Afghanistan: Mir Alam of Kohistan. Lithograph from 'Afghaunistan' by Lieutenant James Rattray (1818 - 24 October 1854), c. 1839-1841. The Kohistani is Mir Alam, formerly one of a band of noted robbers 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). As light infantry they are '

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