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Jules Stewart
The Khyber Rifles [EPUB ebook]
From the British Raj to Al Qaeda

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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.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9780752495583 ● File size 1.1 MB ● Publisher The History Press ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2006 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6475417 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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