 Bannu people. Every stature, from that of the weak Indian to that of the tall Durrani ; every complexion, from the ebony of Bengal to the rosy cheek of Kabul ; every dress, from the linen garments of the south to the heavy goat-skin of the eternal snows,...  A Year on the Punjab Frontier, in 1848-49 - Page 62by Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes - 1851Full view - About this book
 | 1867 - 420 pages
...that of the tall Doorânee ; every complexion, from the ebony of Bengal to the rosy hueif Cabul ; and every dress, from the linen garments of the south to the heavy goat-skin of the eternal snows." Their chiefs are called Mullicks. They were not such by hereditary right, as in other Affghanistan... | |
 | Septimus Smet Thorburn - Bannu (Pakistan) - 1876 - 506 pages
...that of the tall Durrani ; every complexion, from the ebony of Bengal to the rosy cheek of Kabul ; every dress, from the linen garments of the south...reader take this people, and arm them to the teeth ; 1 They do trace their descent from a common ancestor, as was shown a few pages back, but the descendants... | |
 | R. C. (Robert Clark) - Missions - 1883 - 282 pages
...the rosy cheek of Kabul ; every dress, from the linen garments of the south to the heavy goat-skins of the eternal snows, is to be seen promiscuously among them, reduced only to a harmoniously whole, by the neutral tint of universal dirt. But the Bannuchis do not constitute the... | |
 | R. C. (Robert Clark) - Missions - 1883 - 274 pages
...to that of the tall Durani ; every complexion, from the ebony of Bengal to the rosy cheek of Kabul ; every dress, from the linen garments of the south to the heavy goat-skins of the eternal snows, is to be seen promiscuously among them, reduced only to a harmoniously... | |
 | Robert Clark - 1885 - 412 pages
...to that of the tall Durdni; every complexion, from the ebony of Bengal to the rosy cheek of Kabul; every dress, from the linen garments of the south to the heavy goat-skins of the eternal snows, is to be seen promiscuously among them, reduced only to a harmonious... | |
 | Ernest Gambier-Parry - 1888 - 428 pages
...even in cases of the most vital importance.' Edwardes,1 too, gives a picture of them. He says : — ' Every stature, from that of the weak Indian to that...be seen promiscuously among them, reduced only to 1 A Year on the Punjab Frontier (Herbert B. Edwardes). a harmonious whole by the neutral tint of universal... | |
 | Edward Emmerson Oliver - Afghanistan - 1890 - 364 pages
...that of the tall Durrani ; every complexion, from the ebony of Bengal to the rosy cheek of Kabul ; every dress, from the linen garments of the South,...harmonious whole by the neutral tint of universal dirt." Small in stature, sallow, fleshless, and wizened in appearance. " Shut up in close villages amongst... | |
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