Singer, André, 1945-.

London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1984.

234 p., [12] p. of plates : map, ports. ; 23 cm.

571117961

Pushtuns – History.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) – History.
Pushtuns – Social life and customs.
Pushtuns – Biography.

DS 354.58 .S56 1984

21977 26531

“Includes bibliography”—(p. [216]-221).

Contents: List of illustrations—Acknowledgements—Author’s note—Chronology—1. Introduction : the pass, the peak and the people—2. Poets and kings : Khushal Khan Khattak and Ahmed Shah Durrani—3. Approach of the lion : the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone—4. Agents in a foreign land : Sir Alexander Burnes and captain Ivan Vitkevich—5. The victims : lady sale and lieutenant Vincent eyre—6. Commander of the faithful : the Amir Dost Mohammed—7. The hero of Delhi and the lord of Kandahar : John Nicholson and lord Roberts—8. One step forward, two back : Sir Robert Sandeman and Sir Robert Warburton—9. The slave of the merciful : the Amir Abd-ur Rahman—10. Men of the cloth : Dr Theodore Pennell, Mullah Powindah and the Faqir of Ipi—11. Who or where or what? : Miangul Gulshahzade, the Wali of Swat—12. End of an Era : Sir Olaf Caroe and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan—13. Postscript : the lessons of history—Bibliographical notes—Select bibliography—Index.