History of Afghans (Articles and Pictures)

[Samandri]

How khaki eclipsed the traditional colours of battledress

 

[ghoul]

@Samandri

Pashtuns seemed to dress differently back then. Their clothes look more similar to Baloch than their signature shalwar kameezes nowadays. Like these guys for example;

 

[Samandri]

@Samandri

Pashtuns seemed to dress differently back then. Their clothes look more similar to Baloch than their signature shalwar kameezes nowadays. Like these guys for example;

I think its more of old design of shalwar kameez rather than different dress. Here is an old picture of khattak warrior,

Here are two men from malakhand, 1897

In this picture, one can assess the dress more clearly,

A mehsud tribesman

 

[Khan_patriot]

In this thread i will share tidbits of history of Pashtuns/Afghans. Here Afghan is synonymous with Pashtun, and it also includes those who have lost pashto but identified themeselves as pathans or pashtuns . Word Pathan might also be used but i chose Afghan as it is also the most common word for pashtuns in historical sources and records. The articles and pictures would be generalized and wont be only from single school of thought or an ideology.

are you Pukhtoon as well.....

 

[Samandri]

 

[Samandri]

 

[Samandri]

 

[Samandri]

AFGHAN, 1870 (OIL ON CANVAS)

Afridi tribesmen

Portrait of a man taken during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878-80

An Afghan soldier

 

[Samandri]

Dost Mohammad Khan (engraving)

DOST MOHAMMED KHAN MOHAMMEDZAI (ENGRAVING)

khyber pass

 

[Samandri]

Umeer Dost Mohammed
Khan, from 'Characters and Costumes of Afghuanistan' written by Captain Lockyer Willis Hart, published 1843

Afridi tribesman

Amir Akbar khan

khyber pass

 

[Samandri]

Afridis (Pathan tribes);warfare in the northern Indian marches, India

Death of the Rohilla Chief in 1781 (engraving)

 

[Samandri]

Shah shuja

 

[Samandri]

 

[Samandri]

Tribesmen gather for a
tribal jirga in Waziristan in a picture taken circa 1920.

France . Young Afghan Crown Prince goes to study at the Lycee Mich Elet in Paris accompanied by 22 other Afghan students.

Rare photo of Afghan girls in Bombay India leaving for Istanbul Turkey for the purposes of study at theexpense of the Afghan Govt.The Afghan Amanullah Govt planned to send 200 students annually abroad. The girls are wearing western dress as commanded by Amanullahafter the latters return from his European tour.

The Leicesters march to Razmak during the Waziristan Campaign that began in 1936, in response to unrest that followed the rise of the political and religious figure Faqir of Ipi.

 

[Samandri]

Iqbal to Afghans (Pashtuns)

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Iqbal's book Payam-e-Mashreq is dedicated to Amir Amanullah Khan in recognition of his heroic struggle for a free Afghanistan . In his first visit to Afghanistan , he presented Payam-e-Mashreq to Amanullah Khan and addressed him with following message:

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A poem of iqbal