Takht-I-Suliman Expedition

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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