# Silk Road Books & Photos

## North West Frontier of Pakistan (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa)

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#### 11 | #### Enevoldsen, Jens | #### The nightingale of Peshawar selections from Rahman Baba
1993 Peshawar hardback in mint dustwrapper £50
#### 12 | #### Enevoldsen, Jens | #### Sound the bells, O moon, arise and Shine! A Collection of Pashto Proverbs and tappas
Interlit Foundation 80 pages 2004. £20
#### 13 | #### Faiz, Ashraf | #### The Parachgan
The Parachgan are a people of remote ethnic origin who dwelt in the eastern portions of the ancient Ariana, Khurasan or Kabulistan and hence got the name Parachgan by the Hindu conquerors of the area, since Parach means people of the East or remote ethnic origin in Sanskrit. Alternately they are the original Persian dwellers of the Ariana, Khurasan or Kabulistan called Farashes later on corrupted to Paraches of Parenches by their brethren the Pushtuns. Pages 154 first Edition 1994 hardback in dust wrapper Peshawar. £30
#### 14 | #### Goodwin Buster | #### Amongst the Pathans(Khattaks)
1969 first edition memoirs of life commanding a Khattak Scout’s Unit during the Raj. £40
#### 15 | #### Goodwin Buster | #### More stories about the Pathans (Khattaks)
48 page book circa 1970s signed by author written after his first Stories a mongst the Pathans. In original card cover. £40
#### 16 | #### Grierson George A | #### Torwali Dardic Swat Language
1929 Royal Asiatic Society, one map with a Chapter on Torwal Folk tales by Auriel Stein. £25
#### 17 | #### Hart David M, | #### Guardians of the Khaibar Pass The Social Organisation and History of the Afridis of Pakistan
PP 208 hardback pictorial cover, very good top of spine slightly damaged. Anthropological work conducted by Hart from Sept 1977 to Jan 1978. £14
#### 18 | #### Hussain, Sayed Amjad | #### The Frontier Town of Peshawar A Brief History
23 pages soft cover the Interlit Foundation Peshawar Pakistan. A review of the history of Peshawar by a Pukhtun doctor Page 23 of the book: “It is interesting to note that the Pukhtun (Afghan) Kings ruled Delhi for almost five centuries(1193-1526 CE) but the couldn’t rule their own people in the territory between Kabul and the Indus. This was due to the nature of a tribal society that didn’t permit unity under one banner. However, these Pukhtun kings encouraged many of their kind to migrate to India to help govern the local population there. After a few generations, these migrants were effectively. Cut off from their land, their culture and their language. Today, millions of Indian Muslims trace their roots to the Peshawar Valley and eastern Afghanistan.” Published in 2000 third edition. £19
#### 19 | #### Jameelah, Maryam | #### Two great mujahidin of the recent past and their struggle for freedom against foreign rule: Sayyid Ahmad Shahid, Imam Shamil, a great mujahid, of Russia
1990 Paperback in original blue card cover. Lahore Pakistan. £20
#### 20 | #### Kalter Johannes | #### Arts and Crafts of the Swat Valley
Thames and Hudson coffee table book detailing the wooden architecture and embroidery arts of this lush valley. Hardback in dust wrapper 1991. £30
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