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*John Archibald Hislop was an officer in the Indian Army, 2nd Battalion 9th Jat Regiment from 1933. He had a series of postings on the North West Frontier. Subsequently he was GS02 Waziristan District until c.August 1943. His memoirs ''A Soldier’s Story-From the Khyber Pass to the Jungles of Burma: The Memoir of a British Officer in the Indian Army 1933-1947'' were published by his daughter in 2010 and reviewed in [[FIBIS Journal]] 26.
== External Links links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history) North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink's_War Pink’s War] 1925 Wikipedia
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/AfghanFrontier.JPG 1893 North West Frontier Map] Rootsweb
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=39 1909 NWF Map] Digital South Asia Maps
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8907/page/n573/mode/1up Map: an outline of the N.W. Frontier of India] digital page 573 ''The History of the Sikh Pioneers, (23rd, 32nd, 34th)'' by Sir George MacMunn [1936] Archive.org.
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100039522683.0x000001 1938, March. Sketch Map of Waziristan] British Library catalogue reference IOR/L/PS/12/1960, f 258. Qatar Digital Library.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170629213546/http://www.asc-centralasia.edu.pk/Issue_64/06_Khyber_during_the_Frontier.html "Khyber during the Frontier Uprising of 1897: Lessons to Learn from the British Policy in the Tribal Areas"] by Dr Javed Iqbal '' Central Asia Journal'' No. 64 [c 2009?] University of Peshawar, now archived.
*[http://www.defence.gov.au/ADC/Publications/Commanders/2012/02_Sligo%20paper.pdf "An Historical Analysis of the ‘Incessant Disputes in the Tribal Areas’ (of the North-West Frontier) against the British (and the British Indian Army) from 1893 to 1939"] by Colonel Graeme Sligo, Australian Army. October 2012. defence.gov.au
*[httphttps://wwwarchive.dticorg/details/DTIC_ADA436296 ''The British Colonial Experience in Waziristan and Its Applicability to Current Operations''] by Matthew W Williams 26 May 2005.mil Monograph [thesis] produced for School of Advanced Military Studies United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Archive.org*[https:/dtic/trarchive.org/fulltextdetails/u2/a437314.pdf "DTIC_ADA437314 ''British Governance of the North-West Frontier (1919 to 1947): A Blueprint for Contemporary Afghanistan?"''] by Major Andrew M. Roe British Army, 17 June 2005. A thesis as part of the requirements for a degree of Master Of Military Art And Science, US Army Command and General Staff College June 2005Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Archive.org.*[httphttps://cgsc.contentdm.oclcarchive.org/cdmdetails/singleitem/collection/p16040coll3/id/170/rec/5 "DTIC_ADA523451 ''Ever present danger: a concise history of British military operations on the north-west frontier, 1849-1947"''] by Matt M Matthews. Occasional Paper 33, June 2010 . Combat Studies InstitutePress, US Army Command Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Archive.org.*[http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/7681 ''Inter-war, inter-service friction on the North-West frontier of India and its impact on the development and General Staff Collegeapplication of RAF doctrine''] by Andrew John Charles Walters 2018. University of Birmingham. Ph.D. Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library Air power’s potential was never fully exploited.
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/home.html Harry’s Sideshows] by Harry Fecitt (kaiserscross.com) detail many NWF campaigns.
*[https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://mecon.nomadit.co.uk/pub/conference_epaper_download.php5?PaperID%3D18627%26MIMEType%3Dapplication/pdf "Tribal Belt and the Defence of British India: A Critical Appraisal of British Strategy in the North-West Frontier during the First World War"] (html version) by Dr. Salman Bangash, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. A paper presented at the 23rd European Conference on South Asian Studies, University of Zurich (Switzerland)
23 to 26 July 2014. Alternatively, scroll down for a [http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easas/ecsas2014/panels.php5?PanelID=2433 pdf download] of the paper. [https://mecon.nomadit.co.uk/pub/conference_epaper_download.php5?PaperID=18627&MIMEType=application/pdf Direct pdf download]
=== Historical books online ===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=b-YwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Report Showing the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes, Independent and Dependent, on the North-West Frontier of the Punjab, from Annexation in 1849 to the Close of 1855''] In the series ''Selections from the Records of the Government of India (Foreign Department) No XII'', published 1856. Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6cBXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP1 ''Mountain Warfare: an essay on the conduct of Military Operations in Mountainous Countries''] by Lieut. Charles Metcalfe MacGregor 2nd edition 1866 Google Books.
**with a [https://archive.org/stream/risingsonnorthwe00alla#page/n11/mode/1up Map of the Area of Disturbance] and a [https://archive.org/stream/risingsonnorthwe00alla#page/n127/mode/1up Sketch map: Afridi and Orakzai country]
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015017670491?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Tirah, 1897''] by Colonel C E Callwell 1911 Hathi Trust Digital Library. A book in the series ''Campaigns and their Lessons''.
*[https://archive.org/details/indianfrontierw02youngoog indianfrontierw03youngoog/page/n6 ''Indian Frontier Warfare''] by Captain and Brevet- Major G J Younghusband , Assistant-Quartermaster-General 1898 Archive.org. The Third Volume of ''The Wolseley Series''.
*[https://archive.org/details/frontiercampaign00dunmrich ''A Frontier Campaign; a Narrative of the Operations of the Malakand and Buner Field Forces, 1897-1898''] by the Viscount Fincastle, Lieutenant, 16th (Queen’s) Lancers and PC Eliott- Lockhart, Lieutenant “Queen’s Own” Corps of Guides. 2nd Edition 1898 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/adictionarypath00unkngoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes on the North-West Frontier of India''] Assistant QMG Intelligence Branch 1899 Archive.org
*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/38209 ''Wars and Military Operations on or beyond the borders of British India''] in which the Government of India have been engaged since the year 1849. Presented to Parliament. Her Majesty's Stationery Office [HMSO], London 1900. This document is a listing of the operations, with only minimal details. Pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India].
*[http://archive.org/stream/frontierwarfare00offigoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''Frontier Warfare 1901''] Official publication Simla. "Notes... written for the assistance of commanders when operating in broken and mountainous ground and are based on the experience gained in late frontier campaigns". Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b5121073?urlappend=%3Bseq=4 ''Small Wars. Their Principles and Practice''] by Colonel C. [Charles] E. [Edward] Callwell. General Staff - War Office. Third Edition , revised 1906. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. (First edition 1896) ”It is recommended to officers as a valuable contribution on the subject of the conduct of small wars.” HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201641 Archive.org]. [http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/small-wars-their-principles-and-practice.html A transcribed version] Naval History and Heritage Command, an official U.S. Navy web site. [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Small_Wars-_Their_principles_and_practice_%28C._E._Callwell%29.pdf Wikimedia.org pdf]. All 1906 editions.
**[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b5121073?urlappend=%3Bseq=487 Sangars] page 469.
*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/38213 ''East India (North-West Frontier). Mahsud-Waziri Operations''] 1902 His Majesty's Stationery Office, London . A report to Parliament, covering correspondence 1899-1902. Pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India]. Also available [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433000076277?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 HathiTrust Digital Library], where the pages may be rotated if required.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28168/supplement/6053 "Despatch on the recent operations on the Mohmand border, in the Khyber, and the country of the Mohmands"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' August 14, 1908.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/n11/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume 1 Tribes north of the Kabul River''] by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1907 Archive.org. There is a supplement with full title ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 1, supplement A: Operations against the Mohmands (including operations in the Khaiber, 1st-7th May'') available under the title [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548603 ''Operations against the Mohmands''], 1908. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Unfortunately the file is somewhat unsatisfactory. There is no Contents page and many pages are duplicated. For Chapter 2, go to digital file page 21, and for Chapter 3, df p29. At least the following pages appear to be missing in addition to the Contents: (actual) p 34-35 and Appendix page i. The supplement ''Operations against the Mohmands'' is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-operations-against-the-mohmands-vol-1-supplement-a-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. This edition possibly may be better quality than the DLI edition. If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'.*''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2. North-West Frontier Tribes between the Kabul and Gumal Rivers'' by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908 is available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-north-west-frontier-tribes-between-the-kabul-and-gumal-rivers-by-intelligence-branch-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'. It is also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.116166 1908 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India ; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.96937 2004 reprint edition, Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. There is a supplement ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2 Supplement A, Operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis'' Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908 catalogued as "Frontier And Overseas Expeditions From India(Vol Ii)" 1908 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173295 Archive.org version] mirror from Digital Library of India. This supplement is also available as a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-operations-against-the-zakka-khel-afridis-vol-2-supplement-a-s-pdf/ pdf download], Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'), and as an [https://archive.org/details/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolII additional version on Archive.org] which may require a Djvu or BitTorrent plug in for ease of readingprobably is the same digital file as the DLI version.
*[https://archive.org/details/frontieroverseas03indi ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume 3 Baluchistan, and the First Afghan War'']. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters India. 1910 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/someprinciplesof00bird#page/n1/mode/2up ''Some Principles of Frontier Mountain Warfare''] by Brevet-Major W. D. Bird 1909 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Campaigns on the North-West Frontier''] by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1912 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromblackmountai00wyll#page/n5/mode/2up ''From the Black Mountain to Waziristan being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the North-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past''] by H. C. Wylly 1912 Archive.org
*''The Problem Of The North-West Frontier 1890-1908'' by Collin C Davies 1932 is available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81840 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Alternatively, it may be downloaded as a pdf from [http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/1934 OUDL] Osmania University Digital Library. May only be available Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm), (IST = GMT+5:30). It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1932-the-problem-of-the-north-west-frontier-1890-1908-by-davies-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').
*[https://archive.org/details/pathanborderland00enririch ''The Pathan borderland: a consecutive account of the country and people on and beyond the Indian frontier from Chitral to Dera Ismail Khan''] by C.M. Enriquez 1910 Archive.org. With [https://archive.org/stream/pathanborderland00enririch#page/n11/mode/1up Map [top half only<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024153797#page/n5/mode/2up 2nd edition 1921] Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gunrunningindian00kepp#page/n9/mode/2up ''Gun-running and the Indian north-west frontier''] by the Hon. Arnold Keppel 1911 Archive.org
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29514/supplement/3037 "Operations in the Tochi Valley 7th January (Spina Khaisora) and 26 March 1915 (Miramshah)"] ''The London Gazette Supplement'' (17 March 1916), Supplement 20 March 1916. Supplement: 29514 Page: 3037.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/216/mode/2up "Punishing the Bunerwals" <nowiki>[</nowiki>1915<nowiki>]</nowiki>] , page 217 ''Under ten viceroys the reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org. Includes the actions at Rustam, and rather briefly Shabdakr in 1915. Also see ''London Gazette'' and associated reportsof despatches to 9th March 1916 below, belowwhich includes brief details of the 1915 campaigns.
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20120202183711/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Brits_in_Caucasus/India_01.htm 'The Defence of India' by F. A. McKenzie], from ''The Great War'' edited by H.W. Wilson, volume 7, chapter 128. greatwardifferent.com, now an archived website. Scroll down to the section about the North West Frontier including Shabkadar.
:''Report from Major General F. Campbell, C.B., D.S.O., General Officer Commanding, 1st (Peshawar) Division on the Operations on the Swat, Buner and Mohmand Borders, 19th June – 25th October, 1915''. See the partial transcription of WO 106/732, The National Archives [UK] below<ref name=Gill>
[https://web.archive.org/web/20180703035304/https://gillww1.wordpress.com/tag/operations-against-the-mohmands-bunerwals-and-swatis/ GTG on the North West Frontier 1915] [Capt GT Gill, 2/6 Gurkha Rifles] Scroll down for the partial transcription of TNA WO 106/732. gillww1.wordpress.com</ref>, part of 1915 reports TNA [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C4415416 WO 106/732-740].
*[https://archive.org/stream/warinairbeingsto06rale#page/268/mode/2up "War Operations In India"] page 268, ''War in the Air: being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, Volume VI'' by H A Jones 1937 Archive.org. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on Official Documents''.
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.83778/2015.83778.The-Indian-Year-Book-1918#page/n198/mode/1up "The Frontier and the War"] page 154 ''The Indian Year Book 1918'', (which appears to have been published at the beginning of the year). The report covers the period 1914-1917. Archive.org
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30629/supplement/4501 "Despatches on the operations against the Mahsuds, March-August, 1917"] ''London Gazette'' Supplement 12 April 1918
*Despatches on military operations in the Indian Empire since the outbreak of the [[First World War]]. Includes the North West Frontier ''London Gazette Supplement''s.
**[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29652/supplement/6695 To 9th March 1916] ''LGS'' 4 July 1916. Includes details of operations on the Swat, Buner and Mohmand Borders, based on reports by Major General F. Campbell, one of which is transcribed<ref>[https://gillww1.wordpress.com/tag/operations-against-the-mohmands-bunerwals-and-swatis/ "GTG [Capt. George Theodore name=Gill, 2/6th Gurkha Rifles<nowiki>]</nowiki> on the North West Frontier 1915"] (scroll down) gillww1, from National Archives WO 160/732, one of a number of reports WO160/732-742.</ref>; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30360/supplement/11269 To 31st March 1917] ''LGS'' 31 October 1917; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31235/supplement/3585 To 31st May 1918] ''LGS'' 17 March 1919; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32007/supplement/8157 To 30 April 1919] ''LGS'' 5 August 1920
*See [[3rd Afghan War]] 6 May – 8 August 1919.
*''Unofficial History'' by Field Marshal Sir William Slim 1962, first published 1959. Archive.org Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/unofficialhistor00slim/page/75 "Aid to the Civil"] page 75. “This narrative…is a composite one, made up from the events on three occasions on which the military aided the civil power” (footnote, page 75). Probably c 1919. He was based at Gurampur Fort which is probably a fictional name.
:[https://archive.org/details/unofficialhistor00slim/page/101 "Student’s Interlude"] page 101 . On operations Autumn 1920. "A Brigade Column, operating from Thal in the Kurram … took punative action against the village of Panch Pir in Waziristan". (Not known whether this is the actual, or a fictional name).
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32156/page/12129 "A report on the operations in Waziristan during the period 3rd November 1919 to 7th May 1920".] ''London Gazette'' 8 December 1920.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/operationsinwa00indi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Operations in Waziristan, 1919-1920(Confidential)''] Compiled by the General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1921 Archive.org<br>
*''Waziristan 1919-1920'' by H De Watteville 1925 (one of eight in the series ''Campaigns and Their Lessons'') is available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.54945 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n291/mode/2up "N.W. Frontier 1919-1920"] page 273 ''The Post Office of India in the Great War'' edited by H.A. Sams Published 1922 Archive.org
*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/29472''Indian Frontier Organisation''] published by the ''Pioneer'' 1920. Pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India].
* ''Official History of Operations on the N.-W. Frontier of India, 1920-35'' by General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1945. Previously available Digital Library of India, (handle/2015/449186) and perhaps may return in the future.
:Available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/official-history-of-operations-on-the-north-west-frontier-of-india-1920-1935/ ''Official History Of Operations On The North-West Frontier Of India 1920-1935''] Naval & Military Press</ref> which in turn is available as part of an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.<ref name=NWF>[https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvs1LINNg2y ''Official History of Operations on the NW Frontier of India''] fold3 (located in World War2/Military books/India). Consists of 2 books.</ref>
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32773/supplement/8599 "A report on the operations of the Waziristan Force for the period 1st April to 31st December, 1921"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 1 December 1922.
:''Turmoil and Tragedy in India, 1914 and After'' by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn 1935. It is catalogued as ''Turmoil The Tragedy In India 1914''. It is available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177667 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[http://archive.org/stream/indiain19301931032269mbp#page/n39/mode/2up "The North West Frontier"], page 9 ''India in 1930-1931'' A statement prepared for presentation to Parliament. Government of India Central Publication Branch 1932. Archive.org.
*''Passing It On: Short Talks on Tribal fighting on the North-West Frontier of India'' by General Sir Andrew Skeen , 3rd edition 1934 (originally published 1932) is available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275472 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. A 2010 reprint edition with annotations titled ''Passing It On: Fighting the Pushtun on Afghanistan's Frontier'' was published by the Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworh Kansas. [https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA549121/mode/2up Archive.org version], [http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/Skeen.pdf pdf]fmso.leavenworth. Note: some of the text may not have been included, at least one probable whole page has been noted.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1960-hired-to-kill-some-chapters-of-autobiography-by-morris-s-pdf/ ''Hired to Kill: Some Chapters of Autobiography''] by Charles John Morris 1960. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'). John Morris was an officer with the [[3rd Gurkha Rifles]] from 1918 until 1934 in Palestine, Afghanistan (the [[3rd Afghan War|Third Afghan War]] in 1919), Waziristan and the North West Frontier of India.
*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/41355210 "Roads And Motor Transport In India"] by Brigadier-General Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Adviser on Mechanical Transport Services in India, 1915-19. ''Journal of the Royal Society of Arts'' Vol. 68, No. 3529 (July 9, 1920), pp. 541-552 jstor.org. Available to read for free on JSTOR, but first you must register, see [[Miscellaneous tips#Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free|Miscellaneous tips]]. Includes roads in the frontier region, and their military importance.
*The Loe Agra and Mohmand Campaigns of 1935 are briefly mentioned in two chapters in ''India In 1934-35'', from [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210573/page/n103/mode/2up page 86] and [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210573/page/n127/mode/2up page 109] Archive.org. Also see [[Mohmand Campaign 1935]].*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280060/page/n113/mode/2up/ "The Changing Nature of Operations on the North-West Frontier"] by "Shpagwishtama" page 102 ''USI [United Service Institution of India] Journal'' Vol LXVI 1936. Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.4031/page/n73/mode/2up/ "Defence in the North-West Frontier Province"] by General Sir Kenneth Wigram Page 73 ''Journal Of The Royal Central Asian Society'' - Vol. 24, Pt. 1 1937. A lecture given on November 18, 1936. Archive.org* ''Official History of Operations on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1936-37'' by General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1943. Previously available Digital Library of India (handle/2015/449185), and perhaps may return in the future.
: Available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/official-history-of-operations-on-the-north-west-frontier-of-india-1936-1937/ ''Official History Of Operations On The North-West Frontier Of India 1936-1937''] Naval & Military Press</ref> which in turn is available as part of an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.<ref name=NWF/>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/waziristan193619031345mbp#page/n7/mode/2up ''Waziristan 1936- 1937: The problems of the North-West Frontiers of India and their Solutions''] by Lieut Colonel C. E. Bruce 1938 Archive.org. Missing the "Bibliography" at the end of the book, page 80 onwards. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78556 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India, but this appears to be the same digital file, with missing end pages. Also available in a seemingly complete file as a download from [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1938-waziristan-1936-1937-problems-of-north-west-frontiers-of-india-and-solutions-by-bruce-s-pdf/ Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset] which contains a [short] bibliography, also two maps. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1938.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34449/supplement/6811 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 25th November 1936 to 16th January 1937 (1st Phase)"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 2 November 1937
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34484/supplement/1057 "Report on Operations In Waziristan, 16th January 1937 to 15th September 1937 (Second Phase)"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 18 February 1938
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34520/supplement/3819 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th September 1937 to 15th December 1937 (Final Phase)"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 14 June 1938
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34655/supplement/5667 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th December, 1937 to the 31st December, 1938"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 18 August 1939
*[https://web.archive.org/savedetails/_embed/http://libin.uofkernet.edu/multisites/UofK_lib/images/stories/libpdf/suddli.lib2015.imperial%20policing.pdf 275121 ''Imperial Policing''] by Major-General Sir Charles W Gwynn 1939 Archive.org (pdf), mirror from Digital Library of India. Also available Includes [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275121 Archive.org version] mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes /page/n263 Chapter 10, "Peshawar District 1930"], page 253 and [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275121/page/n405 Chapter 14, "Waziristan 1937" ] page 394.*''Bugles and a Tiger'' by John Masters is Also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format or as a [httphttps://wwwweb.newarchive.dliorg/web/20160610053115/http://lib.ernetuofk.inedu/multisites/UofK_lib/images/handlestories/2015libpdf/278629 sud.lib.imperial%20policing.pdf Archive.org (pdf download)]another digital file, may be slow to open.*''Bugles and a Tiger'' by John Masters [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278629 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India; or [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/201985 another pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201985 another Archive.org version]mirror from Digital Library of India, the latter is the 1965 edition or [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/525270 pdf download, catalogued 1956]. The original edition [http://archive.org/details/buglesandtigervo00mast ''Bugles and a Tiger; a Volume of Autobiography''] published in 1956 is available to read online through the Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. The main restriction is that only one person can see a particular book at one time (so the book may be "on loan'). For more details see [[Online books#Archive.org|Online books-Archive.org]]. Also see the page [[John Masters]].
:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.278629/2015.278629.Bugles-And#page/n215/ Pathan social customs] pages 212-213, including the wearing, by men, of roses in their hair.
*''India’s North-West Frontier'' by Sir William Barton 1939 may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format , or as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281565 pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281565 Archive.org mirror version]mirror from Digital Library of India. The author was in the Indian Civil Service and Indian Political Service for 35 years. It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1939-indias-north-west-frontier-by-barton-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pell_Barton William Pell Barton] Wikipedia. *Actions in Waziristan continued during WW2, although including the Ahmedzai Campaign, which took place from February to May 1940<ref>dryan67 [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/14-12-frontier-force-regiment-and-the-ajmer-regiment.59699/page-2#post-692427 14/12 Frontier Force Regiment and The Ajmer Regiment] post 25, ''WorldWar2Talk Forum'' 11 December 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2020.</ref> elsewhere referred to as the Ahmadzai Salient operations against the Faqir of Ipi.<ref> Catalogue entry [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/7e420dc0-6d0c-4131-ae70-63fa398fe127 8005/151/7 Memoirs of Brigadier William Alston's service in the Indian Army]. National Army Museum, London.</ref> Generally not many WW2 details are not known, but see brief extracts from the regimental history ''Unfaded Glory: The 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956'' by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed 2006.<ref>RobG64. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/8th-punjab-regiment-regimental-history.83313/ 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 19 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.</ref> Also see various histories of the Frontier Scouts, below. Awards appearing in the ''London Gazette Supplement''s indicate some of the regiments involved. There were also awards to RAF personnel.[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34977/supplement/6175 1939] ''LGS'' 25 October 1940, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35195/supplement/3495 1940] ''LGS'' 20 June 1941, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35825/supplement/5495 1942] ''LGS'' 15 December 1942, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36261/page/5176 1943] ''LGS'' 25 November 1943
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/IndianMountainArtillery/mountainartillery#page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery''] by Brigadier-General C A L Graham 1957 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/frontier183919470000elli/page/n5 ''The Frontier 1839-1947: the Story of the North-West Frontier of India''] by Major-General J G Elliott 1968. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.*[https://archive.org/details/khyberbritishind00mill ''Khyber, British India's north west frontier : the story of an imperial migraine''] by Charles Miller 1977. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1985-the-frontier-scouts-by-trench-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Scouts''] by Charles Chenevix Trench 1985. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1985. Also available [https://archive.org/details/frontierscouts0000chen/mode/2up Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library].: Also see [[:Category:Frontier Scouts]].*[https://archive.org/details/ThePathansByOlafCaroe ''The Pathans 550 B.C.-A.D. I957''] by Olaf Caroe 1958 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/ThePathansByOlafCaroe/The-Pathans-By-Olaf-Caroe-ISBN10-%200710306822#page/n5/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/stream/ThePathansByOlafCaroe/The-Pathans-By-Olaf-Caroe-ISBN10-%200710306822#page/n509/mode/2up Index]. Unfortunately missing illustrations and most maps. Also available as [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Pathans&filtertype_2=author&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Caroe&submit_apply_filter=&rpp=10 multiple pdf downloads], Digital Library of India and additional [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Pathans%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Caroe%29 Archive.org versions]. Also available as a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1958-the-pathans-550-bc-to-ad-1957-by-caroe-s-pdf/ pdf download], Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'). The author was Governor of the N-W Frontier Province 1946-1947.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1935-brief-gazetteer-of-most-important-and-useful-place-names-in-waziristan-district-s-pdf/ ''Brief Gazetteer of Most Important and Useful Place Names in Waziristan District''] 1935 is available to download as a pdf from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').
=====Routes=====
*''Routes on the North-West Frontier compiled (for political and military reference) under the orders of the Quarter Master General in India, in the Intelligence Branch, in 1887 ; brought up to date in October 1892'' by W.R. Robertson. Confidential.[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-on-north-west-frontier-vol-1-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf Volume I], [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-on-north-west-frontier-vol-2-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf/ Volume 2] Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1890-military-routes-to-the-indo-afghan-frontier-by-lessar-secret-s-pdf/ 1890 ''Military Routes to the Indo-Afghan Frontier''] by Lessar (secret)] Notes: At head of title: Secret. "From Russian official "records" of geographical, topographical and statistical materials on Asia. Collected by the Military Scientific Committee of the Headquarters Staff, 1890. Translated for the Intelligence Division of the War Office". HMSO. Author: P. M. Lessar, (Pavel Mikhailovich) Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-from-russian-territory-toward-afghanistan-and-india-the-pamir-line-of-advance-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf/ 1893 ''Routes from Russian Territory toward Afghanistan and India - the Pamir line of Advance''] by Robertson (confidential). Full title: ''Routes from Russian Territory in Central Asia towards Afghanistan and India. Section 1, The Pamir line of advance'' compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by W.R. Robertson. 1893. Contents: pt. 1. Short military report on the Ferghana province, Kashgar, the Pamirs and Upper Oxus Afghan provinces ... - pt. 2. Includes all routes leading from the Chimkend Kuldja postal road to the Hindu Kush between the Dorah and the Karakorum Passes. Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1912-strategical-epitome-of-routes-on-and-beyond-the-north-west-frontier-of-india-by-general-staff-india-confidential-s-pdf/ ''Strategical Epitome of Routes on and beyond the North-West Frontier of India''] by General Staff India (confidential) 1912 Pdf download, Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. (If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').
=====Fiction=====
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42417 ''The Air Patrol: A Story of the North-West Frontier''] by Herbert Strang 1913. Gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
*[http://www.britishcomics.20m.com/wolf.htm "The Wolf of Kabul"] ''Rover and Wizard'' January 25th 1964. britishcomics.20m.com. This appears to be a reprint, first published in the 1930s in ''Wizard'',<ref>[https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/boy-s-own-adventures-1-2615112 "Boy's Own adventures"] 27 April 2006 yorkshirepost.co.uk.</ref> a weekly magazine for boys published by DC Thomson of Dundee . Story involving Bill Samson (“His real job is surveying the frontier and making maps of the mountains and passes”) and his offsider Private Chung whose weapon was the Clicky-Ba. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_of_Kabul Wolf of Kabul] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528790/page/n471 "Ants"] by W J Blackledge, page 471 ''Fifty Amazing Hairbreadth Escapes'' c 1937. Stated to be an extract from ''Hell’s Broth Militia'' [1936] Archive.org
:"Company of the Damned" by Captain W J Blackledge. An Inside Picture of the Hunted Men’s Militia [Kurram Militia] in India. The story of Digger Craven, second in command. Appeared in issues of the weekly magazine ''Liberty'' from v13n14 1936-4-4. [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n14_1936-4-4.Liberty_Darwination-DPP_/page/n10 Part 1], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v15n15_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n31 part 2], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n16_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n37 part 3] Archive.org. Further episodes are not available online.
:An examination of Part 1 shows it is an abridged version of "Ants" which in turn is an extract from ''Hell’s Broth Militia''. Note some classify the latter as biography.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HY_4aH5ihhUC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA27 Page 27, entry 319] ''British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published Or Written Before 1951'' by William Matthews. Reprint edition 1964 Google Books</ref> For more about this author, see [[Mesopotamia Campaign#Historical books online|Mesopotamia Campaign - Historical books online - Fiction]].
*[https://archive.org/details/leopardcliff00bree/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Leopard and the Cliff''] by Wallace Breem 1978 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Set in the time of the [[3rd Afghan War]] in 1919.
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