The Pathan unarmed : opposition & memory in the North West Frontier / Mukulika Banerjee.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. The Frontier, the Pathans & the British in the Early Twentieth Century -- Ch. 2. Origins & Birth of the Khudai Khidmatgar Movement -- Ch. 3. Training, Service & Protest -- Ch. 4. The British Riposte -- Ch. 5. Leadership of the Movement -- Ch. 6. The Ideology of Islam Pukhtunwali & Non-violence -- Ch. 7. Pathans & Nationalist Politics -- Ch. 8. The Work of Memory.

"This book is the first account of rank and file members of the Khudai Khidmatgar, describing why they joined, what they did, and how they perceived the ethics and aims of the movement. It attempts to answer the question of how notoriously violent Pukhtuns were converted to an ethic of non-violence. It finds the answer rooted in the transformation of older social structures, Islamic revisionism and a local redefinition of the traditional code of honour."--BOOK JACKET.