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First published 1993; not fully revised

Zakka Khelnoun (& adjective)

  1. 1860–
    (A member of) a nomadic Afridi clan inhabiting parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan from the slopes of the Safīd Kūh to the border of Peshawar. Also attributive or as adj.
    1. 1860
      The Zakkakhel Afridies do not consider a child properly baptised unless he has been passed backwards and forwards through a hole in a wall, with an exhortation to become an expert thief, at the same time that he receives his name.
      H. B. Lumsden, Mission to Kandahar 68
    2. 1888
      A thief of the Zukka Kheyl.
      R. Kipling, Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 127
    3. 1898
      The Afridis with the exception of the Zakka Khel section have almost paid their fine in rifles.
      W. S. Churchill, Letter 27 March in R. S. Churchill, Winston S. Churchill (1967) vol. I. Companion ii. 901
    4. 1932
      The Khyber was constantly raided by Zakka Khels and Mohmands.
      C. C. Davies in Cambridge Hist. India vol. VI. xxv. 462
    5. 1962
      In the spring and summer of 1857 the..Zakka Khel Afridis made a series of raids upon British-administered territory around Peshawar.
      J. W. Spain, Way of Pathans iii. 32
    6. 1985
      In the Zakka Khel campaign of 1908, all the Zakka Khel in the Khyber Rifles were paraded by the Political Agent.
      C. C. Trench, Frontier Scouts ii. 12

Zakka Khel, n. was first published in 1993; not fully revised.

Zakka Khel, n. was last modified in December 2024.