of
Tora Bora
Trans-Jordan
Trotter, Mr Justice
Turangzai
Turkestan
Turkey
Turks
ulema,
Wahhabi
guiding
authority of, reformist
defied by Abdur Rahman
summoned to Kabul, in Saudi
Arabia, in Afghanistan
pathan
ul-Hasan, Maulana Mahmood
ul-Huq, Maulvi Waiz
umma
United States of America
invasion of Iraq
madrassahs, support
for House of Saud
Urdu
USS Cole
Utmanzais
Uyainah
Uyayna
Uzbeks
Vale of Peshawar
map
van der Meulen, Colonel
Vaughan, Major
Victoria and Albert Museum
Vienna, siege of
Wahba, Sheikh Hafiz
Wahhabis: the name, ghazu ulema
cult of martyrdom, warfare
ruthlessness, impose
identity on Arabia, plunder
holy places, desecration of
the Prophet’s tomb, alleged
British involvement with
pirates, defeated by
Egyptians, courage
subservience to pirs
‘Delhi-ites’
‘Patna-ites’
dress, recruits
and Sepoy Mutiny
British
move against, arrest and
trials of leaders
responsibility for
assassinations, British
perceptions of, womenfolk
commitments to missionary
work, see also Hindustani
Fanatics
Wahhabism: origins in Arabia
theological nature
bastions in India, characterised
by violence, as cult of
infallibility, evolves political
and racial dimensions, in Java
movement in India under
Syed Ahmad, view of
apostasy, fragmentation and
restructuring in India
denounced in India
extent in India, Ahl-i-Hadith
links with, term avoided by
British, Deobandi links with
stronghold in Riyadh
revival under Ibn Saud
institutionalised in Saudi Arabia
opposition to modern
developments, organisations
and institutions
influence on Afghanistan
Wake, Herewald Crauford
Waliullah, Shah
continuance of
his teachings
Ward, Mr
Wardak
Warden, Lieutenant Francis
Waris Ali
Waziris
Waziristan
Western civilisation
Wilayat Ali, Maulvi
and development of
Indian Wahhabism
death
visits Andaman islands
descendants
Wilde, Colonel Alfred
Woodcock, Mr
World Supreme Council for Mosques
Wright, Assistant Adjutant-General
Xinjiang
Yahya Ali, arrest
and trial, death
Yakub Khan
Yemen
Yusufzai, Rahimullah
Yusufzais
religious
subservience, and Wahhabis
under Syed Ahmad
lashkars, plain
Zaidulla Khan
Zain-ul-Abdin, Maulvi
Zia-ul Haq, General Muhammad
Zureef, Mullik
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Tales from the South China Seas
Raj Scrapbook
The Savage Wars of Peace
Thunder and Lightning
Lives of the Indian Princes
A Soldier of the Company
A Glimpse of the Burning Plain
Kipling’s Kingdom
A Mountain in Tibet
The Search for Shangri-La
The Buddha and the Sahibs
Soldier Sahibs
Duel in the Snows
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