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Imperial Frontier

Tribe and State in Waziristan

By Dr Hugh Beattie, Hugh Beattie

Published December 21st 2001 by Routledge – 352 pages

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Describes British relations with the Pashtun tribes of Waziristan in the years after the annexation of the Punjab in 1849, offering the most detailed historical account that has so far been written of relations between the British Government of India and the tribes along this (or any) part of the north-west Frontier in this period.

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'[An] admirably exhaustive study of the archive material.' - Asian Affairs

Name: Imperial Frontier: Tribe and State in Waziristan (Hardback) – Routledge 
Description: By Dr Hugh Beattie, Hugh Beattie. Describes British relations with the Pashtun tribes of Waziristan in the years after the annexation of the Punjab in 1849, offering the most detailed historical account that has so far been written of relations between the British Government of India and...
Categories: Asian Studies, Asian History, South Asian Studies