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[[Category:Battles|Takht-I-Suliman Mountain, Battle of]]
[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Takht-I-Suliman Expedition 1883]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]
|date= 15 November-8 December 1883
|location=[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Suliman_Hills Takht-i-Sulaiman area]<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dera_Ismail_Khan_District Dera Ismail Khan District, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.691806,70.517304&z=10&t=h&hl=en 30.691806°N 70.517304°E] 
|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirani Shirani] tribesmen
|commander1= Brig Gen T.G.Kennedy CB
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
==Field Force==
No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery<br>1st Punjab Cavalry (42 men)<br>1st Sikh Infantry (500 men)<br>4th Punjab Infantry (500 men)<br>5th Punjab Infantry (496 men)<br>
 
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1849-1858 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]
 
== Recommended Reading ==
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0

Revision as of 16:51, 6 January 2009

Takht-I-Suliman Expedition
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

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions

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