The NWFP Connection

[Havard]

I've recently been doing a great amount of study of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) for wargaming purposes and was surprised to see the terms "Afridhi" and "Peshwa" with regard to people and/or places of Blackmoor. In RL, the Afridi were one of the more commonly-encountered tribes of Afghans in and around the famed Khyber (aka Khaibar) Pass (along with the Orakzais, Ghilzais, Mohmands, etc.), and Peshwa sounds very much like the well-known city Peshawar (lying just north of Kohat). Does this mean that DA and/or his colleagues were familiar with that part of the world and the Anglo-Afghan Wars, and if so, did they wargame that region's 19th c. conflicts?

Pretty interesting finds there DD!
To add another detail, the realm of the Afridhi is just beyond Goblin Kunsh, an obvious reference to Hindu Kush, also in Afghanistan.

I can't answer your question, but Blackmoor is filled with references to battle sites, military units etc.

-Havard