: Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell T L Theodore Leighton - Afghans; Missions Asia Central; Punjab (India) Social life and customs; Afghanistan Social

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The Afghan Character

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Paradoxical--Ideas of honour--Blood-feuds--A sister's revenge--The story of an outlaw--Taken by assault--A jirgah and its unexpected termination--Bluff--An attempt at kidnapping--Hospitality--A midnight meal--An ungrateful patient--A robber's death--An Afghan dance--A village warfare--An officer's escape--Cousins 17-30

Afghan Traditions

Israelitish origin of the Afghans--Jewish practices--Shepherd tradition of the Wazirs--Afridis and their saint--The zyarat, or shrine--Graveyards--Custom of burial--Graves of holy men--Charms and amulets--The medical practice of a faqir--Native remedies--First aid to the wounded--Purges and blood-letting--Tooth extraction--Smallpox 31-43

Border Warriors

Peiwar Kotal--The Kurram Valley--The Bannu Oasis--Independent tribes--The Durand line--The indispensable Hindu--A lawsuit and its sequel--A Hindu outwits a Muhammadan--The scope of the missionary 44-53

A Frontier Valley

Description of the Kurram Valley--Shiahs and Sunnis--Favourable reception of Christianity--Independent areas--A candid reply--Proverbial disunion of the Afghans--The two policies--Sir Robert Sandeman--Lord Curzon creates the North-West Frontier Province--Frontier wars--The vicious circle--Two flaws the natives see in British rule: the usurer, delayed justice--Personal influence 54-67

The Christian's Revenge

Police posts versus dispensaries--The poisoning scare--A native doctor's influence--Wazir marauders spare the mission hospital--A terrible revenge--The Conolly bed--A political mission--A treacherous King--Imprisonment in Bukhara--The Prayer-Book--Martyrdom--The sequel--Influence of the mission hospital--The medical missionary's passport 68-77

A Day in the Wards

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