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FROM THE BLACK MOUNTAIN TO WAZIRISTAN

MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited

LONDON BOMBAY CALCUTTA

MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO

DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.

TORONTO

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

COLONEL H. C. WYLLY, C.B.

AUTHOR OF THE CAMPAIGN OF MAGENTA AND SOLFERINO, THE MILITARY MEMOIRS OF LIEUT.-GEN. SIR JOSEPH THACKWELL, G.C.B., K.H.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

LIEUT.-GEN, SIR HORACE L. SMITH DORRIEN

K.C.B., D.S.O., A.D.C. Gen.

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

ST. MARTINS STREET, LONDON

1912

COPYRIGHT

E. M. W.

PREFACE

This book is the outcome of my own experience of the want of something of the kind in the early autumn of 1897, when the Second Battalion of my old Corps, the Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, then serving at Bareilly, was ordered to join the Tirah Expeditionary Force. The Battalion had then been in India for nearly fifteen years, but only one or two of the officers, and none of the other ranks, had ever been west of the Indus, and few of us therefore knew anything of the wild men against whom we were to fight, or of the equally wild country in which the operations were to be conducted.

The fault for such ignorance cannot fairly be said to have been ours. There was at that time no single book, generally procurable and of an up-to-date character, describing the country immediately beyond the North-West border, the men who inhabited it, and the campaigns which, since the decline of the Sikh power, have there become our natural and our troublous inheritance. Paget and Masons monumental work, Expeditions against the North-West Frontier Tribes, published in 1885, was wholly admirable, but much of it was ancient history; it was an enormous volume; it had for long been confidential, and had never been placed on general sale. Mr. Olivers most fascinating book, Across the Border, or Pathan and Biluch, had been published in 1890, but it contained little more than a general mention of certain campaigns. It was therefore almost inevitable that British officersand especially those serving in India in British regimentshad no idea where, in regard to the Frontier, they could draw their knowledge or inspiration.

Even in the present day matters have not greatly improved. The cream has been drawn from Paget and Masons book, it has been brought up-to-date, and re-christened Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India; but the material is now contained in several large volumes, of which seven have already appeared, and it does not seem to be intended that these should be generally available, since each is labelled For Official Use only.

It seemed then to me that there was room for a single volume, compiled from official and other sources, describing the more turbulent of the tribes beyond our Border, the countries they inhabit, and the campaigns which the Indian Government has undertaken against them during the last sixty-five years; and up to the time of completing the chapters which follow, I believe this to have been the first attempt which has been made to put such a record before the Army in one handy volume.

I wish to express my thanks to my old comrade, Sir Horace, for so kindly acceding to my request to write an introduction to my book; to my brother, Major Wylly, Librarian at the Royal United Service Institution, for much help in research; and to Mr. J. H. Harper, of the staff of the same Institution, for preparing nearly all the maps.

The appearance of this book has been delayed some four and a half months by the request of the Government of India that it should be submitted to Simla for scrutiny prior to publication; the delay is to be regretted, but it has admitted of advantage being taken of certain suggestions offered by the Indian authorities for adding to the instructional value of the work.

H. C. W.

March, 1912.

CONTENTS

Introduction	p.
CHAPTER I
THE BORDERLAND
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. Sunnis and Shiahs. Gar and Samil. Defence of the border. Moveable columns, their sphere of action. Punishment of offences. Pathans serving in Indian Army, Militia, Police and Levies. The North-West Frontier Province. Frontier communications. General frontier policy	pp. 23
CHAPTER II
BLACK MOUNTAIN TRIBES
The country surrounding the Black Mountain: Allai, Nandihar, Deshi, Tikariall Swatis; Tanawal; the Yusafzai clans of the Mountain. Description of the range. Routes. Hassanzais; Akazais; Chagarzais. Interior communications. Pariari Saiyids. Expedition of 18523 against the Hassanzais. Expedition of 1868 against the Black Mountain Tribes. Expedition of 1888. Expedition of 1891 against the Hassanzais and Akazais. Expedition of 1892 against the Hassanzais and Mada Khels	pp. 53
CHAPTER III
YUSAFZAIS AND GADUNS
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. Cis-border Yusafzais. Trans-border Yusafzais; Bunerwals; Gaduns; their origin; probably of Rajput descent; arrival in their present country; description; tribal divisions. Hindustani Fanatics. Saiyid Ahmad of Bareilly	pp. 70
CHAPTER IV
YUSAFZAIS AND GADUNS: OPERATIONS
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. Hindustanis expelled from Sitana. Ambela Expedition of 1863. Expedition of 1898 against the Bunerwals. Operations against the Gaduns. The Hindustani Fanatics	pp. 106
CHAPTER V
AKOZAIS (SWAT)
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 life and rule. Divisions of the Akozais; their sub-divisions. Other clans; Dusha Khels; Torwals; Garhwis. Operations of 1847 against the Baizais. Expedition of 1849 against the Sam Baizais. Expedition of 1852 against the Ranizais. Umra Khan. Attacks on the Malakand and Chakdara, 1897. Operations of the Malakand Field Force	pp. 142
CHAPTER VI
UTMAN KHELS
Their country and neighbours; origin; main tribal divisions; Ismailzai. Communications. Operations. Expedition of 1852. Expedition of 1878. Expedition of 1897	pp. 154
CHAPTER VII
CLANS OF BAJAUR AND DIR
Both Yusafzais; distinction. Bajaur

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