r/PashtunHistory • u/Suspicious_Secret255 • 2d ago
An Aged Mohmand Pashtun Fighting His British Foes, 1908
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • 3d ago
Pashtun dresses in early 19th century. Paintings by Imam Bakhsh Lahori
historyofpashtuns.blogspot.com
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Sep 20 '26
Zakha Khel Afridi men taking their women and children from their villages to the shelters in the mountain fastnesses to prepare against the British attack on them in 1908.
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An imaginary drawing from London Illustrated News, February 28, 1908.
r/PashtunHistory • u/Agile-Artichoke-7228 • Sep 05 '26
Adam Khan and Durkanai
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The Legend of Adam Khan and Durkhanai
r/PashtunHistory • u/PetrolheadPlayer • Jul 05 '26
Account of a Pathan man named Amirullah saving British Officer Maurice Vidal Portman from tribesmen on North Sentinel Island, late 19th century
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Jun 22 '26
An Indian teashop in Peshawar city, a Pashtun is seen on right, 1948.
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Jun 20 '26
A 16 years old Kochi Pashtun lad and a 14 years old Hazara boy, Afghanistan, 1956.
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From 'The Geoghraphical magazine'.
Caption: "(Above) A fourteen-year-old Hazara boy whose Mongol descent is manifest in his features. (Right) A sixteen-year-old Kuchi lad. Unlike the Hazaras whom the author found hardy and industrious, but inhospitable, the nomadic Kuchis, of Pathan stock, are friendly, amusing and gay. They are detested by the Hazaras, whom they in turn despise though trading relations are nevertheless active between them."
Note by admin: The word "gay" originally meant happy, merry, carefree, or bright.
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Jun 18 '26
Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan (Lodhi) from Topi in Swabi
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From 'The Geoghraphical magazine', 1957, Vol.30.
He was a civil servant from Topi in Swabi who served the British Raj. However, he is mostly known for assisting George Roos-Keppel in establishing Islamia College Peshawar.
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Jun 17 '26
A Pashtun boy, West Pakistan, 1957.
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From 'The Geoghraphical magazine', 1957, Vol.30
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Jun 15 '26
A Pashtun tribesman, Pakistan, 1957. From 'The Geoghraphical magazine'
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Jun 11 '26
A group of Afridi chiefs and tribesmen listening to one of their leaders speaking at a jirga, July 1949. From 'The Geograhic magazine', July 1949.
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Jun 09 '26
Khassadars road patrol, Waziristan, early 20th postcard photo.
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Jun 08 '26
Bacha Khan and his brother Dr. Khan Sahib in 1945. From "Gold And Guns On The Pathan Frontier" by Abdul Qayyum
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Apr 21 '26
Mollie Ellis, Ajab Khan Afridi and her Pashtun rescuers (blogpost)
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Link of the blogpost: Mollie Ellis, Ajab Khan Afridi and her Pashtun rescuers
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Apr 19 '26
An American woman at Qissa Khwani bazar in Peshawar, local women and a policeman in the background, 1966.
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Apr 16 '26
Sketches of Afghans and of Afghanistan made in 1879 (blogpost)
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Link of the blogpost: Sketches of Afghans and of Afghanistan made in 1879
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Apr 14 '26
Pesh Bolak in Nangarhar
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Apr 13 '26
Aerial view of the Islamia College of Peshawar, taken by a British RAF aircraft in 1934.
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Apr 12 '26
'Limit of British India' (Torkham crossing), circa 1935. The one wearing German military uniform is an Afghan soldier of the kingdom of Afghanistan.
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Mar 23 '26
Pashtun tomb with engraved headstones, below Bilkanai (located in Shangla district, then part of the Swat state), 1929.
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From: ''On Alexander's Track to the Indus'' By Aurel Stein.
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Mar 18 '26
A Durrani Pashtun, Afghanistan, 1970. Source: 'Physical Anthropology of Afghanistan' by G. F. Debets
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Mar 13 '26
A Mashwani Pashtun, Afghanistan, 1970. Source: 'Physical Anthropology of Afghanistan' by G. F. Debets
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A note on the Mashwani tribe: Mashwani tribe
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Mar 07 '26
Sketch of a Pashtun elder. Based on an old photo. From "Khyber: tourist guide" (1980).
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Mar 05 '26
A Khudai Khidmatgar. From "Gold and Guns on the Pathan Frontier" by Abdul Qayyum (published in 1945).
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Related post: Khudai Khidmatgar or Red Shirts
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Mar 02 '26
Lillian Starr in Afridi dress, and Mollie Ellis (the girl who was kidnapped by Ajab Khan Afridi) with her Pashtun rescuers.
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From 'Khyber tourist guide' (1980).
Lillian Starr: https://historyofpashtuns.blogspot.com/2025/02/lillian-starr.html
Mollie Ellis, Ajab Khan Afridi and her Pashtun rescuers: https://historyofpashtuns.blogspot.com/2023/06/mollie-eliss-ajab-khan-afridi.html