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The following structure  of the '''Frontier Corps''' applied in 1921<ref>India Army List 1921 [[Directories online|online version]] file page 84 actual page 95</ref>
The following structure  of the '''Frontier Corps''' applied in 1921<ref>India Army List 1921 [[Directories online|online version]] file page 84 actual page 95</ref>


Theses units were not  “regiments” of the Indian Army, rather they were armed para-military units paid for by the civil purse and under the control of the local Political Agent. Officers were seconded from the Indian Army.
These units were not  “regiments” of the Indian Army, rather they were armed para-military units paid for by the civil purse and under the control of the local Political Agent. Officers were seconded from the Indian Army.


*Kurram Militia
*Kurram Militia
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The [[Khyber Rifles]] was a similar type of unit which had been disbanded in 1919.
The [[Khyber Rifles]] was a similar type of unit which had been disbanded in 1919.
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SylfQK3VZNYC&pg=PA57 Frontier Corps] page 57 ''The Indian Army 1914-1947'' by Ian Sumner Google Books
*[https://legionmagazine.com/en/2002/11/scouting-on-the-afghan-frontier/ "Scouting On The Afghan Frontier"] by Leonard Richards November 1, 2002 ''Legion Magazine'', Canada. Memories of 1944-46 . The author was with the Tochi Scouts  at Dosalli Post and later with the Zhob Militia in Baluchistan, at Left wing’s headquarters  at Sambaza, and Fort Sandeman, the headquarters.
 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180217013516/http://kpktribune.com/index.php/en/bannu/49-khyber-pakhtunkhwa/know-pukhtoonkhwa/608-guardians-of-the-frontier  "Guardians of the Frontier"] ''KPK Tribune'', now an archived webpage.
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/road-kabul/heroes-villains#frag20  Watercolour: Subadar of the Kurram Militia c 1908] National Army Museum
*[http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/holmes/http---example-com-exhibits-sh/item/17841 Photograph: Kurram Militia Post] by Randolph Bezzant Holmes c 1919. library.duke.edu
*[https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA562440/mode/2up ''Irksome and Unpopular Duties: Pakistan's Frontier Corps, Local Security Forces and Counterinsurgency''] by William G Rosenau 2012. Paper for Center for  Naval Analyses, VA USA. Archive.org. Includes a chapter on Origins.
 
=== Maps===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/pager.php?object=42 Map: "North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir and Jammu"] p. 35.  ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', v. 26, Atlas 1931 edition. dsal.uchicago.edu
**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=42 Larger view]
===Historical books online===
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1985-the-frontier-scouts-by-trench-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Scouts''] by  Charles Chenevix Trench 1985. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1985. Also available [https://archive.org/details/frontierscouts0000chen/mode/2up Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library].
*[https://archive.org/details/kingsroyalriflechronicle1926/page/61/mode/2up " A Week in the Kurram"] by O St.G Nugent, page 62 ''The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1926'', published 1927. Archive.org. The author's host was the Commander of the Kurram Militia.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209758 ''The Great Wall of India''] by Ian Hay [John Hay Beith] 1933. Archive.org. The author visited a friend at Chashmai Fort. This is probably a fictional name. The friend worked for an unnamed Frontier Corps or similar. "Best guess" is [[Tochi Scouts]], based at [[Miranshah]].
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284966/2015.284966.Indian-Army#page/n810/mode/1up Officers employed with Frontier Corps] April 1933 ''Indian Army List'', page 889 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-WRlAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA313&ots=_lVNhELSgA&dq=South%20Waziristan%20Scouts&pg=PA313#v=onepage&q=South%20Waziristan%20Scouts&f=false  Page 313]  ''A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 1'' by Hamid Wahed Alikuzai Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-WRlAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA313&ots=_lVNhELSgA&dq=South%20Waziristan%20Scouts&pg=PA313#v=onepage&q=South%20Waziristan%20Scouts&f=false  Page 313]  ''A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 1'' by Hamid Wahed Alikuzai Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Z8zn9lW40_QC&pg=PA144  The Transfrontier Corps] page 144 ''Edge of Empire‬: ‪The British Political Officer and Tribal Administration on the North-West Frontier, 1877-1947''‬ by ‪Christian Tripodi Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Z8zn9lW40_QC&pg=PA144  The Transfrontier Corps] page 144 ''Edge of Empire‬: ‪The British Political Officer and Tribal Administration on the North-West Frontier, 1877-1947''‬ by ‪Christian Tripodi Google Books
*References to the Kurram Militia: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xj-VAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA58&dq=%22Kurram%20Militia%22&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q=%22Kurram%20Militia%22&f=false  page 58] ‪''Nothing But!‬: ‪Book Two: The Long Road To Freedom''‬ by‬ ‪Brigadier Samir Bhattacharya Google Books
*References to the Kurram Militia: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xj-VAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA58&dq=%22Kurram%20Militia%22&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q=%22Kurram%20Militia%22&f=false  page 58] ‪''Nothing But!‬: ‪Book Two: The Long Road To Freedom''‬ by‬ ‪Brigadier Samir Bhattacharya Google Books
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/road-kabul/heroes-villains#frag20 Watercolour: Subadar of the Kurram Militia c 1908] National Army Museum
*[https://archive.org/details/chitralbookmarch2014_202001/page/n2/mode/2up ''An Illustrated History of Chitral Scouts 1903-2014''] by Major Aamir Mushtaq Cheema 2014 Archive.org
*Fiction
:[https://archive.org/details/hellsbrothmilitia/page/n9/mode/2up ''Hell's Broth Militia''] by W J Blackledge 1936 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528790/page/n471 "Ants"] by W J Blackledge, page 471 ''Fifty Amazing Hairbreadth Escapes'' c 1937. Archive.org.  An extract from  ''Hell’s Broth Militia'' [1936]
:"Company of the Damned" by Captain W J Blackledge. An Inside Picture of the Hunted Men’s Militia [Kurram Militia] in India. The story of Digger Craven, second in command. Appeared in issues of the weekly magazine ''Liberty'' from v13n14 1936-4-4. [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n14_1936-4-4.Liberty_Darwination-DPP_/page/n10 Part 1], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v15n15_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n31 part 2], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n16_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n37 part 3] Further episodes are not available online.
:An examination of Part 1 shows it is an abridged version of "Ants" which in turn  is an extract from  ''Hell’s Broth Militia''. Note some classify the latter as biography.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HY_4aH5ihhUC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA27 Page 27, entry 319] ''British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published Or Written Before 1951'' by  William Matthews. Reprint edition 1964 Google Books</ref>


==Footnote==
==Footnote==
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