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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://kpktribune.com/index.php/en/bannu/49-khyber-pakhtunkhwa/know-pukhtoonkhwa/608-guardians-of-the-frontier "Guardians of the Frontier"] ''KPK Tribune''. Retrieved 15 February 2015
*[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.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SylfQK3VZNYC&pg=PA57  Frontier Corps] page 57 ''The Indian Army 1914-1947'' by Ian Sumner 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
*[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://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
*[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://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
*[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===
=== 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/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]
**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=42 Larger view]
===Historical books online===
===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/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
*[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=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
*[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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