Chapter XXV: A Forward Policy

Frontier medical missions--Their value as outposts--Ancient Christianity in Central Asia--Kafiristan: a lost opportunity of the Christian Church--Forcible conversion to Islam--Fields for missionary enterprise beyond the North-West Frontier--The first missionaries should be medical men--An example of the power of a medical mission to overcome opposition--The need for branch dispensaries--Scheme of advance--Needs 305-312

Glossary 314-318

Index 319-324

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Dr. Pennell Travelling as a Sadhu Frontispiece
A Khattak Sword-Dancer 28
A Zyarat or Shrine on the Takht-i-Suliman 34
A Group of Lepers at a Zyarat or Shrine in Hazara 36
The Khaiber Pass. A Village in the Pass 46
A Cavalry Shutur-sowar, or Camel-rider 46
Types of Frontier Tribesmen 50
Bannu Villagers 56
The Khaiber Pass. Khaiber Rifle Sepoy on the Watch 62
The Result of a Blood-Feud 82
A Transborder Afghan bringing his Family to the Hospital 82
Bannu Mission. A Group of Patients 94
A Group of Out-patients at the Mission Hospital 94
Travelling by Riding Camel 100
Itineration by Means of Ekkas and Mules 100
Ferrying across the River Indus 112
Travelling down the Indus on a "Kik" 112
Mahsud Labourers at Work in Bannu Cantonment 148
Bannu Mission. A Group of Students 148
A Football Match at Bannu 154
The Bannu Football Team 154
The Chief Bazaar, Peshawur City 156
The Bazaar in Peshawur City 156
The Indus in Flood-time 158
A Ferryboat for the Mail on the Indus River 158
A Modern "Black Hole" 164
Boy and Girl grazing Buffaloes 170
Women carrying Waterpots 196
Women going for water at Shimvah 198
Water-carrying at Shimvah 198
Near Shinkiari, Hazara District 208
A Muhammadan Faqir 212
Dr. Pennell 244
Flour Mills near Shinkiari 278
Map of the North-West Frontier Province 313
Map of the North-West Frontier of India 318

TABLE OF THE CHIEF SOUNDS REPRESENTED IN THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION

a = short u, as in "bun."
á = broad a, as in "mast."
i = short i, as in "bin."
í = ee, as in "oblique."
e = a, as in "male."
o = long o, as in "note."
u = short oo, as in "foot."
ú = long oo, as in "boot."
q = guttural k.
kh = ch, as in "loch."
gh = guttural r, not used in English.
' = the Arabic letter 'ain, a guttural not used in English.

PRONUNCIATION OF THE PRINCIPAL ORIENTAL WORDS USED IN THIS BOOK

Afghán Jahán Nizám
Afghánistán Jamála Panjáb
Afrídi Jelálábad Panjábi
Alláhu Akbar Kabír Pathán
Amír Kábul Patwár
Badakshán Káfir Pesháwur
Baltistán Kálabágh Qurán
Bengáli Kalám Rám
Bezwáda Karáchi Ramazán
Bhágalpur Karím Risáldár
Bukhára Khalífa Ríshíkes
Chenáb Khorasán Sádhu
Chilás Kohát Sanyási
Chinárak Laghmáni Saragári
Chitrál Loháni Sardár
Deraját Majíd Sarkár
Dharmsála Málik Subadár
Ghulám Mirzáda Sulíman
Hákim (ruler) Mughál Tálib
Hakím (doctor) Multán Tamána
Hardwár Nának Tiráh
Hazára Nárowál Waziristán
Islám Nezabázi

AMONG THE WILD TRIBES OF THE AFGHAN FRONTIER