THE TIRAH CAMPAIGN / TIRAH EXPEDITION - Political Cartoon 1897 INDIAN UPRISING?

Description: British Punch magazine -- from 1841 to 2002, the magazine cast a satirical eye on life in Britain. It charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable resource not just as cartoon art and satire, but as primary source material for historians. Illustrator: Linley Sambourne, from British Punch humor/satire magazine, October 19, 1897, pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Size 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Condition: very good -- light foxing, o/w bright and clean, no handling wear, page lays flat for easy framing; backside has unrelated text with some show-through on the facing side (please look closely) as published."SNIPING" The Morley-Mullah: [?] "I think that shot touched 'em up'"BACKGROUND ?? (Feedback welcome). The Tirah Campaign, often referred to in contemporary British accounts as the Tirah Expedition, was an Indian frontier campaign from September 1897 – April 1898. Tirah is a mountainous tract of country in what was formally known as Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Afridi tribe had received a subsidy from the government of British India for the safeguarding of the Khyber Pass for sixteen years; in addition to which the government had maintained for this purpose a local regiment entirely composed of Afridis, who were stationed in the pass. Suddenly, however, the tribesmen rose, captured all the posts in the Khyber held by their own countrymen, and attacked the forts on the Samana Range near the city of Peshawar.I have other hard-to-find original Punch cartoon illustrations for sale; combine orders with no extra shipping fees. Punch , a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. QUESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

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