Waziristan, the Faqir of Ipi and the Indian Army: The North West Frontier Revolt of 1936-37

by Alan Warren

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This text explores the events of 1936, when a revolt broke out in Waziristan, a mountainous region of the North-West Frontier Province inhabited by warlike tribes. A Muslim holy man, the Faqir of Ipi, led the Wazirs against the occupying British-Indian regime for many years. The Wazirs' revolt was one of the greatest 20th-century South Asian insurgencies.
  • ISBN10 0195790162
  • ISBN13 9780195790160
  • Publish Date April 2000
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 19 August 2002
  • Publish Country PK
  • Imprint OUP Pakistan
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 356
  • Language English