DUKE VISITS SWAT
Tribal State In Pakistan
(N.Z Press Assoctatton—Covy right) SAIDU SHARIF (North-west Pakistan), February 16. The Duke of Edinburgh today drove 100 miles north from Peshawar to the semi-autonomous tribal State of Swat, to spend 24 hours as the guest of the Wali (ruler) in his mountain capital of Saidu Sharif.
The Duke drove himself in warm sunshine, through fields of yellow mustard-blossom, and up a dangerous mountain road with snow-capped peaks rising round his procession of cat's. As the procession passed through Malakand, the scene of a tribal uprising against the British in 1897, the Duke stopped briefly to chat with local chiefs, who asked him to pass their warm greetings to Queen Elizabeth. After a further 3000 feet of careful uphill driving he came to the yellow-carpeted fields of the beautiful Swat Valley, which is deep in tribal territory. \ The Duke, who has decided to spend a further day in north-west Pakistan, will fly direct from Peshawar to Rangoon, Burma, on Wednesday, instead of returning to Karachi tomorrow and flying from there. "
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28823, 18 February 1959, Page 10
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