The Pathan unarmed : opposition & memory in the North West Frontier
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The Pathan unarmed : opposition & memory in the North West Frontier
（World anthropology）
James Currey , School of American Research Press , Oxford University Press, c2000
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: James Currey : paper ISBN 9780852552735
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Examines the rise in the inter-war years of a Gandhian influenced non-violent movement in the North West Frontier.
The Pukhtun (Pathan) of the North West Frontier are regarded as a warrior people. Yet in the inter-war years there arose a Muslim movement, the Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of God), which adopted military forms of organizations anddress, but which also drew its inspiration from Gandhian principles of non-violent action and was dedicated to an Indian nationalism rather than communal separatism.
Virtually erased from the national historiography of post-partition Pakistan, where they now reside, the ageing veterans of the movement are still highly respected by younger Pukhtun. This is an account of rank and file members of the Khudai Khidmatgar, describing why they joined, what they did, and how they perceived the ethics and aims of the movement. It attempts to answer the questions of how notoriously violent Pukhtun were converted to an ethic of non-violence. It finds the answer rooted in the transformation of older social structures, Islamic revisionism and the redefinition of the traditional code of honour.
South Asia excluding India: OUP
Series Editors: Wendy James & N.J. Allen
Table of Contents
- The North-West Frontier Province in the early 20th century
- the origins of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement
- ethnography of the movement
- the British riposte
- leadership of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement
- the ideology of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement
- Pathans and nationalist politics
- the work of memory
- epilogue - the nature of frontiers.
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: School of American Research Press : paper ISBN 9780933452695
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How were the notoriously violent Pukhtun converted to an ethic of nonviolence? The Pukhtun (Pathan) of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan are regarded as a warrior people. Yet in the years between the world wars there arose a Muslim movement, the Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of God), that was inspired by Gandhian principles of nonviolent action and dedicated to Indian nationalism rather than communal separatism. This book is the first account of rank-and-file members of the Khudai Khidmatgar, describing why they joined, what they did, and how they perceived the ethics and aims of the movement.
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