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[[CategoryAlternative spelling:Khaibar Rifles, Khaiber Rifles The Khyber Rifles was an armed police or para-military unit, rather than a "regiment" in the Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]. "Other ranks" were locally recruited, with officers seconded from the Indian Army which had no control over them as they were paid for from the civil purse.<ref>Evers, Maureen. [[Categoryhttps://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/521391/ Major Edward HENLEY Born :Frontier Scouts]Delhi, India]''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 11 February 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2019. </ref> 

*'''1878''' raised as the Khyber Jezailchis by Capt Gais FordGilbert 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)

== External Links links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Rifles Khyber Rifles] Wikipedia<br>*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120507204303/http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/frontiercorps/khyberrifles.shtml The Khyber Rifles] Khyber.org, archived page.<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Warburton Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/commoner/2249805379 Photograph "Inside Khyber Rifles mess"]. flickr.com*[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043211-RE_171831.html Postcard: Cavalrymen of the Khyber Rifles post stamped 5.6.1929] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043211-VE_216197.html message] From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the [[56th Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland==== Historical books online ====*[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 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/khyberriflesfrom00stew ''The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda''] by Jules Stewart 2005. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.*[https://archive.org/details/khyberrifles18782015/page/n3/mode/2up ''An Illustrated History of Khyber Rifles 1878-2015''] by Major Aamir Mushtaq Cheema 2015. Archive.org*Fiction**[https://archive.org/details/kingkhyberrifle00cogoog ''King - of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure''] by Talbot Mundy 1916 Archive.org. Note: missing the first two pages which may be read on the [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6066 gutenberg.org] version.*: Audio [https://archive.org/details/king_kyber_rifles_1005_librivox LibriVox recording of ''King of the Kyber Rifles'', by Talbot Mundy]. Read by Brett W. Downey. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/readiance-king_kyber_rifles_1005_librivox 2nd Librivox file with Readiance audio-text synchronization files] Archive.org

==Footnote== Historical books on-line ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}  [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]][http[Category://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924020369108#page/n12/mode/1up '' Eighteen years in the Khyber, 1879-1898''Frontier Scouts]] by Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI 1900