Khyber Rifles: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
|||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Alternative spelling: Khaibar Rifles, Khaiber Rifles | Alternative spelling: Khaibar Rifles, Khaiber Rifles | ||
The Khyber Rifles was an armed police or para-military unit, rather than a "regiment" in the Indian Army. "Other ranks" were locally recruited, with officers seconded from the Indian Army which had no control over them as they were paid for from the civil purse.<ref> | The Khyber Rifles was an armed police or para-military unit, rather than a "regiment" in the Indian Army. "Other ranks" were locally recruited, with officers seconded from the Indian Army which had no control over them as they were paid for from the civil purse.<ref>Evers, Maureen. [https://web.archive.org/web/20191231040141/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/521391/ Major Edward HENLEY Born : Delhi, India] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 11 February 2013, archived.</ref> | ||
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1878''' raised as the Khyber Jezailchis by Capt Gilbert Gaisford<ref> | *'''1878''' raised as the Khyber Jezailchis by Capt Gilbert Gaisford<ref>Later as Lt-Col Gaisford he was political agent in Baluchistan where he was assassinated in 1898 aged 48 years [http://glosters.tripod.com/offzdiedg.htm Officers Died website]</ref> | ||
*'''1881''' command taken by Sardar Mohammad Aslam Khan (first Muslim commander) | *'''1881''' command taken by Sardar Mohammad Aslam Khan (first Muslim commander) | ||
*'''1887''' renamed Khyber Rifles | *'''1887''' renamed Khyber Rifles | ||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
*'''1946''' reconstituted from Afridi veterans | *'''1946''' reconstituted from Afridi veterans | ||
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan | *'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan | ||
== External | == External links == | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Rifles Khyber Rifles] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Rifles Khyber Rifles] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/frontiercorps/khyberrifles.shtml The Khyber Rifles] Khyber.org<br> | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20120507204303/http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/frontiercorps/khyberrifles.shtml The Khyber Rifles] Khyber.org, archived page.<br> | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Warburton Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Warburton Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/commoner/2249805379 Photograph "Inside Khyber Rifles mess"]. flickr.com | *[http://www.flickr.com/photos/commoner/2249805379 Photograph "Inside Khyber Rifles mess"]. flickr.com | ||
*[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043211-RE_171831.html Postcard: Cavalrymen of the Khyber Rifles post stamped 5.6.1929] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043211-VE_216197.html message] From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the [[56th Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland | *[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043211-RE_171831.html Postcard: Cavalrymen of the Khyber Rifles post stamped 5.6.1929] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043211-VE_216197.html message] From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the [[56th Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland | ||
==== Historical books | ==== Historical books online ==== | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924020369108#page/n12/mode/1up '' Eighteen years in the Khyber, 1879-1898''] by Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI 1900 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924020369108#page/n12/mode/1up '' Eighteen years in the Khyber, 1879-1898''] by Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI 1900 Archive.org | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/khyberriflesfrom00stew ''The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda''] by Jules Stewart 2005. [https://archive.org/details/khyberriflesfrom0000stew/page/n3/mode/2up 2nd file], 2006 edition. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/khyberrifles18782015/page/n3/mode/2up ''An Illustrated History of Khyber Rifles 1878-2015''] by Major Aamir Mushtaq Cheema 2015. Archive.org | |||
*Fiction | |||
**[https://archive.org/details/kingkhyberrifle00cogoog ''King - of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure''] by Talbot Mundy 1916 Archive.org. Note: missing the first two pages which may be read on the [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6066 gutenberg.org] version. | |||
*: Audio [https://archive.org/details/king_kyber_rifles_1005_librivox LibriVox recording of ''King of the Kyber Rifles'', by Talbot Mundy]. Read by Brett W. Downey. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/readiance-king_kyber_rifles_1005_librivox 2nd Librivox file with Readiance audio-text synchronization files] Archive.org | |||
==Footnote== | ==Footnote== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:40, 11 January 2021
Alternative spelling: Khaibar Rifles, Khaiber Rifles
The Khyber Rifles was an armed police or para-military unit, rather than a "regiment" in the Indian Army. "Other ranks" were locally recruited, with officers seconded from the Indian Army which had no control over them as they were paid for from the civil purse.[1]
Chronology
- 1878 raised as the Khyber Jezailchis by Capt Gilbert Gaisford[2]
- 1881 command taken by Sardar Mohammad Aslam Khan (first Muslim commander)
- 1887 renamed Khyber Rifles
- 1919 disbanded
- 1946 reconstituted from Afridi veterans
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan
External links
- Khyber Rifles Wikipedia
- The Khyber Rifles Khyber.org, archived page.
- Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI Wikipedia
- Photograph "Inside Khyber Rifles mess". flickr.com
- Postcard: Cavalrymen of the Khyber Rifles post stamped 5.6.1929 with message From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment to Adolf Feller of Switzerland
Historical books online
- Eighteen years in the Khyber, 1879-1898 by Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI 1900 Archive.org
- The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda by Jules Stewart 2005. 2nd file, 2006 edition. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
- An Illustrated History of Khyber Rifles 1878-2015 by Major Aamir Mushtaq Cheema 2015. Archive.org
- Fiction
- King - of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure by Talbot Mundy 1916 Archive.org. Note: missing the first two pages which may be read on the gutenberg.org version.
- Audio LibriVox recording of King of the Kyber Rifles, by Talbot Mundy. Read by Brett W. Downey. Archive.org. 2nd Librivox file with Readiance audio-text synchronization files Archive.org
Footnote
- ↑ Evers, Maureen. Major Edward HENLEY Born : Delhi, India Rootsweb India Mailing List 11 February 2013, archived.
- ↑ Later as Lt-Col Gaisford he was political agent in Baluchistan where he was assassinated in 1898 aged 48 years Officers Died website