The Pathans: 550 B.C.–A.D. 1957

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Written by the last British Governor of the North-West Frontier Province, this work traces the history of the Pashtuns from ancient Persian and Greek references down through the Delhi Sultanates, the Mughal period, and British rule.

Table of contents

1. Part I: The Origins — Herodotus and the Greeks
2. Part II: The Middle Ages — Ghaznavids, Ghurids and Suris
3. Part III: The Mughals and Durranis — Khushal Khan Khattak and Ahmad Shah
4. Part IV: The British Century — The Frontier Wars and Indirect Rule
5. Appendices: Genealogies and Dialect maps