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From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the north-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past — John Shaqi

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From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the north-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past

Name: From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the north-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past
Author: Wylly, H. C. (Harold Carmichael)

Wylly, H. C. (Harold Carmichael)

Ethnology -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) -- History, Military

Miranzai under Sikh rule. Attempted occupation by Kabul
   Government. Description of Miranzai Valley. Kurram,
   originally Afghan territory; description of Upper and
   Lower Kurram. Importance of these valley routes.
   _Bangash_; origin; characteristics; main clans.
   _Zaimukhts_; origin; country; clans; operations;
   expedition of 1879. _Chamkannis_; origin; country;
   peculiarities; clans; operations in 1897. _Turis_;
   obscurity of their origin; possession of the Kurram
   Valley; characteristics; friendship for Englishmen;
   curious family divisions; no tribal combination           pp. 389–417


                              CHAPTER XVII

                        WAZIRISTAN AND ITS TRIBES

 Description of the country; inhabitants; origin of Wazirs.
   Tochi and Gomal Valleys. Wana. Horse-breeding. Wazirs
   generally disliked by other Pathans. _Darwesh Khel_;
   their country. _Mahsuds_; their country; chief towns;
   their raiding propensities; priest-ridden. _Batannis_;
   origin; country; clans; expedition of 1880. _Dawaris_;
   dubious descent; former home; character; clans;
   operations in 1872                                        pp. 418–434


                              CHAPTER XVIII

                           WAZIRS: OPERATIONS

 Expedition against _Umarzai Wazirs_, 1852; against _Kabul
   Khel Wazirs_, 1859–60. Raids near Thal. Expedition
   against the _Malik Shahi Wazirs_, 1880. Attempt on Tank
   by _Mahsuds_ in 1860. Expedition of same year; occupation
   of Kaniguram. Attack on Tank by _Mahsuds_ in 1879.
   Expedition against _Mahsuds_ in 1881. _Ahmadzai division
   of Darwesh Khel_ ask to be allowed to become British
   subjects. Waziristan delimitation operations. Wana.
   Operations of Waziristan Field Force, 1894. Maizar
   affair. Operations of the Tochi Field Force, 1897–98.
   Operations against the _Mahsuds_, 1900–1901. Expedition
   against the _Kabul Khels_, 1901–2                         pp. 435–474


                               APPENDICES

 A. The Arms Trade and the Tribesmen                         pp. 475–484

 B. Table of Expeditions against the Frontier Tribes
   mentioned in the preceding chapters                       pp. 485–488

 C. Table showing by whom these Tribes are controlled             p. 489

 INDEX                                                            p. 490




                              LIST OF MAPS


           I. GENERAL MAP OF THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE.

          II. MAP SHOWING TRIBAL LIMITS.

         III. THE BLACK MOUNTAIN.

          IV. SWAT, BUNER AND BAJAUR.

           V. DIR AND CHITRAL.

          VI. UTMAN KHEL AND MOHMAND COUNTRIES.

         VII. AFRIDI AND ORAKZAI COUNTRIES, MIRANZAI AND KURRAM.

        VIII. TOCHI AND WAZIRISTAN.




                              INTRODUCTION

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