Takht-I-Suliman Expedition
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Takht-I-Suliman Expedition | ||
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Part of Punitive Expeditions | ||
Date: | 15 November-8 December 1883 | |
Location: | Takht-i-Sulaiman area Dera Ismail Khan District, NWF | |
Presidency: | Bengal | |
Co-ordinates: | 30.691806°N 70.517304°E | |
Result: | Submission of tribes | |
Combatants | ||
British & Indians | Shirani tribesmen | |
Commanders | ||
Brig Gen T.G.Kennedy CB | ||
Strength | ||
Casualties | ||
Field Force
No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery
1st Punjab Cavalry (42 men)
1st Sikh Infantry (500 men)
4th Punjab Infantry (500 men)
5th Punjab Infantry (496 men)
External Links
Recommended Reading
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0