Pashtun, also called Pathan by outsiders, are the world's largest tribal people. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Margolis: Kicking a Hornet's Nest in Pakistan] Reference
Here's a view of the Pashtun, or 'Pathan' country, as seen by a young Winston Churchill in the late nineteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-10-31] Reference
Besides, a Pathan is a fair-skin. From Wordnik.com. [Kim] Reference
But the independence of the Pathan people south of the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The fort on top was the work of the Pathan, Atta Mohamad Khan. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
The Pathan drew himself up with all the haughty pride of his race. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
Sikh and the Pathan, the Gurkha and the Bengali, the Mahratta and the. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
Weren't you playing your old Pathan role the other day for the ladies?. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
Loyalty of our Pathan soldiers -- Bunerwals show signs of submission. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
They roared, of course, and Hewitt said there was a real Pathan answer, what?. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
I was in the act of touching my hat to them when the Pathan started expectorating. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
He didn't look Arab, but I had taken him at first for a Pathan, or some other Aryan tribe. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Mahommedan and hook-nosed, fair-skinned Pathan native officers and sepoys of the detachment. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
To the east, beyond the Panjkora river, are the hills of Swat, dominated by another Pathan race. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
At this the maid giggled, the ladies looked, and the Pathan sniffed contemptuously and spat again. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
Then he laughed, and said I was a Pathan for wiliness, all right, and we would get along famously. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
You don't often see a Pathan cry, but Ilderim Khan cried as he told me what had happened at Jhansi. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
The Baluch is less turbulent, less treacherous, less bloodthirsty and less fanatical than the Pathan. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
They came over the battery like a wave, and the scarlet-clad Pathan horsemen were breaking before them. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
Iqbal, being a Pathan and loving a fight, gave a yell of delight, "Come on, huzoor!" and went for them. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman]
Beyond the observatory was an old Pathan mosque, in which was placed an Infantry piquet with two field-guns. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
Iliaszai and Malizai divisions of the Pathan tribe of Yusafzais, who are called after their country the Bunerwals. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
They were not always professional spies whom the Boers employed; nor is it always a Pathan spy who is on the spot. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Guides] Reference
BAJOUR, or BAJAUR, a small district peopled by Pathan races of Afghan origin, in the North-West Frontier Province of India. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
He and his fellow-Pathan took me there on Lakshmibai's orders, and it was one of the most punishing rides I've ever endured. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
For the Pathan saying is: "The first day a ravine deer is born a fleet man may catch it; the second day a dog; and the third day no one!". From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Guides] Reference
Assuming that Pathan blockhead took it straight to her, she'd guess who it was from fast enough — but suppose she didn't want to see me?. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
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