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Word: turangzai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...selling the women of nearby Swat, raiding the great, heavily-guarded caravan kafilas that wind under the British railway bridges through the Khyber Pass. Lately the British have busily pushed a road for the first time into Upper Mohmand land. To Badshah Gul, son of the Haji of Turangzai, toward whose mountain plain the Gandab Road seemed directly pointed, the road looked menacing. The Haji's son began to pick off the native road laborers from ambush. Last week the British Raj set out to spank the Haji...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Haji's Son Spanked | 9/30/1935 | See Source »

Fazli Wahid, the Haji (squire) of Turangzai was on the warpath with 10,000 bearded Afridi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Shots in an Orchard | 8/18/1930 | See Source »

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