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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Jowaki Expedition 1877-78]]
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|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]]
|date=30 August 1877-30 January 1878
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohat_Pass Kohat passPass], NWF |presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.63215,71.703293&z=11&t=h&hl=en 33.632151°N 71.703288°E]
|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=[[Punjab Frontier Force]]
|combatant2=Jowaki Afridi tribesmen
|commander1=Brig Gen C.P.Keyes<br>Brig Gen Ross
|casualties2=
}}
The '''Jowaki Expedition''' of 1877-78.
== Jowakis ==
"The Jowaki Afridis are a clan of the Adam Khel, who inhabit the country lying between the Kohat Pass and the river Indus.<br>(4) Expedition against the Jowaki Afridis under Colonel Mocatta in 1877. In that year the government proposed to reduce the Jowaki allowance for guarding the Kohat Pass, and the tribesmen resented this by cutting the telegraph wire and raiding into British territory. A force of 1500 troops penetrated their country in three columns, and did considerable damage by way of punishment."<br>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Afridi Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition 1911]
==Punjab Frontier Force==
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FIRST SORTIE 1877<br>
'''''Col D.Mocatta, 3rd Sikh Infantry'''''<br>
'''Kohat Column'''<br>''Brig Gen C.P.Keyes CB''
*No1 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]
*[[Hazara Mountain Battery|No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Cavalry]] (50 men)
*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Corps of Guides]] (380 men)
*[[5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Infantry]] (250 men)
*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkha Regiment]] (280 men)
</div>
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/121/mode/1up John Doran (1824-1903)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/235/mode/1up Charles Patton Keyes (1823-96)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/363/mode/1up Campbell Claye Grant Ross (1844-92)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]Wikipedia - <br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] www.antiquesatoz.com [[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Jowaki Expedition 1877-78]]
