Draft:North-West Frontier Theatre of WW1

North-West Frontier Theatre of WWI
Part of World War I

A Mashud Village Burning following the operation
DateNovember 1914–July 1917
Location
Result Anglo-Indian victory
Belligerents

 British Empire

  • Khost tribesmen
  • Bunerwals tribes
  • Swatis tribes
  • Mohmand Tribe
  • Mahsud tribesmen
  • Supported by:

    Commanders and leaders
  • Major-General Sir Vere Bonamy Fane
  • Major-General Frederick Campbell
  • Major-General William Benyon
  • Tribesmen leaders
    Units involved
  • Khost tribesmen
  • Bunerwals tribes
  • Swatis tribes
  • Mohmand Tribe
  • Mahsud tribesmen
  • Strength
    few thousand soldiers 7,000 tribesmen

    Background

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    Many operations occurred in the North-West Frontier Province through the late 1800s and all the way up to Indian Independence in 1947.[1] some operations occurred during WWI by pro-ottoman anti rebel tribes.[2] These forces fought on and off from Ottoman entry into the war all the way until Summer 1917.

    Operations

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    Operations in the Tochi

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    There were two raids conducted by Kochi tribesman, They were later both suppressed by a single British brigade In March 1915.[3]

    Operations against the Mohmands, Bunerwals and Swatis in 1915

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    Were a group of raids lead by pro-ottoman tribesman, It was later suppressed in September 1915.[3]

    Mohmand blockade

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    was a blocked done on Mohmand tribesman following their declaration of Jihad. It was lifted following their suppression in 1917.[4]

    Operations against the Mahsuds (1917)

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    A series of engagments in early 1917. A peace agreement was reached on 10 August 1917 with a Mahsud jirga.[4]

    Central Powers Involvement

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    All of the Rebellions were caused from The ottomans declaring Jihad.[5] weapons were also smuggled through Afghanistan by the Provisional Government of India and Germany.[6]

    Aftermath

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    Following the ending of the North-West Frontier Campaign many more similar rebellions continued until Indian independence.

    See Also

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    References

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    1. ^ "Paris, John, (2 May 1912–14 June 1985), Director, National Army Museum, 1967–69", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u167857, retrieved 23 May 2024
    2. ^ Baha, Lal (February 1970). "The North-West frontier in the first World War". Asian Affairs. 1 (1): 29–37. doi:10.1080/03068377008729519. ISSN 0306-8374.
    3. ^ a b Strachan, Hew (2003). The First World War. 1: To arms (1. publ. in paperback ed.). Oxford Berlin: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-19-926191-8.
    4. ^ a b Macro, Paul (2019). Action at Badama Post: the Third Afghan War ; 1919. Oxford Philadelphia: Casemate. ISBN 978-1-61200-760-1.
    5. ^ Noor, Farish A. (March 2011). "'Racial Profiling' Revisited: The 1915 Indian Sepoy Mutiny in Singapore and the Impact of Profiling on Religious and Ethnic Minorities". Politics, Religion & Ideology. 12 (1): 89–100. doi:10.1080/21567689.2011.564404. ISSN 2156-7689.
    6. ^ Ansari, K. H. (July 1986). "Pan-Islam and the Making of the Early Indian Muslim Socialists". Modern Asian Studies. 20 (3): 509–537. doi:10.1017/s0026749x00007848. ISSN 0026-749X.