Table of Contents

Chapter One Waziristan and the early British contacts Chapter Two Britain and Waziristan 1870-1887 Chapter Three The Durand Line and the Mullah Powindah Chapter Four The Mullah Powindah, suicidal attacks and British responses Chapter Five Death of the Mullah Powindah and WWI Chapter Six The Third Anglo-Afghan War, the 1919-20 expedition and the early 1920s Chapter Seven British Policy in Waziristan and the Razmak base Chapter Eight The 1920s and Peaceful Penetration Chapter Nine Regime Change, Congress and Waziristan, Anglo-Afghan relations Chapter Ten Mirza Ali Khan’s Insurgency, Mullah Sher Ali and the Shami Pir Chapter Eleven Mirza Ali Khan, World War Two and British Withdrawal Chapter Twelve Summary and Conclusion Appendix One - Timeline Appendix Two – Personalities Appendix Three – Genealogical Charts

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Looks at the history of Waziristan, which has in recent years become a flash point in the so-called ‘War on Terror’

About the Author

Hugh Beattie is Staff Tutor and Lecturer in Religious Studies and History at The Open University. He is the author of Imperial Frontier: Tribe and State in Waziristan (2002).