Pathans of the Latter Day
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Pakistan
- Date of Publication 4 July 1996
- ISBN 9780195775761
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages174 pages
- Size 225x145x15 mm
- Weight 344 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 3 illustrations 0
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Short description:
Interesting details and facts about the origin of the Pathans, their highly developed code of law, Pakhtunwali, their acceptance of Pakistan, their relations with their Chinese neighbours, and their experiences during the wars in Afghanistan make this account extremely readable and entertaining.
MoreLong description:
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.
...Spain has a pleasant, unaffected style of writing, liberally laced with amusing anecdotes, that makes him a pleasant guide for a vicarious journey to an interesting part of the world.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Preface
Together Again
An Old, Old Story
Still Guarding the Passes
The Way of the Pathans
In and Around the Peshawar Valley
Khattaks: Always the Same
Waziristan: Less Dark and Bloody
Swat, Buner, and Chitral
A Place in Pakistan
The Afghan Side of Things
The Chinese Connection
Good Tomorrows
Bibliographic Note
Index
