By virtue of the multiple types of political ties that exist in the area, no maximal political unit can be defined; lineages are associated in village
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The next morning Malka was set on fire, and the huge , column of smoke which ascended from the burning village, and was visible for miles round, did n
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The terms which were drawn up, and to which the Bunerwals agreed, were: The breaking-up of the tribal gathering in the Buner Pass. The destruction of
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When we had passed the village of Umbeyla, which was in flames, having been set fire to by our Cavalry, the wing of the 32nd was brought up in prolong
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Now that the enemy were on the run it was the time to press them, and this Turner did so effectually that the leading men of his column entered Lalu s
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Sir William Denison reached Calcutta on the 2nd December. The careful study of the correspondence in connection with the Umbeyla expedition satisfied
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Duber - Kandia: There is a clear difference between the east and west dialect areas in their formal political organization – compared to Patan, the we
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There had been no fighting for some days, and most of the wounded had been removed. Sir Neville Chamberlain was still in camp, and I was sorry to find
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Patan: Thus in the village or territory of Patan, there is a central council of 12-1 3 members (zetwan). This council also has a clerk or agent (kotwa
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The day following the fight the Bunerwals were told they might carry away their dead, and we took advantage of their acceptance of this permission to
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