Author: William Henry PagetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
A Record of the Expeditions Undertaken Against the North-west Frontier Tribes
Author: William Henry PagetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
A Record of the Expeditions Undertaken Against the North-west Frontier Tribes
Author: William Henry PagetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
A Record of the Expeditions Against the North-West Frontier Tribes, Since the Annexation of the Punjab
Author: William Henry PagetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
A Record of the Expeditions Undertaken Against the North-West Frontier Tribes
Author: The Wahhabi Movement in India
Author: Qeyamuddin AhmadPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000082067
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Founded by Sayyid Ahmad (1786-1831) of Rae Bareli, the Wahhabi Movement in India was a vigorous movement for socio-religious reforms in Indo-Islamic society in the nineteenth century with strong political undercurrents. It stood for a strong affirmation of Tauhid (unity of God), the efficacy of ijtihad (the right of further interpretation of the Quran and the Sunnah, or of forming a new opinion by applying analogy) and the rejection of bid'at (innovation). It remained active for half a century. Sayyid Ahmad's writings show an awareness of the increasing British presence in the country and he regarded British India as a daru'l harb (abode of war). In 1826 he migrated and established an operational base in the independent tribal belt of the North Western Frontier area. After his death in the battle of Balakote, the Movement slackened for some time but his adherents particularly Wilayet Ali and Enayat Ali of Patna revived the work and broad-based its activities. The climax of the Movement was reached in the Ambeyla War (1863) during which the English army suffered serious losses at the hands of the Wahhabis. This led the Government to take stern measures to suppress the Movement. Investigations were launched, the leaders were arrested and sentenced to long-term imprisonments and their properties confiscated. That broke the back of the Movement but it continued to be a potential source of trouble to the government. The Movement does not fit in neatly in any one of the groups and categories into which the history of the early resistance to British rule has been divided by some of the writers on the subject. It cut across some of them time-wise and theme-wise. The existing studies on the subject do not offer a comprehensive profile of the Movement and fail to analyse its nature and the reasons for its failure politically. This well researched study drawing on a vast array of contemporary records, many of them for the first time, seeks to fill this gap and presents an integrated account of the rise and growth of the Movement, its operation over the entire area and period of its existence, its impact and reasons for its failure. Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Pukhtun Economy and Society (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Akbar AhmedPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136598901
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
First published in 1980, this groundbreaking Routledge Revival is a reissue of an original and authentic anthropological account of Pukhtun society by Professor Akbar Ahmed. Combining extensive fieldwork data collected among the Mohmand tribe in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan with historical and literary sources, Professor Ahmed’s study seeks to construct an ideal-type model of Pukhtun society based on the ideal Code of the Pukhtuns and to analyse the conditions of its maintenance and transformation. The author’s thesis is that this ideal model exists within Pukhtun society when interaction with larger state systems is minimal and in poor economic zones. In this way he posits an opposition between the Tribal Agencies along the border with Afghanistan, where ecological conditions are poor and state influence minimal, and the Settled Areas under state administration where Pukhtun society is forced away from its ideals.
Catalogue
Author: Calcutta (India). Imperial libraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Subject-index to the author-catalogue. 1908-10. 2 v
Author: Imperial Library, CalcuttaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
B.H. Blackwell
Author: B.H. Blackwell LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1388
Book Description
Gilgit Agency 1877-1935Second Reprint
Author: Amar Singh ChohanPublisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
ISBN: 9788171561469
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Book Endeavours To Make An Analysis Of The Anglo-Russian Relations In Central Asia Besides Giving An Account Of The Activities Of The Kashmir And British Govern¬Ments In The Social, Economic, Political And Cultural Fields In The Agency Area. It Offers An Insight Into The Politics Of The Frontier And Would Be Of Great Interest To The Scholars Of Central Asian Studies.