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From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the north-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the pastWylly, H. C. (Harold Carmichael)

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From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the north-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past

Name: From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the north-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past
Author: Wylly, H. C. (Harold Carmichael)

Wylly, H. C. (Harold Carmichael)

Ethnology -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) -- History, Military

For what follows I am indebted to a paper read by Mr. W. R. H. Merk,
  C.S.I., LL.D., at the Royal Society of Arts, and published in the
  Journal for June, 1911, on “the North-West Frontier Province of
  India.” The North-West Frontier Province was formed on the 9th
  November, 1901.

Footnote 4:

  See Map III.

Footnote 5:

  It is to be regretted that no “life” of this remarkable frontier
  official has ever appeared.

Footnote 6:

  Disbanded in 1861.

Footnote 7:

  Mutinied at Phillour in 1857.

Footnote 8:

  Now the 12th Pioneers.

Footnote 9:

  Now the 51st Sikhs.

Footnote 10:

  Now the 16th Cavalry.

Footnote 11:

  Now the 53rd Sikhs.

Footnote 12:

  Now the 56th Punjabi Rifles.

Footnote 13:

  Now the 20th Punjabis.

Footnote 14:

  Now the 24th Punjabis.

Footnote 15:

  Now the 9th Hodson’s Horse.

Footnote 16:

  Now the 31st Punjabis.

Footnote 17:

  Now the 57th Wilde’s Rifles.

Footnote 18:

  Now the 54th Sikhs.

Footnote 19:

  Now the 11th Rajputs.

Footnote 20:

  Now 28th Punjabis.

Footnote 21:

  Now 19th Punjabis.

Footnote 22:

  Now 27th Punjabis.

Footnote 23:

  See Map IV.

Footnote 24:

  For what follows, I am indebted to an article by Col. A. H. Mason in
  the Journal of the _United Service Institution of India_ for 1890.

Footnote 25:

  See Map IV.

Footnote 26:

  From _A History of the Indian Mutiny_, by T. Rice Holmes.

Footnote 27:

  Now the 22nd Cavalry.

Footnote 28:

  Now the 1st Brahmans.

Footnote 29:

  Now the 58th Vaughan’s Rifles.

Footnote 30:

  Now the 59th Scinde Rifles.

Footnote 31:

  Now the 24th Punjabis.

Footnote 32:

  The Peshawar Light Field Battery was raised during the Mutiny from the
  Bengal Foot Artillery, horsed from the horses taken from the disbanded
  5th Light Cavalry.

Footnote 33:

  Now the 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery.

Footnote 34:

  Now the 5th Cavalry.

Footnote 35:

  Raised during the Mutiny from men of the 27th, 70th and 87th Foot: had
  a strength of ninety of all ranks, and was commanded by Captain Fane,
  87th.

Footnote 36:

  Now the 1st Brahmans.

Footnote 37:

  Now the 21st Punjabis.

Footnote 38:

  Now the 26th Punjabis.

Footnote 39:

  Now the 8th Cavalry.

Footnote 40:

  Now the 20th Punjabis.

Footnote 41:

  _Life of Field Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain_, by G. W. Forrest.

Footnote 42:

  Now the 24th Hazara Mountain Battery.

Footnote 43:

  Now the 55th Coke’s Rifles.

Footnote 44:

  Now the 11th Lancers.

Footnote 45:

  Now the 27th Punjabis.

Footnote 46:

  Now the 20th Brownlow’s Punjabis.

Footnote 47:

  Disbanded in 1882.

Footnote 48:

  Now the 22nd Derajat Mountain Battery.

Footnote 49:

  Now the 23rd Sikh Pioneers.

Footnote 50:

  Now the 24th Punjabis.

Footnote 51:

  Now the 16th Rajputs.

Footnote 52:

  Now the 21st Punjabis.

Footnote 53:

  Now the 28th Mountain Battery.

Footnote 54:

  Now the 10th Lancers (Hodson’s Horse).

Footnote 55:

  Now the 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry.

Footnote 56:

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History

From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the north-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past

Wylly, H. C. (Harold Carmichael)

Ethnology -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) -- History, Military

For what follows I am indebted to a paper read by Mr. W. R. H. Merk,
  C.S.I., LL.D., at the Royal Society of Arts, and published in the
  Journal for June, 1911, on “the North-West Frontier Province of
  India.” The North-West Frontier Province was formed on the 9th
  November, 1901.

Footnote 4:

  See Map III.

Footnote 5:

  It is to be regretted that no “life” of this remarkable frontier
  official has ever appeared.

Footnote 6:

  Disbanded in 1861.

Footnote 7:

  Mutinied at Phillour in 1857.

Footnote 8:

  Now the 12th Pioneers.

Footnote 9:

  Now the 51st Sikhs.

Footnote 10:

  Now the 16th Cavalry.

Footnote 11:

  Now the 53rd Sikhs.

Footnote 12:

  Now the 56th Punjabi Rifles.

Footnote 13:

  Now the 20th Punjabis.

Footnote 14:

  Now the 24th Punjabis.

Footnote 15:

  Now the 9th Hodson’s Horse.

Footnote 16:

  Now the 31st Punjabis.

Footnote 17:

  Now the 57th Wilde’s Rifles.

Footnote 18:

  Now the 54th Sikhs.

Footnote 19:

  Now the 11th Rajputs.

Footnote 20:

  Now 28th Punjabis.

Footnote 21:

  Now 19th Punjabis.

Footnote 22:

  Now 27th Punjabis.

Footnote 23:

  See Map IV.

Footnote 24:

  For what follows, I am indebted to an article by Col. A. H. Mason in
  the Journal of the _United Service Institution of India_ for 1890.

Footnote 25:

  See Map IV.

Footnote 26:

  From _A History of the Indian Mutiny_, by T. Rice Holmes.

Footnote 27:

  Now the 22nd Cavalry.

Footnote 28:

  Now the 1st Brahmans.

Footnote 29:

  Now the 58th Vaughan’s Rifles.

Footnote 30:

  Now the 59th Scinde Rifles.

Footnote 31:

  Now the 24th Punjabis.

Footnote 32:

  The Peshawar Light Field Battery was raised during the Mutiny from the
  Bengal Foot Artillery, horsed from the horses taken from the disbanded
  5th Light Cavalry.

Footnote 33:

  Now the 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery.

Footnote 34:

  Now the 5th Cavalry.

Footnote 35:

  Raised during the Mutiny from men of the 27th, 70th and 87th Foot: had
  a strength of ninety of all ranks, and was commanded by Captain Fane,
  87th.

Footnote 36:

  Now the 1st Brahmans.

Footnote 37:

  Now the 21st Punjabis.

Footnote 38:

  Now the 26th Punjabis.

Footnote 39:

  Now the 8th Cavalry.

Footnote 40:

  Now the 20th Punjabis.

Footnote 41:

  _Life of Field Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain_, by G. W. Forrest.

Footnote 42:

  Now the 24th Hazara Mountain Battery.

Footnote 43:

  Now the 55th Coke’s Rifles.

Footnote 44:

  Now the 11th Lancers.

Footnote 45:

  Now the 27th Punjabis.

Footnote 46:

  Now the 20th Brownlow’s Punjabis.

Footnote 47:

  Disbanded in 1882.

Footnote 48:

  Now the 22nd Derajat Mountain Battery.

Footnote 49:

  Now the 23rd Sikh Pioneers.

Footnote 50:

  Now the 24th Punjabis.

Footnote 51:

  Now the 16th Rajputs.

Footnote 52:

  Now the 21st Punjabis.

Footnote 53:

  Now the 28th Mountain Battery.

Footnote 54:

  Now the 10th Lancers (Hodson’s Horse).

Footnote 55:

  Now the 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry.

Footnote 56:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the north-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past

From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the north-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past

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