Mohammad Akbar Khan (the first son of King Zahir Shah)

Mohammad Akbar Khan (the first son of King Zahir Shah) in national dress, Kabul, 1940 (c). He was named after the hero of the first Anglo-Afghan war. He died in November 1942 when he was only nine years old and his younger brother Ahmad Shah Khan became Crown Prince.

A Pashtun child, Afghanistan, 1931

 

Photo by Maynard Owen Williams

An Afridi baby in the khyber, 1917 (c)

 

An Afridi baby (female) in the Khyber, 1917 (c).

This photo was used as an illustration in the book "Frontier folk of the Afghan border" by Lilian Agnes Starr (published in 1920).

Source: Cadbury Research Library

A Kakar boy, 1951

 

A village scene of Kohat, 1902

A village scene of Kohat, 1902. Photo taken by Warren Crowe. Source

An Afridi father of eleven sons, Jamrud, May 12, 1941

An Afridi father of eleven sons, Jamrud, May 12, 1941. 

From Life magazine. 

Caption: "The father of eleven sons (daughters dont count among Pathans) poses with three sons. Youngest is 2 ; eldest is 62. He is a chief of the Afridi tribe. The fort in rear is at the entrance to Khyber Pass."

"daughters dont count among Pathans". It is considered inappropriate among Pashtuns to tell the number and names of the womenfolk of their houshold to strangers.

I am informed that his name was Malik Mirak Khan Kukikhel.

Afghan Kochi mother and child, 1950s

Students of Tari Mangal school, Peiwar, Kurram valley, 1930s

Students of Tari Mangal school, Peiwar, Kurram valley, 1930s. 

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Kakar Pashtuns, 1929

Kakar Pashtuns: (from left to right) Zarin Khan, with his son, and Allah Nur : language informants for Wanetsi dialect of Pashto. 

Date: 18th March, 1929. 

Photo by Georg Morgenstierne.

Ghazi Mohammad Ayub Khan, in exile in British-India, with three of his nine sons, Rawalpindi, ca.1890

Ghazi Mohammad Ayub Khan, in exile in British-India, with three of his nine sons, Rawalpindi, ca.1890. Source

 Ayub Khan is renowned for defeating the English at Maiwand on July 27, 1880.

Prince Abdullah Jan (son and heir apparent of Amir Sher Ali Khan of Afghanistan), 1869

Prince Abdullah Jan (son and heir apparent of Amir Sher Ali Khan of Afghanistan), 1869.  Photo by William Baker.

He died in prematurely on August 17, 1878.

Prince Abdullah Jan, son of Amir Sher Ali Khan of Afghanistan. illustration from the magazine The Graphic, volume XVIII, no 458, September 7, 1878.

A group of happy children in Kurram, April 1949

 

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A group of boys wearing hats in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, 1929

 

A group of boys wearing hats in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, 1929. Photo by E. O. Hoppe.

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Gramophone in a Pashtun village, Kohat district, N.W.F.P, 1928.

 

A Wazir father and son, Waziristan, 1939

 

A Wazir Pashtun family, Sham plains (North Waziristan), 1939. Caption: "Sadha Khan at home".

A camel-ambulance for carrying injured British soldiers during Waziristan campaign, 1939.

Pashtun nomads (Kochi or Pawanda)

Pashtun nomad children, Khyber Pass. Undated.

Nomad Pashtun girl, North West Frontier, 1930s.

Afghan nomad children, North West Frontier, c.1919. Photograph by R.B.Holmes

Nomad Ghilzais in the Kurram valley, 1895 (c). Photo by Frederick Saint John Gore.

Head of a nomadic Pashtun clan in Peshawar plains, 1910 (c). Original caption: "The aged head of a clan of a wandering tribe from across the borderland, moving to Peshawar plains during the approach of cold weather carrying all his belongings on his back".

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Pashtun nomads, NWFP, 1930 (c)

 

Prince Hidayatullah Khan of Afghanistan

Prince Hidayatullah Khan with 36 other Afghan students go to Paris school, March 27, 1922. Press Photo. 

Caption: "The son and heir of the king of Afghanistan with other princes and sons of the notables of the court of Afghanistan are now studying in Paris at the Lycee Mich Elet. Our picture shows the crown prince of Afghanistan."

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Prince Hidayatullah, Paris, 1929. Press photo.

Caption : Hidayatullah, the eldest son of ruler of Afghanistan, who is a student in one of leading schools in Paris, where he has proved to be unusually clever in grasping the studies of languages and the fundamentals of the civic government." 

Matanni village and villagers, near Peshawar, January 24, 1903. Photo by Gertrude Bell

 

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Afridi women, Kohat Pass, January 24, 1903. Photos taken by Gertrude Bell

 

Afridi woman carrying water jar, Kohat Pass, January 24, 1903. Photo taken by Gertrude Bell. 

 Note: The photographer is a female.

Local woman and children, Kohat Pass, January 24, 1903. Photo by Gertrude Bell.

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