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British districts by the Mahsud Waziris without passing through Battanni territory. A small British expedition against the Battannis was led by Lt.-See also:

Col. Rynd in 1880. Under the excitement caused by the See also:

PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching of a fanatical See also:

MULLAH (Arabic maula, a term which originally expresses the legal bond connecting a former owner with his manumitted slave, both patron and client being called maula, and thus suggests the idea of patronage)

mullah the Mahsud Waziris had attacked the See also:

TOWN

town of Gomal. The Battannis failed to See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply See also:

INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information as to their movements, and gave them a passage through their lands. The British troops accordingly stormed the Hinis Tangi See also:

DEFILE

defile in See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of opposition, and burned the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Jandola.

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