Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier
by T. L. Pennell
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About this eBook
- Author
- Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton), 1867-1912
- Title
- Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches
- Credits
- Produced by Steven Gibbs, Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
- Subject
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) -- Social life and customs
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 32231
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32231
- Release Date
- May 3, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Introduction
- 3.Preface
- 4.Contents
- 5.List of Illustrations
- 6.Table of the Chief Sounds Represented in the Government System of Transliteration — Pronunciation of the Principal Oriental Words Used in this Book
- 7.The Afghan Character
- 8.Afghan Traditions
- 9.Border Warriors
- 10.A Frontier Valley
- 11.The Christian’s Revenge
- 12.A Day in the Wards
- 13.From Morning to Night
- 14.The Itinerant Missionary
- 15.Afghan Mullahs
- 16.A Tale of a Talib
- 17.School-Work
- 18.An Afghan Football Team
- 19.’Alam Gul’s Choice
- 20.’Alam Gul’s Choice ( continued )
- 21.Afghan Women
- 22.The Story of a Convert
- 23.The Hindu Ascetics
- 24.Sadhus and Faqirs
- 25.My Life as a Mendicant
- 26.A Frontier Episode
- 27.Frontier Campaigning
- 28.Chikki, The Freebooter
- 29.Rough Diamonds
- 30.Deductions
- 31.A Forward Policy
- 32.Glossary of Words Not Generally Used Outside India — A. — B. — C. — D. — F. — G. — H. — I. — J. — K. — L. — M. — P. — Q. — R. — S. — T. — U. — W. — Y. — Z.
- 33.Index
- 34.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections
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