A Peshawar bound 1912 work on the military aspects of the tribes of the North west Frontier.

£220.00

Wylly, Colonel H. C., C.B.: From the Black Mountain to Waziristan. Being an account of the Border Countries and the more turbulent of the Tribes controlled by the North West Frontier Province, and of our Military Relations with them in the past. With an Introduction by Lieut. General Sir Horace L. Smith Dorrien, K.C.B., D.S.O., A.D.C. Gen.  Macmillan and Co. Limited [London] 1912. 1st edition 8vo. A volume in the Military Text-Books series.

8 folding maps, xx.505pp, 2pp ads. Full morocco gilt by Sham Lall & Sons, Printers & Stationers, PESHAWAR with their ticket to the front endpaper, spine a little faded but an excellent clean copy, with no previous ownership markings and the maps neatly folded. The work deals with the Akozais of Swat, Utman Khels, Chitralis, Mohmands, Afridis, Khyber Pass Afridis, Orakzais, and the tribes of Waziristan.  Yakushi W 135. 

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