If anyone has any information on him please share.
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Yup sure do, in fact I know a American who I helped, get introduced to the right people in October last, as part of his research for his book on Molly Ellis. I can give you his e mail address if you want. There was this movie about the kidnapping made back in the 1960's, I remember watching it as a child.
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this first link is in pashto u might wanna ask someone if uu dont understand cuz i found it hard too it has his picture in it too. http://www.afghanan.net/heroes/ajabkhan.htm
princess alis in i think 1973 ( my uncle was telling me this story) she came on radio and gave an interview .where she siad " i still remember that guy who kidnapped me and i expected the worst treatment from his side since the british tortured and wanted to erase all pashuns apposing the british .,but i salute that guy who treated me like her own sister and i remember the way he kept me in TEERAH ( north westernn village from kohat)his hospitality and respect that he gave me was just unbeleivable and remarkable.
he was indeed u real and true pashtun. always respect women no matter where shes from.
AND YEMEEN KHANA THESE ARE JUST SMALL STORIES ABOUT HIS UNTOLD BRAVERY.
Miss Molly Ellis was the daughter of an officer posted at Kohat. She was kidnapped from Kohat Cantonment in 1923 by Ajab Khan Afridi for the alleged insult to his wife by a British soldier. During this daring operation (which shook the British Empire to its foundations) the mother of Molly Ellis was unfortunately killed but Ajab Khan was successful in taking Molly to Tirah in the heart of the Tribal Area. My grandfather, Al-Haj K.B. Muhammad Kuli Khan, was then the Political Agent of Kurram Agency. He was requested by the then Chief Commissioner to kindly intervene in the matter. He along with a servant travelled to the heart of Tirah, where no Indian or British officer had ever been allowed or had dared to go before and stayed as the personal guest of the great Pir of the Tribals. He successfully negotiated with the Tribals and brought back Miss Ellis with him totally unharmed. For his bravery and humanitarian services the then British Viceroy conferred on him the illustrious medal of QAISER-E-HIND.
http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/december/alikuli.htm
Kohat was finally annexed to the British dominion on 28th March 1849 with the rest of Punjab and an Assistant Commissioner was posted here to run the administration and to look after the British interests. In the initial stages of the British administration, the locals of the area posed considerable problems. Later on some of the tribe joined with the British Government and helped them in running the affairs of the ar smoothly. Nevertheless, the Britishers were never at peace in this part of their Kingdom as resistance and opposition always cropped from one quarter or the other. But their tactics of “Divide and Rule” ultimately strengthened their hold over the region. They put one tribe against the other by giving preference to one against the other and finally succeeded in administration them. An example of British un-rest in this area is the event of the brave Afridi Ajab Khan, who forced to surrender the entire British administration of the district against his demands. http://www.kohat.sdnpk.org/History.htm