 | Iltudus Thomas Prichard - Great Britain - 1869 - 394 pages
...of almost all the tribes, from the Indus to the boundary of Cabul, against us. Old animosities were in abeyance, and, under the influence of fanaticism, tribes usually hostile to each other were hastening to join the standard of the Akhoond of Swat. Meantime reinforcements were being pushed... | |
 | United Service Institution of India - India - 1890 - 1036 pages
...computed that the total number of men in arms against us now was about 15,000. Old animosities were for the time in abeyance, and, under the influence...of fanaticism, tribes usually hostile to each other had joined, or were hastening to join, the Akltuu<fs standard, and to fight for the sake of their common... | |
 | Sir George Forrest - India - 1909 - 552 pages
...tribes, whose names even are hardly known, except to the officers who have served long on the frontier. There is, in fact, a general combination of almost...friendly terms, and it is certain that the whole of the Hindustanee colony are either at, or on their way to, Umbeyla. "It is necessary that I should place... | |
 | Charles Allen - History - 2006 - 383 pages
...fighting Neville Chamberlain sat down to write a despatch outlining the seriousness of his position: There is in fact a general combination of almost all...other are hastening to join the Akhoond's standard. The Akhoond has hitherto been opposed to the Sitana Moulvie [Amir Abdullah Ali], who represents an... | |
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There is, in fact, a general combination of almost all the tribes, from the Indus to the boundary of Cabool, against us. Old animosities are, for the time, in abeyance ; and under the influence of fanaticism, tribes usually hostile to each other are hastening... 