Showing posts with label Jirga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jirga. Show all posts

Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Jirga with Zakha Khel clan of Afridis, 1908




Jirga with Zakha Khel clan of Afridis, 1908. Photographed by Captain E.T. Rich, Published by Mela Ram, Peshawar. 

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Friday, 11 September 2020

British invasion of the Mohmand territory in 1935 (historical images)

A large British military encampment at Ghalanai in the Mohmand country, 1935. The machine in the photo is captioned as "road digger".


Mohmand tribesmen on peace jirga with the governor of NWFP, October 19th, 1935. Photo courtesy: Farrukh Husain


A photo taken during the British invasion of the Mohmand territory in 1935. A camel ambulance of the British Indian Army for transporting their injured and dead.





Wednesday, 2 August 2017

Jirga



Jirga between Mahsud tribesmen and British, Kanigurm, circa 1919. Photograph by R.B.Holmes

A Jirga (tribal council meeting) between the local Political Agent and the Mohmands, 1935.

Jirga between Mahsud tribesmen and British, Kanigurm, circa 1919. Photograph by R.B.Holmes

General Blood meets the Mamund jirgas in durbar with the Khans of Nawagai, Jhar and Khar on 11th October 1897: Malakand Field Force, 8th September 1897 to 12th October 1897 on the North-West Frontier of India: drawing by Edmund Hobday

A jirga in Waziristan, 1940 (c).

Tribesmen leaving a jirga at Kaniguram, Waziristan, c.1921. Photograph by R.B.Holmes



A Mahsud Jirga, Waziristan, 1919 (c).