The North-West Frontier (Khyber Pukhtunkhwa): Essays on History (2nd Revised Edition)

Description

The book covers a variety of topics about the Frontier (Khyber Pukhtunkhwa) and itspeople.

It outlines the geography of the province and describes the three major theories about the origin of the Pukhtuns and recounts the Pukhtun code of life—Pukhtu. The author discusses the area’s occupation by the Britons in 1849 and examines the Durand Line Agreement (1893), along with its pros and cons. From the uprising against the British in the tribal belt in 1897, the book moves to the formation of the province in 1901 and covers the related constitutional developments.

The book discusses the role of the Khudayi Khidmatgar Movement, the Muslim League in the province, and the 1947 referendum. It also analyses the administrative apparatus that prevailed in the erstwhile tribal areas and describes the political careers and educational services of Sahibzadah Abdul Qayyum and Abdul Ghaffar Khan. These various themes and issues—placed in their geo-political, strategic, and historical contexts—present a comprehensive overview in this well-researched book by one of the top scholars of the country in the discipline of history.

Key Features

• Describes the three major theories about the origin of the Pukhtuns
• Occupation by the Britons; uprising against the British; formation of the province
• Pros and cons of the Durand Line Agreement (1893)
• role of the Khudayi Khidmatgar Movement
• political careers and educational services of Sahibzadah Abdul Qayyum and Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Table of Contents

1. Authors Note
2. Preface
3. Abbreviations and Acronyms
4. Geography: Some Historical Aspects
5. Origin of the Pukhtuns: The Bani Israelite, Aryan, and Mixed Race Theories
6. Pukhtu: The Pukhtun Code of Life
7. British Occupation
8. Durand Line Agreement
9. Uprising
10. Formation
11. Constitutional Developments
12. Khudayi Khidmatgar Movement
13. Muslim League
14. Referendum
15. Tribal Administration
16. Role of Sahibzadah Abdul Qayyum in Politics and Promotion of Education
17. Role of Abdul Ghaffar Khan in Politics and Promotion of Education
18. Bibliography
19. Index

Author Biography

Born in the Hazara village in Swat, Sultan-i-Rome received his primary and secondary education at government schools in Hazara and Kabal. He completed his bachelor’s from Government Jahanzeb College, Swat; master’s in General History from the University of Karachi; and PhD from the University of Peshawar.

Sultan-i-Rome is a life member of the Pakistan Historical Society and a sitting member of its Executive Committee. He is the author of more than fifty research articles in academic journals, books, encyclopaedias, anthologies, and proceedings, and two working papers. In addition to the present book, his other publications are Swat State (1915–1969): From Genesis to Merger (OUP, 2008) [also translated and published in Urdu]; Land and Forest Governance in Swat: Transition from Tribal System to State to Pakistan (OUP, 2016), and Swat through the Millennia: From Prehistory to the Early Twentieth Century (OUP, 2021) in English; two titles, Matalunah (2013), and Tapay (2018), in Pashto; and one title, Swat: Tarikh kay Durahay par (2020), in Urdu.