Nawab Mahbub Ali Khan collecting thumb print signatures of tribesmen from Swat-Ranezai for their agreement to be governed by the state of Pakistan, 1947

December, 1947. Political agent Nawab Sheikh Mahbub Ali Khan (seated at table) collecting thumb print signatures of tribesmen from Swat-Ranezai for their agreement to be governed by the state of Pakistan during a jirga for the NWFP. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White.

December 1947: Clerk helping a Malik of Swat-Ranezai (Malakand district, KP), place his inked thumb print as his signature on the agreement document to their accession to the govt. of Pakistan during Jirga for the Northwest Frontier Province. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White.