Swat Pathans - and which emphasizes the importance of individual decision-making for wider social processes. This study describes certain aspects of the society of the Pathans of the Swat valley in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Except where other reference is given, the material on which it is based was collected by the author in the period February-November 1954.
Download or read book Millennium and Charisma Among Pathans written by Akbar Ahmed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1976, this Routledge Revivals reissue presents an analysis of the Swat Pathans, the people of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, who belong administratively to Pakistan despite being a fiercely independent group, with their own codes and ways of life. Akbar S. Ahmed, who knows the Swat Pathans well through his family connections, presents a clear and sophisticated analysis of their complex society. The study provides an anthropological and critical re-examination of the ethnography of the Swat Pathans and the author suggests specific alternative models of social organization. The book also represents an important contribution to the general debate in the social sciences between the âe~methodological individualistsâe(tm) and the âe~methodological holistsâe(tm), and challenges some of the theoretical and methodological premises in anthropology. In particular the author is critical of Professor Fredrik Barthâe(tm)s study of Swat Pathans, for he believes that the âe~Swat modelsâe(tm) have inadvertently become the basis for generalized, and often incorrect, understanding of models of Pathan socio-political organization in the social sciences.
Download or read book The Pathans written by Syed Abdul Quddus and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pathans of the Latter Day written by James William Spain and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pathans of the Latter Day is a sequel to the author's The Way of the Pathans written more than forty years ago and frequently cited in literature on Pakistan's north-west frontier since. It is a self-contained volume based on return visits to the Frontier in the 1980s and 1990s. A combination of history, personal experience, and interpretation, Pathans of the Latter Day details the origins and structure of the volatile tribesmen living along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, their highly developed code of law, Pukhtunwali, their acceptance of Pakistan, their relations with their Chinese neighbours, and their experiences during the wars in Afghanistan. A quietly humorous anecdotal style provides vivid glimpses of life among today's modernized Pathans, as well as among traditional tribesmen of the Afridi, Wazir, Mahsud, Yusufzai, Mohmand, and Khattak clans.
Download or read book History of the Pathans written by Brig Haroon Rashid and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-09-03 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of a comprehensive and authentic book on the history of Pathans is ready for unveiling covering its history from per-historic period that also includes cultural heritage traditions and history of Pathan land etc. To many a people the name Pathan suggest a native of Afghanistan or that of the North West Frontier of Pakistan. To most the race itself with its extremely complicated ramification into various tribes and clans is a mystery. This study is an attempt to unravel that mystery writes author of the Book Brigadier(R) Haroon Rashid SI(M) a son of Kohat soil. The book titled History of the Pathans Vol_1 The Sarabani Pathans has a total of ten volumes.The 475 pages book has 37 chapters starting from history of the pathan land and ended up at the Urmors and Bareches. The first volume of the book dealt with Sarabani Pathans which has been categorized into process of ethnologist tribal movements the Tarins the Durranis the Sheranis the Miana tribe including the Lunis the Khetrans the Hasnis the Nahars the Gharshins the Jafars and the Urmors. The book also contained a number of rare photographs of Afghan Kings like Dost Muhammad Khan Barakzai Akbar Khan Habibullah Khan Nadar Shah Amir Muhammad Khan Shah Shujaul Mulk Amir Abdur Rehman and Zahir Shah. To know about the ingredients which make Pathans indomitable race one has to go deep into their history tradition and life style. This work is an endeavor in this context with a view to compile a comprehensive and authentic history of this brave race which so far has been either dealt with summarily or in piecemeal. In the introduction chapter the Pathan has been described as a hard rugged man as a warrior and a mystic a rogue and a saint foxy and innocent chivalrous and ruthless. A Pathan is born free and wants to remain free.
Download or read book Durand s Curse written by Rajiv Dogra and published by Rupa Publications. This book was released on 2017 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood and fire have often blighted Afghanistan, the three Anglo-Afghan wars being among the bloodiest and the cruelest in its history. But Britain's partitioning of Afghanistan will rank as the greatest crime of the nineteenth century. That arbitrary line which Mortimer Durand drew in 1893 on a small piece of paper continues to bleed Afghanistan and hound the world. Alas, this story remained untold until now. Written in an inimitable style, Durand's Curse is the result of deep research. Fascinating details from long-buried archives of history reveal for the first time a tale of intrigue and deceit against Afghanistan. First the British and then Pakistan had taken away territory that originally belonged to Afghanistan. But the divided Pathan families refuse to accept this division even now and for the last century and over, there has been a struggle to rub out the cursed line drawn across the sand. Rajiv Dogra brings alive the wars, the tragedies and the Afghan anger against injustice in this heart-wrenching account of Afghanistan's misfortunes. This is an absolutely riveting story of the Indian sub-continent's history told by an important writer of our generation.
Download or read book The Pathan Borderland written by James William Spain and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Pathans The Sarabani Pathans written by Haroon Rashid and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Facts are Facts written by Khan Abdul Wali Khan and published by New Delhi : Vikas Publishing House. This book was released on 1987 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Way of the Pathans written by James William Spain and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pashtun Tales written by Aisha Ahmad and published by Saqi Books - Saqi Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare collection of tales from the remote, historically and politically significant Pakistan-Afghan border.
Download or read book The Pashtun Tribes in Afghanistan written by Ben Acheson and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The Pashtun Tribes of Afghanistan is a tour de force – combining erudite analysis, historical research, atmospheric story-telling, page-turning prose and above all, profound passion.’ - Sir Nicholas Kay, NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan (2019-2020) & British Ambassador to Afghanistan (2017-2019) The abrupt withdrawal of US and NATO forces in 2021 ushered in a new era for Afghanistan. The subsequent Taliban takeover facilitated a reversion to some of the worst hallmarks of Afghanistan’s past, including bans on women’s education and other rights-related roll-backs. Navigating this new reality necessitates that more constructive relationships are built between Westerners and Afghans, particularly with the majority ethnicity – the Pashtun tribes. The Pashtun Tribes in Afghanistan: Wolves Among Men is the toolkit for doing so. It provides the knowledge needed to navigate a complex tribal environment. Framed by first-hand experience and balancing in-depth analysis with engaging anecdotes, it sheds light on the Pashtun way of life still enshrined in the ancient “Pashtunwali” honor code. It explains the tribal structure, tribal territories, historic battles, prominent figures and even Pashtun proverbs and poets. It also highlights how recent wars are destroying the tribal arena. Focusing on people rather than politics, this book unveils the layers, paradoxes and subtleties of the world’s largest tribal society. On turning the final page, readers will understand the Pashtun brand of tribalism and how it influences Afghanistan today. They will be aware that tribal life has been permanently challenged but that the Pashtun identity remains intact – in psychology if not always in practice. They will recognize why Pashtuns are not a single entity and should not be treated as “one”. The need to understand the tribes as they understand themselves will also be clear, particularly their concept of honor. This book illuminates why, from Alexander the Great to Winston Churchill, and even with the Taliban today, Pashtuns are still stereotyped as primitive, violence-prone barbarians. But were men like Rudyard Kipling right to characterize tribesmen as being “as unaccountable as the grey Wolf, who is his blood brother?” This book has the answer.
Download or read book Across the Border written by Edward Emmerson Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pashtun Question written by Abubakar Siddique and published by Hurst & Company Limited. This book was released on 2014 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most contemporary journalistic and scholarly accounts of the instability gripping Afghanistan and Pakistan have argued that violent Islamic extremism, including support for the Taliban and related groups, is either rooted in Pashtun history and culture, or finds willing hosts among their communities on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Abubakar Siddique sets out to demonstrate that the failure, or even unwillingness, of both Afghanistan and Pakistan to absorb the Pashtuns into their state structures and to incorporate them into the economic and political fabric is central to these dynamics, and a critical failure of nation- and state-building in both states. In his book he argues that religious extremism is the product of these critical failures and that responsibility for the situation lies to some degree with the elites of both countries. Partly an eye-witness account and partly meticulously researched scholarship, The Pashtun Question describes a people whose destiny will shape the future of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
