Frontier medical missions—Their value as outposts—Ancient Christianity in Central Asia—Kafiristan: a lost opportunity of the Christian Church—Forcible conversion to Islam—Fields for missionary enterprise beyond the North-West Frontier—The first missionaries should be medical men—An example of the power of a medical mission to overcome opposition—The need for branch dispensaries—Scheme of advance—Needs 305–312
[Glossary] 314–318
[Index] 319–324
List of Illustrations
- [Dr. Pennell Travelling as a Sadhu] Frontispiece
- [A Khattak Sword-Dancer] 28
- [A Zyarat or Shrine on the Takht-i-Suliman] 34
- [A Group of Lepers at a Zyarat or Shrine in Hazara] 36
- [The Khaiber Pass. A Village in the Pass] 46
- [A Cavalry Shutur-sowar, or Camel-rider] 46
- [Types of Frontier Tribesmen] 50
- [Bannu Villagers] 56
- [The Khaiber Pass. Khaiber Rifle Sepoy on the Watch] 62
- [The Result of a Blood-Feud] 82
- [A Transborder Afghan bringing his Family to the Hospital] 82
- [Bannu Mission. A Group of Patients] 94
- [A Group of Out-patients at the Mission Hospital] 94
- [Travelling by Riding Camel] 100
- [Itineration by Means of Ekkas and Mules] 100
- [Ferrying across the River Indus] 112
- [Travelling down the Indus on a “Kik”] 112
- [Mahsud Labourers at Work in Bannu Cantonment] 148
- [Bannu Mission. A Group of Students] 148
- [A Football Match at Bannu] 154
- [The Bannu Football Team] 154
- [The Chief Bazaar, Peshawur City] 156
- [The Bazaar in Peshawur City] 156
- [The Indus in Flood-time] 158
- [A Ferryboat for the Mail on the Indus River] 158
- [A Modern “Black Hole”] 164
- [Boy and Girl grazing Buffaloes] 170
- [Women carrying Waterpots] 196
- [Women going for water at Shimvah] 198
- [Water-carrying at Shimvah] 198
- [Near Shinkiari, Hazara District] 208
- [A Muhammadan Faqir] 212
- [Dr. Pennell] 244
- [Flour Mills near Shinkiari] 278
- [Map of the North-West Frontier Province] 313
- Map of the North-West Frontier of India 318