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== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1878''' raised as the Khyber Jezailchis by Capt Gais Ford
*'''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)
*'''1887''' renamed Khyber Rifles
*'''1887''' renamed Khyber Rifles
*'''1919''' disbanded
*'''1919''' disbanded
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==== Historical books on-line ====
==== Historical books on-line ====
[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
[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
==Footnote==
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Frontier Scouts]]

Revision as of 07:26, 9 June 2012

Chronology

  • 1878 raised as the Khyber Jezailchis by Capt Gilbert Gaisford[1]
  • 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
Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI Wikipedia

Historical books on-line

Eighteen years in the Khyber, 1879-1898 by Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI 1900

Footnote

  1. later as Lt-Col Gaisford he was political agent in Baluchistan where he was assassinated in 1898 aged 48 years Officers Died website