"Khyber during the Frontier Uprising of 1897" Topic
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Tango01 | 20 Aug 2014 3:39 p.m. PST |
Another good one thread here. "Frontiers are like ‘razor's edge', a phrase very accurately and appropriately used by Lord Nathaniel Curzon in a lecture at Oxford. But the North West Frontier of the British Empire in India was perhaps more than a ‘razor's edge', hard to bring under control and yet harder to retain control over it. In 1897, a serious uprising against the British on the North West Frontier, spreading to the entire tribal belt between the then British India and Afghanistan, shook the British hold in the area and caused a lot of concern to the British authorities. A number of factors were responsible for the uprising but important among them were the discontent among the tribesmen due to the actual demarcation of the Durand Line, the instigation of some formidable Mullahs like Hadda Mullah in the Mohmand area, Mastana Mullah in Swat and Mullah Said Akbar Aka Khel in Khyber, and the instigation by the Afghan authorities. The uprising was concentrated in the Mohmand and Malakand areas but Khyber Pass and the areas around it also felt the tremors of this first large scale revolt against the British. In the Khyber, Afridis attacked the British positions and posts and after setting some of the British forts on fire, they also extended helping hand to the Orakzais in besieging the Samana posts. The control of the Khyber Pass was completely lost and it took quite a while for the British to restore their authority in the Khyber. The Afridis later on had to face a British punitive expedition in the Tirah Valley. However, the expedition had to be ended inconclusively due to the climatic conditions and the strain on the British transport resources due to campaigns in other parts of the tribal belt. However, eventually the British did succeed to extract a favorable agreement from the Afridi tribes resulting into a truce that restored British prestige to an extent…" From here link Hope you enjoy! Amicalement Armand |
Thorfin11 | 21 Aug 2014 11:19 a.m. PST |
This is right up my street, thanks Tango. |
Tango01 | 21 Aug 2014 11:20 p.m. PST |
No mention my friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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