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Tipu Sultan charging the British lines at the head of Haider Ali's cavalry.

Drawn by Richard Caton Woodville in 1897, published in London Illustrated News.

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Kaloo Khan Gandapur, a Pashtun chief of the upper Derajat (on right), and Khowruh Khan Khosa, a Baloch chief of the lower Derajat (on left), 1851.

Source: "A Year on the Punjab Frontier, in 1848-1849'", by Herbert B. Edwardes.

Conflict of Afghan cavalry with the cavalry of British-Indian army, 1879. Second Anglo-Afghan War.

Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 7 June 1879.

Artist: Richard Caton Woodville junior.

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The 4th Gurkhas of British-Indian army marching through the Bazaar of Jalalabad city, Afghanistan, 1879. Second Anglo-Afghan War.

By William Heysham Overend.

From 'London Illustrated News', February 8th, 1879.

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A group of Baloch irregular cavalry, allied to the British during the Indian war of Independence (1857).

Pen and ink and watercolour by John North Crealock.

Original caption: 'Our allies'; 'the "Beloochees" who joined us before Kotah', India, 1858

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The war flags of Umra Khan and Sar-tor faqir had insignia of blood-red hands.

The blood-red hand also appears on the flag of Afridis who were making peace offerings to a British officer in 1930.

No idea what the blood-red hand signified. I might figure it out one-day. Inshallah

Armed Brahuis of the Kalat state, 1861.

A Durrani of Kabul. The drawing is made from a photo taken in 1861.

Source: "The world's inhabitants" by George Thomas Bettany.

19th century descriptions and portraits of Siah-posh 'Kafirs'.

Following is the painting depicting traditional dresses of Kafiristan (made in circa 1827-1842), by Imam Baksh Lahori, commissioned by Claude Auguste Court (a French mercenary in the service of Ranjit Singh):

A desi sepoy of British-Indian army bringing in a captured Mohmand (Pashtun) freedom fighter, 1897.

It is most probably an imaginary scene by the British war artist, with the idea to appreciate Indian soldiers for their subservience and loyalty to the British raj, and to