"[when] the Mullah will raise his voice and remind them of other days when the sons of the prophet drove the infidel from the plains of India, and ruled at Delhi, as wide an Empire as the Kafir holds to-day: when the true religion strode proudly through the earth and scorned to lie hidden and neglected among the hills: when mighty princes ruled in Bagdad, and all men knew that there was one God, and Mahomet was His prophet. And the young men hearing these things will grip their Martinis[1], and pray to Allah, that one day He will bring some Sahibâbest prize of allâacross their line of sight at seven hundred yards so that, at least, they may strike a blow for insulted and threatened Islam."
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The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War (1898), Chapter I MFF Chapter 1, pp.7-8
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Winston Churchill
1874 â 1965
britischer Politiker
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