The Khyber Rifles: From The British Raj To Al Qaeda

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Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2005, first edition, hardcover with dust-jacket, x + [vi] + 224pp + 16pp B/w photos. Recruited from the Pathan tribes that live in the no-mans land between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Khyber Rifles fought for the British Raj against their own kith and kin. Jules Stewart tells the story of Colonel Sir Robert Warburton, the man who raised the Khyber Rifles in 1878, and describes the Khyber Rifles in action. Both book and dust-jacket are in very good condition. Pages very clean and unmarked with no annotations or inscriptions. A lovely copy.

4.99 GBP