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... Pashtuns , in the west primarily of the Ghilzay tribe ; interspersed among them are many smaller tribal groups with a ... Pashtun who are engaged in no- madic or seminomadic stock ( mainly sheep ) raising ; some wheat is grown . Pop ...
... Pashtuns , in the west primarily of the Ghilzay tribe ; interspersed among them are many smaller tribal groups with a ... Pashtun who are engaged in no- madic or seminomadic stock ( mainly sheep ) raising ; some wheat is grown . Pop ...
Page 181
... Pashtun , also spelled PUSHTUN , or PAKHTUN , Hindustani PATHAN , Persian AFGHAN , Pashto - speaking people of southeast- ern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan . They comprise the majority of the population of Afghanistan and bore ...
... Pashtun , also spelled PUSHTUN , or PAKHTUN , Hindustani PATHAN , Persian AFGHAN , Pashto - speaking people of southeast- ern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan . They comprise the majority of the population of Afghanistan and bore ...
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... Pashtun princi- palities scattered over the Punjab . His forays eastward were checked by the English . By a treaty signed in 1806 , he agreed to expel a Maratha force that had sought refuge in the Punjab . His ambition to bring together ...
... Pashtun princi- palities scattered over the Punjab . His forays eastward were checked by the English . By a treaty signed in 1806 , he agreed to expel a Maratha force that had sought refuge in the Punjab . His ambition to bring together ...
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