Pathans of the Latter Day

Pathans of the Latter Day
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Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015037695908
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Synopsis Pathans of the Latter Day by : James William Spain

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.

In Those Days

In Those Days
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Publisher : Kent State University Press
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 087338606X
ISBN-13 : 9780873386067
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis In Those Days by : James William Spain

An autobiography of a 20th-century American diplomat who spent most of his life in high-level diplomacy in Asia and Africa. His Foreign Service career brought postings in Islamabad, Istanbul, and Ankara, and four ambassadorships - in Tanzania, Turkey, the UN, and Sri Lanka

The Defiant Border

The Defiant Border
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781107126022
ISBN-13 : 1107126029
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Defiant Border by : Elisabeth Leake

This book explores why the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands have remained largely independent of state controls throughout the twentieth century.

The Pathans

The Pathans
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Total Pages : 590
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B4300678
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Synopsis The Pathans by : Olaf Caroe

Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy

Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 379
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ISBN-10 : 9783030239602
ISBN-13 : 3030239608
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Synopsis Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy by : Maximilian Drephal

This book offers an institutional history of the British Legation in Kabul, which was established in response to the independence of Afghanistan in 1919. It contextualises this diplomatic mission in the wider remit of Anglo-Afghan relations and diplomacy from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, examining the networks of family and profession that established the institution’s colonial foundations and its connections across South Asia and the Indian Ocean. The study presents the British Legation as a late imperial institution, which materialised colonialism's governmental practices in the age of independence. Ultimately, it demonstrates the continuation of asymmetries forged in the Anglo-Afghan encounter and shows how these were transformed into instances of diplomatic inequality in the realm of international relations. Approaching diplomacy through the themes of performance, the body and architecture, and in the context of knowledge transfers, this work offers new perspectives on international relations through a cultural history of diplomacy.

The status of Women in FATA: A Comparison between Islamic Principles and Pashtunwali

The status of Women in FATA: A Comparison between Islamic Principles and Pashtunwali
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Publisher : EduPedia Publications (P) Ltd
Total Pages : 43
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ISBN-10 : 9781517383879
ISBN-13 : 1517383870
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The status of Women in FATA: A Comparison between Islamic Principles and Pashtunwali by : Abdul Qadeer

Islamic principles and Pashtunwali are the two main factors dominating the social behavior in Pashtun society. Regarding the status of women they are similar in some aspects of life while in several others, they are different from each other. They are similar in the practices of polygamy; banquet during marriage; veil (purdah) of women; rules for entering the houses of others and up to some extent in the method of divorce. They are different in the practices of women€™s share in property and inheritance; the seeking of consent of women during marriage; the punishment of adultery and honor killing; the practice of mahr and bride-price. In Pashtun society women are denied the share in property and inheritance; consent in marriage is also not sought; they are killed in cases of adultery or on the basis of mere suspicion and friendly relations with men. The family of the woman takes bride-price on her marriage. The practices of forced marriages also take place like swara, takkan kawal, badal wodaetc but these practices are rare. Although divorce takes place according to Islamic principles but women have a little say in seeking divorce. The culture has been1 Khan Abdul Ghani Khan, The Pathans (Peshawar:S.I.E.St.Road, 1990), 29.adopted in such a way that it fulfills the economic, social and political interests of men at the cost of women€™s interests. Islamic principles and Pashtunwali are the two main factors dominating the social behavior in Pashtun society. Regarding the status of women they are similar in some aspects of life while in several others, they are different from each other. They are similar in the practices of polygamy; banquet during marriage; veil (purdah) of women; rules for entering the houses of others and up to some extent in the method of divorce. They are different in the practices of women€™s share in property and inheritance; the seeking of consent of women during marriage; the punishment of adultery and honor killing; the practice of mahr and bride-price. In Pashtun society women are denied the share in property and inheritance; consent in marriage is also not sought; they are killed in cases of adultery or on the basis of mere suspicion and friendly relations with men. The family of the woman takes bride-price on her marriage. The practices of forced marriages also take place like swara, takkan kawal, badal wodaetc but these practices are rare. Although divorce takes place according to Islamic principles but women have a little say in seeking divorce. The culture has been1 Khan Abdul Ghani Khan, The Pathans (Peshawar:S.I.E.St.Road, 1990), 29.adopted in such a way that it fulfills the economic, social and political interests of men at the cost of womens interests.

Pakistan

Pakistan
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Publisher : PublicAffairs
Total Pages : 594
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ISBN-10 : 9781610391627
ISBN-13 : 1610391624
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Pakistan by : Anatol Lieven

In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United States, and the world. With almost 200 million people, a 500,000-man army, nuclear weapons, and a large diaspora in Britain and North America, Pakistan is central to the hopes of jihadis and the fears of their enemies. Yet the greatest short-term threat to Pakistan is not Islamist insurgency as such, but the actions of the United States, and the greatest long-term threat is ecological change. Anatol Lieven's book is a magisterial investigation of this highly complex and often poorly understood country: its regions, ethnicities, competing religious traditions, varied social landscapes, deep political tensions, and historical patterns of violence; but also its surprising underlying stability, rooted in kinship, patronage, and the power of entrenched local elites. Engagingly written, combining history and profound analysis with reportage from Lieven's extensive travels as a journalist and academic, Pakistan: A Hard Country is both utterly compelling and deeply revealing.

The Limits of Culture

The Limits of Culture
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 738
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ISBN-10 : 9780262195294
ISBN-13 : 0262195291
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Limits of Culture by : Brenda Shaffer

Experts analyze the effect of cultural interests on the foreign policy of states in the Caspian region, including Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan.

The Pathan Borderland

The Pathan Borderland
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Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015048906674
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Synopsis The Pathan Borderland by : James William Spain

Mountstuart Elphinstone in South Asia

Mountstuart Elphinstone in South Asia
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 458
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ISBN-10 : 9780190914400
ISBN-13 : 0190914408
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Mountstuart Elphinstone in South Asia by : Shah Mahmoud Hanifi

Examines the life of one of the principal intellectual architects of British colonial rule in South Asia.