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t true in f - vertng the railnd thai preaenred 



f K*Jilali*r an- 1 Kabul. 



diMirr. 



eMoiinite or attempt to 4i- TV new forwar 



i.famatory matter tiun* HandemeJi to I wit 



r t* 



lH-al | u: .. again* 



Tbr Kuram |M wa* lr? 



V . . ^ ' '.'..- 



Ill III ' 



rf the smoldering religions auim<itv al- hravih to l. 

 .twMn tH UohAmmMUi .,.! 



. . , : . :.,' 



r 



ore aanii -hawar, and not icon 



.iii-l Sikh leader*. Mohanm 



tin- <-..iiii 



aithful, \%i,. M. 

 destroying because he represented tin' 







the Moiiaiiiim -Lin-. fr.-iii the 



ilar I**-. 



over their country and the 







''.'I with th. An.., r 



*ibar. phv 



tUnsin 



es o a 



wan a 

 uill the 



iti ll.'-n,- 



tlif tiiitttiiii-d I'atlmn tribe* oil 

 n iM.rdt-r. On .!uh . thinl ( 



. was in pinvM.i> 



l ai who 



1 the pMftiVB SVinpa' r llnclii ' 



i^aroae in thesuburl* ' 

 tin- ilriiiolit inn 1'V ti 

 hat tin- Mohammad 

 in tin- nt^'lit 



ffht ..IT th. 



oiaperao th ly n-ii-- 



n ! fr-tii all qimrti-r* of Cnli-uttn. 

 1 v the 



iropeans when 

 "treeta. ttonini; thnr cnrriaffra and 



ini? thru. fr. r null. 



ifreah. ami whm it was finall) : it wa 



wary to |wttn-l ivalry 



-i.Hl! of t 



Muwulman 

 s in tin- \\Vst iimniiinii-att| n warl. 



- on tin* nlr. 



-. tin- Hriti-h have uiMn- t.l gradually 

 :i military ritntml. partly will: 

 beorbine a- \ fi:hanitan 



JtM Up to 



n arknowledgwi 



he Anirlo-Ruian a^rwrnent nartlr in the hope 

 i theee flen. and .ntrelpSd 

 hansr 



i wnr tln> Hriti-h r 

 ntier chonen \>\ tum-n:. in> 



Je 



itit>ar and Kuram pwcs of the Hindu* 

 lah and the advaiuxnl fortified post of guetta in 



a war that chief* who* rn M 



* whose country lay mostly within 



- w Indian frontier. Lew ha'* vrt been done 



to give e(T - arrangement, but the rapid 



eneroachii rghanistaa left no doubt in the 



heee people of what their fate would be. 



ii plated drmar> 



.id has only oeen deterred 



i.\ the hostile attit be Jiohraands. The 



tral. in tin- rxtn m- 

 dependent state* of - and Bajaur. 



When the Government decided on the Chitral 

 ition in 1885 it issued a proclamation ^ 



usurping withdraw from 



< l.itral. andstn- its sole object was to put 



an end to the present, and to prevent any future 

 unlawful aggression on Chitral territory ; that ae 

 soon a* that object had been attained the force 

 w.uld I-- withdrawn ; that the Government had no 

 -f I* ru.anently oceupving anv territory 

 through which the troops passed or of interfering 

 with the Independence of th.- tribr; and that it 

 would scrupulously avoid any acts of h. 



<men so long ae they on their |rt 



n-fraim d from attacking or impeding in anv wav 



!>e troops. On the etiwgth of this 



and of the Swat valley and other 



s to open the road from Peshawar 

 tral. and 



irrispn and dnvr ,. u t the in- 

 ^ The Conservative (iuvernmeot that sue- 

 ,-land decided to perpetuate the 

 U and ooneequ 



le whose 

 dene* their nredtoessnri had promb* 



keep open and maintain the 

 roacL The liberal Government had been partly 



itral 



by a denire not to break faith v 

 among whom the campaign had taken place. The 

 >vernment eventuallv ma*le agrer- 



1 and Painda Kh- 

 of theflv, 



permanent mad over the Malakand pass and its 

 defense I- 



theee tribes, the Khan of I>ir. who in addition to 

 liberal money payments thus secured protection 

 a more powerful claimant for the throne. 



