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

The country of the Pathans; their traditionary descent; their bad and good qualities; their loyalty as soldiers; blood-feuds; tribal divisions; leaders, religious and secular. S...

The country surrounding the Black Mountain: _Allai_, _Nandihar_, _Deshi_, _Tikari_—all Swatis; _Tanawal_; the Yusafzai clans of the Mountain. Description of the range. Routes. _...

_Yusafzais_, descent; arrival in Peshawar valley; division into two branches; occupation; character; sub-divisions of the two main branches; the holdings of the sub-divisions. C...

Expedition of 1853 against the _Hindustani Fanatics_; the mutineers of the 55th Native Infantry. Operations in 1857 against Narinji. Expedition of 1858 against the _Khudu Khels_...

District of Swat proper; Swat Kohistan; climate; description of the country; character of the people; early history of the valley; government of Swat. “The Border Pope”; his lif...

Both Yusafzais; distinction. _Bajaur_, the country and people; three main divisions; the valleys of Bajaur. Khan of Nawagai. _Dir_, the country and people; ranges and passes; di...

Description of the country; internal communications; position on the frontier; of political rather than strategic importance; origin of the people; characteristics; government a...

Main branches; origin; position of their country. The Durand partition of the Mohmand territory. Kunar River and Valley. Asmar. Communications from the east. Gandab Valley; the...

First dealings with British. Operations in 1851–52; Matta threatened. Operations in 1854 against the Michni Mohmands. Operations near Shabkadar. Affair at Kam Dakka in 1879. Act...

Their country; origin; appearance; characteristics; armament and fighting value; methods of punishment and coercion; moral character; internal feuds; divided into eight clans. _...

_Adam Khels_; first trouble in 1850. Expedition against the Kohat Pass Afridis in 1850. Continual difficulties about safeguarding the Pass. Expedition against the _Jowaki_ Afrid...

Commenced giving trouble in 1857; continued up to year of Afghan War. Expedition into Bazar Valley in 1878; second expedition in 1879. Engagements made for keeping Pass open hel...

Their country; origin; early struggles with the _Bangash_; description of the people; appearance; character; their rivers and valleys; their clans; holdings and settlements. _Ha...

Outrages in 1855 in the Miranzai Valley. Attacks on the _Bangash_. Expedition against the _Rabia Khel_ in 1855. Operations against the _Bizotis_ in 1868. Raid across the Ublan P...

Miranzai under Sikh rule. Attempted occupation by Kabul Government. Description of Miranzai Valley. Kurram, originally Afghan territory; description of Upper and Lower Kurram. I...

Description of the country; inhabitants; origin of Wazirs. Tochi and Gomal Valleys. Wana. Horse-breeding. Wazirs generally disliked by other Pathans. _Darwesh Khel_; their count...

Expedition against _Umarzai Wazirs_, 1852; against _Kabul Khel Wazirs_, 1859–60. Raids near Thal. Expedition against the _Malik Shahi Wazirs_, 1880. Attempt on Tank by _Mahsuds_...

The whole of the country lying immediately to the west of the Punjab, and between it and the kingdom of Afghanistan, is held by the two great nations of Pathan and Baluch, the f...

Before describing the Black Mountain itself and the various tribes which inhabit its slopes, it may be as well to say something about the country which encompasses it on three s...

The clansmen occupying the British border from the Black Mountain to the Utman Khel territory belong, with the exception of the Gaduns, to the important tribe of Yusafzai Pathan...

None of the dwellers in the territories described in the last chapter gave us any trouble during the first few years which followed upon the taking over of the frontier by the B...

The district of Swat proper—as distinct from the tracts of country south of the Malakand and Morah Mountains, and inhabited by the same clans—comprises the valley of the Swat Ri...

The trans-frontier portion of this tribe occupies the country between the Rud River on the north, the Panjkora and Swat Rivers on the east and south-east, and the Ambahar River...

Bajaur is bounded on the north by Dir, and on the east by Dir and Swat, on the south-east and south by the Utman Khel country, on the south again for a short distance by the Moh...

Chitral is the largest and the most important state on the northern part of the north-western frontier. It lies immediately to the west of Gilgit, while on the other side it is...

The Mohmands are divided into two main branches, the trans-frontier or Bar (hill) Mohmands and the cis-frontier or Kuz (plain) Mohmands, and both belong to the Ghoria Khel branc...

The British Government first came into contact with the Mohmands during the Afghan War of 1838–42, at which time one Saadat Khan was Chief of Lalpura. On the news of the approac...

The Afridis are a large tribe, inhabiting the lower and easternmost spurs of the Safed Koh Range, to the west and south of the Peshawar district, including the Bazar and Bara Va...

As has been already mentioned, British connection with the Afridis as a tribe commenced in 1839, when Colonel Wade, with a contingent of Sikh troops, forced the Khyber Pass. The...

From the year 1857 onwards the Khyber Pass Afridis have given the Punjab Government a good deal of trouble, and it has been necessary to carry out many raids and expeditions aga...

The tract of country inhabited by this tribe is some sixty miles long by about twenty broad. It is bounded on the north by the Shinwaris and Afridis, on the east by the Bangash...

Up to the year 1855 the Orakzais, though occasionally committing petty depredations on the border, and known to be capable of mischief if so inclined, gave no positive trouble t...

Since the territories of the above-mentioned tribes are either situated in, or are most easily approached from, the Miranzai and Kurram, the account of these peoples had better...

On the annexation of the Punjab in 1849 by the Indian Government, and our consequent occupation of Kohat, the inhabitants of Waziristan became our neighbours for one hundred and...

_Darwesh Khels._—Immediately after the annexation of the Punjab, the Umarzai sub-division of the Ahmadzai Wazirs began and continued to give trouble on our border. A dispute whi...

The requirements of expeditionary carriage always weigh with especial hardship on the Punjab; during the summer of 1897 the Deputy Commissioners in that Province impressed about...

the care or carelessness on the part of either combatant, which led up to the procedure and development of each of the battles. These comments are of the utmost value, especiall...