"A Dooraunee Villager with his Arms," 1815* (Ames Library)



*"The wild tribes of India defending a mountain pass," from the Illustrated London News, 1865*

Massacre of British Army in Afghanistan in 1842

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"Hazara mountain fighter," an engraving from 'Le tour du monde', 1868
"Private, First Beloch Regiment, Afghan, Soonee Mussulman, Sind," an albumen photo from 'The People of India', published from 1868 to the early 1870's by W. H. Allen, for the India Office; 
Rind, Beloch Tribe, Suney Musulman, Sind*;

A Khosa, Beloch Frontier Tribe, Soonee Mussulman, Sind*;

Ghazi Khan and Son, Muzaree Belochees, Soonee Mussulmans, Sind*;

Private, Second Beloch Regiment, Soonee Mussulman, Sind*;

Jokyas, Mussulmans, Sind*;

Sirdar Khan Noomrya, Beloch, Soonee Mussulman, Sind*



Mountaineers in action,"photo by Bourne and Shepherd, 1860-70's*


*"The tribes on our frontier: Aka Khel," a photo, c.1880's*;

a
n Afghan village, photo by John Burke, 1880's*

A Frontier Dispute," from the Illustrated London News, 1894*

With the Mohmand field force: a trooper of the 13th Bengal Lancers bringing in a Pathan prisoner," from the Illustrated London News, 1897*


Native levies from Baluchistan, riding in the Delhi Durbar procession of 1902," a photo by W. G. Skinner, a British officer, c.1895-1904*



A camel caravan on the northwest frontier; a silver gelatin photo by R. B. Holmes, c.1920s; 

an army camp*

An Afridi village near Zintara Station, about 27 miles from Peshawar on the Khyber Pass. Each house in the village is built like a miniature fortress, with a lookout tower against any possible raid"

 a news bureau photo, c.1950s, with original caption; *a closer view of a house with a lookout tower

*a closer view of a house with a lookout tower*

Kohat Pass: Afridi tribesmen making rifles in a native rifle factory," a news bureau photo, early 1950's

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