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{{Battles_Infobox
|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
== 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==
[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] www.antiquesatoz.com
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Jowaki Expedition 1877-78]]
