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Timur Khan

Timur Khan

Timur Khan is a research Master’s student of Middle Eastern Studies at Leiden University. His work focuses on statecraft and legitimacy in the Durrani period of Peshawar’s history. His research interests include the cultural and political history of Afghans within the Turko-Persianate world, and the role of non-Europeans in the making of 19th-century colonial empires.

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‘Vagabond, Wicked and Turbulent’: Afghanistan’s Lawless Border

‘Vagabond, Wicked and Turbulent’: Afghanistan’s Lawless Border

Pashtuns living in the borderlands between Afghanistan and Pakistan have often been described as “lawless,” their existence defined by “rebellion” against rulers as disparate as the Mughals and the British. All have offered one solution: state violence.

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