Book: The Pathans - Ambela (Part-1) It is no part of this work to describe the long list of military operations, ranking as expeditions, undertaken on or from the frontier. But there are two memorable affairs in the Early days of much greater than military interest. First is the reaction to the Mutiny of 1857, the second the Ambela campaign of 1863, and both are worth a record. The two are connected, for the remnants of down-country mutineers from the first provided the spark that lit the second. One shows how vital to the political stability of the whole subcontinent is the attitude of the pathans tribe; the other is a milestone in the frontier history, partly because it linked backward with the Sayyids who opposed the Sikhs, and forward, through the Akhund, with present day developments in Swat. But a more important reason is that the Ambela story displays a number of incidents so typical of Pathan courage and chivalry at its best that they deserve to be shown to a wider audience. Let us then turn aside from the main stream for a moment, and look again to the Yusufzai border. (Continued..) Please share with friends. Mgr Asadiano
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