mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Yes, it's another round of that classic guessing game - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Abstract [or any combination thereof]. This effort - '03/'04 should address any queries, but then again, may just serve to confuse and baffle which some might say is the point of the game. Patience, integrity and a decent search engine may be useful ....

Rosie

Not the Nawab of Pataudi, shurely?

ImNotJohn

[Rosie] The Noob? - NO (Assuming you mean Iftikir or Mansoor Ali Khan, the cricketers, then it's wrong century & country again)

Projoy

Is the "Y" the name of a "nation" - e.g. a body of people even if not necessarily a recognised state?

ImNotJohn

[Projoy] Nation/people - Let me put it this way. It's the name of a geographical area and, by extension, the people who inhabit it. Whether they constituted a 'nation' or 'people' at the time is less clear.

Projoy

Is the area Punjab?

ImNotJohn

[Projoy] - Punjab? NO
BTW it would be a bit of a blow if someone else were to jump in and get it now, wouldn't it? (This the last time I'll say it, but - Abstract?)

Projoy

OK - the abstract connection... to do with a published work of fiction?

ImNotJohn

[Projoy] Printed Page? - YES *audience perk up again*
Fiction? - Category Error (If forced, I would say Yes, but that's misleading)

Projoy

Is this person mentioned in a religious work?

irach

The Akond of Swat, as in Edward Lear's "Who or which or why or what, Is the Akond of Swat"...?

ImNotJohn

Well, there you go

After all Projoy's hard work!!!
It is The Akond of Swat (or Akhund, if you prefer) - Muslim Saint and key regional figure on the NW frontier of the late C18 and first half of C19, but much better known these days because of Mr Lear.
The baton passes to irach.