Book Excerpte of Afghanistan are loyal in living, loyal also in taking life.But there was my promise to Bibi Halima to keep Ebrahim Asif safe against her husband's claiming.And I kept him safe, quite safe, by Allah, the holder of the balance of right. For using a short cut which I knew, having once had a blood-feud in those very hills, I appeared suddenly in front of Ebrahim Asif, covering him with my rifle.He did not show fight, for no hillman will battle against impossible odds. Doubtless he thought me a robber; and so, ...
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Book Excerpte of Afghanistan are loyal in living, loyal also in taking life.But there was my promise to Bibi Halima to keep Ebrahim Asif safe against her husband's claiming.And I kept him safe, quite safe, by Allah, the holder of the balance of right. For using a short cut which I knew, having once had a blood-feud in those very hills, I appeared suddenly in front of Ebrahim Asif, covering him with my rifle.He did not show fight, for no hillman will battle against impossible odds. Doubtless he thought me a robber; and so, obeying my command, he dropped his rifle and his cheray, and he suffered me to bind his hands behind his back with my waistband.But when I spoke to him, when I pronounced the name of Ali-Khan and Bibi Halima, he turned as yellow as a dead man's bones. His knees shook. The fear of death came into his eyes, and also a great cunning; for these Moustaffa-Khel are gray wolves among wolves."Walk ahead of me, son of Shaitan and of a shejackal," I said, gently rubbing his
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Very Good. First edition. Scarce. Collection of tales by this Russian born author (born Alexander Romanoff, his father was Russian and his mother a Muslim) raised in Enland and educated at Eton and Oxford. He was best know for his mystery and adventure stories, many of which had a deciedly Islamic flavor. A solidly very good copy, a bit of wrinkling to the spine and a couple smudges to the cloth. No dust jacket.
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