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File:Mir Alam a Coistaunee Warrior, a sketch by lieut. James Rattray c. 1840, see Plate 12.jpg

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English: "Ko-i-staun foot soldier in summer costume. The original sketch made into a lithograph, plate 12 by R. Carrick for publishing in 'Afghaunistan' by Lieutenant James Rattray. This Kohistani is Mir Alam, formerly one of a band of noted robbers based in the Ghoorbund Pass (on the high road to Toorkistaun north-west of Begraum). on the road to Turkestan, north-west of Begram. Rattray wrote: "Coistaun has always been remarkable for the war-like character of its inhabitants, who average some forty thousand families famous for the efficiency and excellence of their Pyadas (foot-soldiery)"...
Date 1840
date QS:P571,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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