tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538123064851864765.post5217834095307884601..comments2023-03-21T07:20:09.987-05:00Comments on The Exotericist: Quote of the week (c. 1897)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538123064851864765.post-34045255402959586892007-12-12T16:46:00.000-05:002007-12-12T16:46:00.000-05:00I've heard that story several times as well, but I...I've heard that story several times as well, but I could almost guarantee it's not from Malakand Field Force. The Malakand tribesmen were fanatical Muslims, while widow-burning was a practice of some kind of Hindu sect, I believe. Try a bit earlier in the history of the British Raj. There's a chance you might find the story in the relevant chapters of Churchill's "History of the English-Speaking Peoples.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05502285905701595224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538123064851864765.post-31592409162713211942007-12-12T00:13:00.000-05:002007-12-12T00:13:00.000-05:00What a great book that is. Hard not to find so ma...What a great book that is. Hard not to find so many obvious comparisons to today. I have a question. I have been trying to find a quote from that book, I could just re-read it but.... The quote was a British military officer telling a local about tradition. A local tribesmen was complaining that the Bristish were no longer allowing their tradition of burnig a man's wife when the man dies. The British officer's reply was that the British had a tradtion too and it was one of hanging any man who killed a woman. Anyone know where, what the exact quote is?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073047685831115305noreply@blogger.com