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*[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] National Army Museum | ||
==Footnote== | ==Footnote== | ||
Revision as of 01:30, 17 January 2015
The following structure of the Frontier Corps applied in 1921[1]
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.
- Kurram Militia
- North Waziristan Militia later replaced by the Tochi Scouts
- South Waziristan Militia later replaced by South Waziristan Scouts
- Mohmand Militia . In 1922 merged into the Frontier Constabulary
- Chitral Scouts
- Zhob Militia
- Mekran Levy Corps
- Gilgit Scouts
The Khyber Rifles was a similar type of unit which had been disbanded in 1919.
External links
- Frontier Corps page 57 The Indian Army 1914-1947 by Ian Sumner Google Books
- Page 313 A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 1 by Hamid Wahed Alikuzai Google Books
- 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: page 58 Nothing But!: Book Two: The Long Road To Freedom by Brigadier Samir Bhattacharya Google Books
- Watercolour: Subadar of the Kurram Militia National Army Museum
Footnote
- ↑ India Army List 1921 online version file page 84 actual page 95
