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But Al-Sayyid is very real, and Talking Hands will take you there.

A discussion with Margalit Fox about Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind 2010

Note 1: To varying degrees, Indian, European, machine-made, and handcrafted commodities were involved in Sayyid Muhin Shah's commercial experiments.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

However, Wade continued to communicate with Kabul through the Peshin Sayyid's conveyance of information, gifts, and other resources (see later). back

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

The Peshin Sayyid surely benefited from the repeated infusions of colonial capital into his resource base.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

Wade also accused the Peshin Sayyid of a form of abuse of privilege.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

It is unclear whether the Peshin Sayyid traveled overland or by ship to Bombay from where he accompanied the goods to Karachi or one of the smaller ports in Sind, then overland to Bela, Kelat, Qandahar, Kabul, and Bukhara.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

The Peshin Sayyid's first British-sponsored trading excursion from South to Central Asia, summarized in Table 2.1, was initiated approximately eight months after he deposited Conolly and Sayyid Karamat Ali in Delhi.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

466 As a rule (much disputed) the Sayyid is a descendant from Mohammed through his grandchild Hasan, and is a man of the pen; whereas the Sharif derives from Husayn and is a man of the sword.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

13Despite incomplete documentation, the Peshin Sayyid's first trial carriage of British Indian goods from South to Central Asia was received as a resounding success.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

14The British underwrote and oversaw at least two additional commercial experiments conducted by the Peshin Sayyid to whom Connolly owed his life.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008