Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 323William Blackwood, 1978 - England |
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Page 240
... Pashtuns , Turkmens , Hasaras , Tajiks -all the diverse races that go to make up what the average Westerner lumps together as Afghans . Not without reason has Kabul been described as the Cockpit of Asia . But there was another striking ...
... Pashtuns , Turkmens , Hasaras , Tajiks -all the diverse races that go to make up what the average Westerner lumps together as Afghans . Not without reason has Kabul been described as the Cockpit of Asia . But there was another striking ...
Page 241
... Pashtuns ( or Pakhtuns ) . Your true Pashtuns are handsome fellows with distinctive aquiline noses and often fair com- plexions , and a pretty story used to claim that they were originally one of the Lost Tribes of Israel , descending ...
... Pashtuns ( or Pakhtuns ) . Your true Pashtuns are handsome fellows with distinctive aquiline noses and often fair com- plexions , and a pretty story used to claim that they were originally one of the Lost Tribes of Israel , descending ...
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... Pashtuns , you have a sweet tooth , there is always a bowl of lump sugar handy . But it is not good etiquette to drown the lump in the brew . Instead , you must pop it in your mouth and suck the tea through it , as noisily as possible ...
... Pashtuns , you have a sweet tooth , there is always a bowl of lump sugar handy . But it is not good etiquette to drown the lump in the brew . Instead , you must pop it in your mouth and suck the tea through it , as noisily as possible ...
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