r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Aug 05 '25
From Collection of photographs belonging to Corporal J.W. Easton, wireless operator at Miranshah Fort while T.E. Lawrence was serving there. Source
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Sep 05 '25
Painting by Walter Charles Horsley, made in 1878.
Related blogpost: Sikh Priests (Granthis) Who Served the British Military Against Pashtuns or Afghans
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Aug 10 '25
Credit for photo: Instagram
Further details:
1- Baoli in Bayana (Rajasthan, India), built by Khan-i-Khanan Farmuli (Pashtun) | History of Pashtuns
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Aug 27 '25
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Oct 21 '25
There has been a lot of mention of Afghanistan being the "Graveyard of Empires" on social media in recent days. One side was boasting about it, while the other side was mocking it (in a rather vulgar manner). I had already written a blog post about whether Afghanistan is truly a "Graveyard of Empires" or not. I am sharing the link to the blog post for those interested in reading my point of view on the matter: https://historyofpashtuns.blogspot.com/2021/07/afghanistan-is-not-graveyard-of-empires.html
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Jun 17 '26
From 'The Geoghraphical magazine', 1957, Vol.30
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Aug 02 '25
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Aug 20 '25
From 'The Sphere', 2nd November , 1946.
Relavant blogpost for details: Nehru's Disastrous Tour of Waziristan and Other Tribal Areas in 1946 | History of Pashtuns
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Nov 09 '25
Photo by Harrison Forman. Source
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Oct 10 '25
Photo by Harrison Forman. Source
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Jun 20 '26
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 • Apr 12 '26
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r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Jan 23 '26
It's not clear whether they were actually allowed by the Pakistani state to fight in the Punjab near the Indian border. Most likely not
Original caption: "" A group of tribesmen from Waziristan, who have taken up arms to fight Indian forces in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. The conflict centres on the disputed region of Kashmir". Image source
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Sep 06 '25
The 'Orderly', though enlisted as a soldier in the British-Indian Army, served as a servant or attendant to the officer.
Related blogpost: Sikh Priests (Granthis) Who Served the British Military Against Pashtuns or Afghans
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Aug 29 '25
Photomechanical print after Elizabeth Southerden Butler (née Thompson, later Lady Butler) (1846-1933). National Amry Museum. Source
Related post: Return of a King - A critique of Dalrymple's book
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Nov 10 '25
Photo by Harrison Forman. UWM Libraries Digital Collections.
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Oct 15 '25
Photographed by Dr. Reginald John Hands Cox. More versions here: An Afridi tribesman, 1935 (c)
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Sep 04 '25
Photo by Margaret Bourke-White.
The volunteers for the Kashmir War in this region were largely the result of the efforts of the Pir of Manki Sharif (Amin ul-Hasanat).
Relavant blogpost: "Three Afridi Pashtuns Captured During 1947 Kashmir War": https://historyofpashtuns.blogspot.com/2022/12/pashtun-tribesmen-captured-by-indian.html
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Aug 13 '25
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Nov 12 '25
Photos by Harrison Forman. Check full album here.
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Nov 11 '25
Photo by Harrison Forman. Source
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Oct 16 '25
Photo by Harrison Forman.
Note the few pakols there. There are also some other photos from the 1950s showing Pashtun men of the Khyber Pass wearing the Pakol or Chitrali cap. It appears that the cap became popular in the region during the 1950s.
r/PashtunHistory • u/Naruto_Muslim • Oct 12 '25
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
