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

by Alan Warren

In 1936, a revolt broke put in Waziristan, a mountainous region inhabited by warlike tribes, an area that is today part of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province. A Muslim holy man, the Faqir of Ipi, led the Wazirs against the occupying British-Indian regime for many years, and the revolt remains one of the greatest twentieth-century South Asian insurgencies. This book is the first full-length study of the campaign, providing valuable insight on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195790162
• ISBN13: 9780195790160
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.6"