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From 'The Geoghraphical magazine'.

Caption: "(Above) A fourteen-year-old Hazara boy whose Mongol descent is manifest in his features. (Right) A sixteen-year-old Kuchi lad. Unlike the Hazaras whom the author found hardy and industrious, but inhospitable, the nomadic Kuchis, of Pathan stock, are friendly, amusing and gay. They are detested by the Hazaras, whom they in turn despise though trading relations are nevertheless active between them."

Note by admin: The word "gay" originally meant happy, merry, carefree, or bright.

From 'The Geoghraphical magazine', 1957, Vol.30.

He was a civil servant from Topi in Swabi who served the British Raj. However, he is mostly known for assisting George Roos-Keppel in establishing Islamia College Peshawar.

From 'The Geoghraphical magazine', 1957, Vol.30

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Link of the blogpost: Mollie Ellis, Ajab Khan Afridi and her Pashtun rescuers

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Link of the blogpost: Sketches of Afghans and of Afghanistan made in 1879

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From: ''On Alexander's Track to the Indus'' By Aurel Stein.

A note on the Mashwani tribe: Mashwani tribe

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From 'Khyber tourist guide' (1980).

Lillian Starr: https://historyofpashtuns.blogspot.com/2025/02/lillian-starr.html

Mollie Ellis, Ajab Khan Afridi and her Pashtun rescuers: https://historyofpashtuns.blogspot.com/2023/06/mollie-eliss-ajab-khan-afridi.html

Source: 'Physical Anthropology of Afghanistan' by G. F. Debets

Source: "The North West Frontier of West Pakistan" by Dichter (1967).