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{{War|name=North West Frontier Campaigns |dates=1849-1908 1947 |image= |combatant1=[[East India Company]] and [[British Army]] |combatant2=North West Frontier tribes|result=Suppression of border incursions |medal=<br>[http://www.britishmedals.info/india_general_service_medal_1854.html India General Service medal 1854]<br>[http://www.britishmedals.info/india_medal.html India Medal 1895-1902]

The following books are available at India Office Records, which may be located by using the [[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&dstmp=1510016459624&vid=IAMS_VU2&fromLogin=true British LibrarySearch]]include:*Collection 391 North West Frontier Operations 1897 IOR/L/MIL/7/15855-15939 1897-1923 *Collection 403 Frontier and Overseas Expeditions IOR/L/MIL/7/16820-16978 1901-1944*''War Diary [Collection], Army Headquarters India, Frontier Operations against . GSI, 1914-20. 56 vols. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4066-4121. Printed volumes from the Military Library. At least one, possibly more, is thought to be available in the Orakzai tribe library subscription website "The Indian Army and Colonial Warfare on the Miranzai frontier under the command Frontiers of BrigadierIndia, 1914-General Sir W.S.A. Lockhart1920", see [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, Kjournals and directories]].C*[http://discovery.Bnationalarchives., Cgov.S.Iuk/browse/r/h/f5f47a88-8f63-439b-9851-807ef4016601 Political and Secret Department Library IOR/L/PS/20] 1757-1952.A very large and varied collection of confidential prints, in 1891'' compiled from official sources publications and commercially published works, analogous to the Military Library (see under L/MIL/17), it largely consists of military reports, gazetteers, summaries of correspondence, handbooks etc. dealing with the orders of Indian States, the Quarter-Master General in India) by Afrontier regions and neighbouring countries.HThere is a separate index. Mason. 1891 Includes*''Frontier * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/3d1f812d-8302-4877-b020-fb24abdf8195 Political and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 1, supplement ASecret Department Library: Operations against the Mohmands (including operations in the Khaiber, 1st-7th May'B') by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908 *''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2Books IOR/L/PS/20/B] 1834-1944. Covers Afghanistan, Baluchistan, North-West Frontier Tribes between the Kabul of India, Jammu and Kashmir and Gumal Rivers'' by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters Northern Frontier of India 1908 **[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/8f3ed949-072d-4247-9f02-97cd6d17ff04 Political and Secret Department Library: 'D'Official History of operations on the NBooks] 1865-1949.Covers Assam, Bhutan, Burma (including Shan States, Chin Hills etc), Burma-W. China Frontier, China (except Chinese Turkestan, for which see L/PS/20/A), Nepal, Tibet, Sikkim, North East Frontier of India, 1920-35'' by General Staff Army HeadquartersSiam, India 1945South East Asia and Far East ==Imperial War Museums holdings==The [http://www.iwm.org.uk/ Imperial War Museums] are a source of information about operations in Waziristan. [http://www. Available through Amazoniwm.coorg.uk from /collections/search Search the catalogue].  [http://astorewww.amazoniwm.coorg.uk/faminbriindso-21collections/item/detailpublication/1843427648 FIBIS Shop87606 Catalogue entry] * for the publication ''Official History Bibliography of sources in the Departments of Documents, Photographs, Printed Books and Sound Records at the Imperial War Museum on military operations in Waziristan on the N.W. North West Frontier of India, 19361917-371937'' by General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1943. Available through Amazon.copublished c 1979.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843427656 FIBIS Shop]

== External Links Also see==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history) North West Frontier Military History[Royal Air Force]] Wikipedia<br> ==Recommended Reading==*[http://wwwJohn Archibald Hislop was an officer in the Indian Army, 2nd Battalion 9th Jat Regiment from 1933.king-emperor.com/Articles-Frontier-a3.htm The He had a series of postings on the North-West Frontier of India] www.king-emperorSubsequently he was GS02 Waziristan District until c.August 1943.com<br>*[httpHis memoirs ''A Soldier’s Story-From the Khyber Pass to the Jungles of Burma://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/indiageneralservice1895.htm India Medal 1895The Memoir of a British Officer in the Indian Army 1933-1947'' were published by his daughter in 2010 and reviewed in [[FIBIS Journal]] www26.northeastmedals.co.uk<br>*== External links ==*[http://wwwen.northeastmedalswikipedia.co.ukorg/britishguidewiki/punjab_frontier_despatches/chitral_vc_victoria_cross.htm NWF VCs] www.northeastmedals.co.uk<br>North-West_Frontier_(military_history) North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia*[http://homepagesen.rootswebwikipedia.ancestry.comorg/~poyntzwiki/India/images/AfghanFrontier.JPG 1893 North West Frontier MapPink's_War Pink’s War] Rootsweb<br>1925 Wikipedia ===Maps===*[http://dsalhomepages.uchicagorootsweb.eduancestry.com/reference~poyntz/India/gaz_atlas_1909images/fullscreenAfghanFrontier.html?object=39 1909 NWF JPG 1893 North West Frontier Map] Digital South Asia Maps<br>Rootsweb*British Raj [http://archiverdsal.rootswebuchicago.ancestry.comedu/threference/readgaz_atlas_1909/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ/2010-02/1266047892 postfullscreen.html?object=39 1909 NWF Map] dated 12 February 2010 about 1930s maps of the North West Frontier region, recommending those in the '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 'Official 'The History 1920-35'' and of the Sikh Pioneers, (23rd, 32nd, 34th)'' by Sir George MacMunn [1936-37'', refer [[North West Frontier Campaigns# British Library holdings|above]]Archive.org.*[http://www.khyberqdl.orgqa/en/archive/pashtohistory81055/storyofthepakhtoonsvdc_100039522683.0x000001 1938, March.shtml Story Sketch Map of the Pakhtoons [Pathans<nowiki>Waziristan]<British Library catalogue reference IOR/L/nowiki>] KhyberPS/12/1960, f 258. Qatar Digital Library.org<br> ===Histories===*[http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306940 ''British Governance 'Passing it on' : the army in India and the development of the Northfrontier warfare 1849-West Frontier (1919 to 1947): A Blueprint for Contemporary Afghanistan?'' ''] by Timothy Robert Moreman. 1996 by Andrew MPhD Thesis King’s College London. Roe, Maj, British ArmyLibrary’s EthOS e-theses online service. Master’s Thesis Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 2005 [[https://docskclpure.kcl.googleac.comuk/portal/viewer?a=v&q=cache:8pN3JWr8izAJ:www.dtic.milen/cgi-bintheses/GetTRDoc?AD%3DADA437314+british+passing-it-on--the-army+letter+-in-india+1919s&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgdB1wUvqI8ikHiOuoAKYjsCAteXvKXKhGSeZbSJxBgqSi7A5noCmlSDkobeTbofU0WHCxFpXIlHlK4EmWJEJtzTKkWOpfYqZWRQp-zvOZzZand-the-hyxliXBVcv2development-R5v4W1erBSldqF&sig=AHIEtbSe3kVPF7VsEbjaJcf8Hcrt_V7N6A of-frontier-warfare-18491947(f60ece93-45c9-44ab-b3a0-16f1625a1926).html version Alternative link to pdf download] [http://wwwKing's College, London.dticA book was subsequently published in 1998, see Historical books online below.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA437314 original pdf]*Six blogs by Thomas E. Ricks :Article: [httphttps://ricksweb.foreignpolicyarchive.comorg/postsweb/201020220513210119/03http:/09/the_british_experience_in_waziristan_tons_of_lessons_to_be_learned The British experience in Waziristan, 9 March 2010], [http://rickswww.foreignpolicykhyber.comorg/postspublications/2010041-045/03/10/lessons_from_waziristan_ii_the_central_role_of_the_political_agent 10 March 2010armyininda.shtml Army in India & Frontier Warfare 1914-1939]by Tim Moreman (Khyber.org, now archived and originally from [httphttps://ricksweb.foreignpolicyarchive.comorg/postsweb/201020200220062414/03/11/waziristan_iii_insights_into_the_nature_of_the_formidable_pashtun_foe 11 March 2010], [http://rickswww.foreignpolicyking-emperor.com/posts/2010/03/12/waziristan_iv_trying_to_imagine_an_american_version_of_the_frontier_scouts 12 March 2010Frontier%20Warfare%201914-1939.html king-emperor.com], now archived).*[httphttps://ricksweb.foreignpolicyarchive.com/posts/2010org/03web/1520160515195215/waziristan_v_it_can_even_tell_us_a_bit_about_our_current_coin_debate 15 March 2010], [http://ricks.foreignpolicymichaelelambert.com/postsmain/2010pdf/03/16/waziristan_vi_and_last_roe_s_lessons 16 March 2010] from foreignpolicyMichael_E_Lambert_Afghanistan_&_North_West_Frontier.com, with comments on the book ''Waging War pdf Afghanistan & North West Frontier] (pdf) by Michael E. Lambert, now an archived webpage. The presentation is in Waziristanthree parts: "The British Struggle History" relates Britain’s involvement in the Land of Bin LadenNorth West Frontier, 1849-1947''"The Medals" discusses the Afghanistan Medal, by Andrew M. Roethe Kabul to Kandahar Star, a British infantry officerand the India General Service Medal through its multiple issues, published 2010"The Album" presents early twentieth century photographs of soldiers and soldiering. This book may be purchased through Amazon.co.uk from the *[http://astorewww.amazonnihcr.coedu.ukpk/Latest_English_Journal/faminbriindsoPjhc%2025-211%202004/detail/0700616993 FIBIS Shop]9-British%20Policy%20in%20Tribal. *[httppdf "British Policy in Tribal Areas://wwwA Case Study of Waziristan"] by Dr.asc-centralasiaFazlur Rahman ''Pakistan Journal of History and Culture'' Vol.eduXXV No.pk/Issue_62/011 Jan-Military_Operations_in_WaziristanJun 2004.html Military Operations in WaziristanIncludes statistics about the cost of operations.*[https: From a Historical Perspective (1849-1947)] by Col//web. (Retdarchive.) Muhammad Yahya Effendi Issue 62, [2008?] 'org/web/20170430093249/http://www.asc-centralasia.edu.pk/Issue_62/01-Military_Operations_in_Waziristan.html 'Central Asia'' Research Journal of the Area Study Center, Univeristy of Peshawar, Pakistan Military Operations in Waziristan: From a Historical Perspective (A biannual publication1849-1947)*[http://defenceoftherealm"] by Col.blogspot(Retd.com/2009/10/air-power.html The limits of power) Muhammad Yahya Effendi Issue 62, [2008?] by ''Central Asia'Richard' 20 October 2009. Surveys Research Journal of the policies to subdue the warring tribes on the North West Frontier. Defenceofthe realmArea Study Center, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, now archived.blogspot.com<br>*[httphttps://wwwweb.globalsecurityarchive.org/militaryweb/world20050114111553/war/northwest-frontier-expeditions-intro.htm Northwest Frontier Expeditions - 1849-1902] Globalsecurity.org<br>*[http://www.victorianmilitarysocietydefencejournal.org.ukcom:80/2001/jan/indexbritish-factor.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36htm ''The British Factor and Asia in the Twentieth Century''. Chapter V:why-was-the-north-west-frontier-of-india-the-scene-of-so-much-conflict-in-the-period-1849-1901&catid=10"British India’s North West Tribal Territories"] by Maj (Retd) Raja Muhammad Sarwar Dhuddy. ''The Defence Journal January 2001'' (Karachi, Pakistan), now archived. *[https:articles&Itemid//web.archive.org/web/20131122051541/http://www.victorianmilitarysociety.org.uk/index.php?option=9 "Why com_content&view=article&id=36:why-was -the North-West north-west-frontier -of India -india-the -scene -of -so -much -conflict -in -the -period -1849-1901?&catid=10:articles&Itemid=9 "] by R.AWhy was the North-West frontier of India the scene of so much conflict in the period 1849-1901?"] by R.A. Johnson from ''Soldiers of the Queen issue 97'', Victorian Military Society<br>, now archived. *[http://www.globalsecuritytribalanalysiscenter.orgcom/military/world/warPDF-TAC/pathan-revolt-1897.htm Pathan Revolt – 1897] Globalsecurity.org<br>*"The 1897 %201897%20Revolt%20and%20Tirah%20Valley%20Operations.pdf "The 1897 Revolt and Tirah Valley Operations from the Pashtun Perspective" ] by Robert A Johnson November 2009 Tribal Analysis Center *[httphttps://docsweb.googlearchive.comorg/web/20170629213546/viewer?a=v&q=cache:eTsYkNo6Zm0Jhttp://www.tribalanalysiscenterasc-centralasia.edu.compk/PDF-TACIssue_64/The%25201897%2520Revolt%2520and%2520Tirah%2520Valley%2520Operations06_Khyber_during_the_Frontier.pdf+Pathan+Revolt+html "Khyber during the Frontier Uprising of 1897&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh0X6yVOz6rEmI_wNzPJVJFqfFnINRkkH5l729HRDFWyIYOJvHVMaAFu06YmE2KEiGVQlt2c3Y2orIj7a20PEM3ih9HzDkY5Z3zT0zyXOhwXM77ILz7wJfxTfzOP-zDYRjye-oj&sig=AHIEtbQvzeiS7U1vsdwKrOo9gRhjIKnVgw html version] [http://wwwLessons to Learn from the British Policy in the Tribal Areas"] by Dr Javed Iqbal '' Central Asia Journal'' No.tribalanalysiscenter.com/PDF-TAC/The%201897%20Revolt%20and%20Tirah%20Valley%20Operations64 [c 2009?] University of Peshawar, now archived.pdf Original pdf]<br>*[httphttps://wwwweb.kaiserscrossarchive.comorg/web/30450120191025093159/420601.html Operations in Mekran: Baluchistan 1898-1902] from [httphttps://www.kaiserscrossdefence.gov.comau/adc/publications/commanders/3045012012/home02_sligo%20paper.html pdf Harry’s Sideshows] by Harry Fecitt "An Historical Analysis of the ‘Incessant Disputes in the Tribal Areas’ (kaiserscross.comof 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, now an archived webpage.*[httphttps://peek-01.livejournal.comarchive.org/details/23643.html DTIC_ADA436296 ''The Life British Colonial Experience in Waziristan and Death of Lieutenant Neville Rudd Thompson Its Applicability to Current Operations''] by Matthew W Williams 26 May 2005. Monograph [thesis] produced for School of the 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers] by Ross Dix-PeekAdvanced Military Studies United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Archive.org*[https://archive. Lieutenant Thompson and the 21st Lancers, and their part in the Battle at Shabkadar on the 5 September 1915 on org/details/DTIC_ADA437314 ''British Governance of the North -West Frontier.*[http(1919 to 1947)://wwwA Blueprint for Contemporary Afghanistan?''] by Major Andrew M.kingscollectionsRoe British Army, 17 June 2005.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=702 War in the Switzerland of Asia: Swat Valley]. Online papers from A thesis as part of the collection requirements for a degree of Master Of Military Art And Science, US Army Command and General Sir Frederick Campbell charting two key campaigns in Swat 1915. King’s Staff College London Collections: The Serving SoldierFort Leavenworth, Kansas. Archive.org.<br>*[httphttps://wwwarchive.25thlondon.comorg/details/waziristan.htm Waziristan Campaign 1917] from [httpDTIC_ADA523451 ''Ever present danger://www.25thlondon.com/indexa concise history of British military operations on the north-west frontier, 1849-1947''] by Matt M Matthews. Occasional Paper 33, June 2010. Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Archive.org.htm 25th County of London Cyclist Battalion: The London Regiment]*[http://warandgameetheses.combham.ac.uk/2008id/02eprint/04/colonial7681 ''Inter-controlwar, inter-service friction onthe North-a-shoestring-West frontier of India and its impact on the-raf-experience/ Colonial Control On A Shoestring — The development and application of RAF Experiencedoctrine''] by Maj Michael JAndrew John Charles Walters 2018. University of Birmingham. Ph.D. Air power’s potential was never fully exploited.:[https://www.raf.mod. Petersen includes a section "The Third Afghan War and the Northwest Frontier, 1919uk/what-we-do/centre-for-air-and-space-power-studies/documents1/vol-21-no-1-raf100-special-1920edition/ “RAF Inter-War Operations on the North-West Frontier”] by Wing Commander Dr Andrew Walters page 110 (digital page 112) ''Air Power Review'' Volume 21, No.1 Spring 2018. raf.mod.uk*[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]*[http://peek-01.livejournal.com/23643.html The Life and Death of Lieutenant Neville Rudd Thompson] of the 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers, by Ross Dix-Peek. Lieutenant Thompson and the 21st Lancers, and their part in the Battle at Shabkadar on the 5 September 1915 on the North West Frontier.*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/war-in-the-switzerland-of-asia-swat-valley War in the Switzerland of Asia: Swat Valley]. Online papers from part of the collection of General Sir Frederick Campbell charting two key campaigns in Swat 1915. King’s College London Collections: The Serving Soldier.*''Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal 48'' 2010. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rafmuseum.org.uk%2Fdocuments%2FResearch%2FRAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_48_Seminar_the_ME_Mespot_Iraq_NW_Frontier_4_FTS.pdf html version], [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_48_Seminar_the_ME_Mespot_Iraq_NW_Frontier_4_FTS.pdf pdf] rafmuseum.org.uk. [http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/F1840A3A_5056_A318_A802860440CD93A9.pdf raf.mod.uk version]. Includes "Substitution or Subordination? The Employment of Air Power over Afghanistan and The North-West Frontier, 1910-1939" by Clive Richards pages 63-87. *[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1921/may/31/defence-of-north-west-frontier House of Lords Debate 31 May 1921: Defence of North-West Frontier] An overview of the then current situation. hansard.millbanksystems.com

*[httphttps://enweb.wikipediaarchive.org/wikiweb/20170809020344/Pink's_War Pink’s War] 1925 Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.worthpointairpowerstudies.co.comuk/sitebuildercontent/worthopediasitebuilderfiles/northapr14no3.pdf "“Good God, Sir, Are You Hurt?” The Realities and Perils of Operating over India’s Troublesome North-west-frontier-1908-new-detailed-book DetailsWest Frontier"] of the book by Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Roe ''North West Frontier 1908Air Power Review Volume 14 Number 3 Autumn/Winter 2011'' by Peter Duckers Centre for Air Power Studies, Royal Air Force, published by Spink pages 61-82 ( Medal Dealerscomputer file pages 72-93) 2006, archived. *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140508060510/http://www.bcmh.org. Contains detailed listings of Honours uk/archive/conferences/2012AirGroundConingham.pdf "Air/Ground Cooperation between the RAF and Awards to both the Indian Army in Waziristan 1936-1937"] by Simon Coningham, British and Indian unitsCommission for Military History, Summer Conference 2012–Indian Armies, detailed Casualty lists etc. Probably only available second handnow archived.<br>*[http://www.lookandlearn.com/blog/?p=3641 The kidnapping of Mollie Ellis ] from [[Kohat]] cantonment by Afridi tribesmen from the Khyber Pass region 14 April 1923 and the rescue expedition which included Mrs Lilian Starr matron at the [[Peshawar]] Mission Hospital. [http: Article //www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/4946412546/ Photographs] from the Illustrated London News (26 May 1923) on Flickr. An account of her rescue mission ''Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet'' by Michael E LambertLilian A Starr was published 1924, which is available online, from his website refer below.*[http://webcachenews.googleusercontentbbc.comco.uk/today/search?q=cache:sDCmhtmrVkIJ:michaelelambert.comhi/maintoday/pdfnewsid_7713000/The_Kidnapping_of_Mollie_Ellis_by_Afridi_Tribesmem-Michael_E_Lambert%2520_C_7713192.pdf+Kidnap+%22Mollie+Ellis%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au stm html version"Waziristan's last soldier"], by Zubeida Malik BBC 8 November 2008 with a [http://michaelelambertnews.combbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/mainprogrammes_waziristan/pdfhtml/The_Kidnapping_of_Mollie_Ellis_by_Afridi_Tribesmem1.stm slideshow of photographs]. Frank Leeson spent two years commanding 1,000 Khassadars- Waziri soldiers-Michael_E_Lambert%20_C_between 1946 and 1948, the last surviving British officer to have served in North Waziristan.pdf original pdf]; *[http://www.lookandlearnbritishbattles.com/blognorth-west-frontier-india/?pwaziristan.htm Waziristan 1894] britishbattles.com ===Photographs===3641 Article from Lookand learn*[http://www.iwm.org.comuk/collections/item/object/205194795 Photograph of camels carrying wounded men to safety on the North West Frontier of India 1917], Imperial War Museum*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/1330596159036290@N00N07/4946412546sets/ Photographs72157625892622895 emmyeustace's Northwest Frontier Photograph Collection] flickr.com Contains 105 photographs taken from the Illustrated London News (26 May 1923 pages 894-895 ) Flickr1888 to c 1933*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/90553739@N06 reddin68's photostream] on flickr. An account com taken by a member of her rescue mission ''Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet'' by Lilian A Starr, published 1924 is available at the RFC [[British Library]Royal Flying Corps]31 Squadron in the NWFP during and after WW1.

=== Historical books online === Historical *[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, onthe North-line 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.*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xwui4Zn9z1oC&pg=PA217 "The North-West Frontier of India"] by George Campbell, Bengal Civil Service, page 217 ''Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Volume XIII'' 1870 Google Books.*[https://archive.org/details/myserviceinindi00vauggoog ''My service in the Indian Army – and after''] by General Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org. In 1850 he was appointed to the [[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force| 2nd Punjab Infantry]], Punjab Frontier Force He was subsequently appointed to the command of the [[5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force |5th Punjab Infantry]]. He had to retire c 1870 as there was no position for him. At the start of the [[2nd Afghan War]] he became special military correspondent for the war for ''The Times''

*[http://www.archive.org/details/pathanrevoltinno00millrich ''The Pathan Revolt in North-West India''] by H. Woosnam Mills 1897 Archive.org<br>*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26889/page/4989 "Field Operations - Tochi"]. ''The London Gazette'' September 7, 1897*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26928/page/147 "Despatches: The operations of the Malakand and Mohmand Field Forces"] ''The London Gazette'' January 11, 1898.*''Military Operations on the North-West Frontiers of India. Papers regarding British relations with the neighboring tribes on the north-west frontier of India, and the military operations undertaken against them during the year 1897-1898''. HMSO 1898. [http://wwwhdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433000076269?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume I] HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279045 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.[https://archive.org/streamdetails/in.ernet.dli.2015.279046 Volume II Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.*[https:/risingsonnorthw00piongoog#page/n6archive.org/modedetails/1up risingsonnorthwe00alla ''The Risings on the North-west Frontier being a complete narrative, with specially prepared maps of the various risings of the frontier tribes in the Tochi Valley, the Swat Valley, the country of the Mohmands and Mamunds, and the country of the Afridis and Orakzai... from the middle of June, 1897 to the end of January, 1898''] Special War Correspondence of the "Pioneer" 1898 (archive.org)<br>**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 HathiTrust Digital Library. A book in the series ''Campaigns and their Lessons''. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284632/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org].*[https://archive.org/details/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 West Frontier of India''] Asstistant Assistant QMG Intelligence Branch 1899 (Archive.org:[https://archive.org)<br>/details/ADictionaryOfThePathanTribesCORRECT 1910 edition] Archive.org

*[https://archive.org/stream/battlesofninetee05forb#page/226/mode/2up "The N. W. Frontier Campaign"] pages 227-284, ''Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Volume V, Campaigns of the Nineties'' by A Hilliard Atteridge . With Illustrations. 1901. Covers the period from 1897.*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924020369108 ''Eighteen years in the Khyber, 1879-1898''] by Colonel Sir Robert Warburton KCIE CSI 1900 Archive.org*[http://archive.org/stream/indianborderlan00holdgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900''] by Colonel Sir T. Hungerford Holdich, late of the Indian Survey Department 1901 Archive.org*[https://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.*[https://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. The military operations took place 24th to 28th November, 1901, as detailed from [https://archive.org/details/mahsud-waziri-operations/page/257/mode/2up page 257]. Archive.org (mirror version of HathiTrust file)*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.05452/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Punjab in Peace and War''] by S S Thorburn, Indian Civil Service (Retired) 1904. Archive.org, Public Library of India collection.*[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'') which . The supplement ''Operations against the Mohmands'' is available at to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-operations-against-the -mohmands-vol-1-supplement-a-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from [[British LibraryOnline books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]] and through Amazon.co If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'.uk from the Also available [httphttps://astorearchive.amazonorg/details/dli.copahar.uk1814/faminbriindso-21mode/detail/1845743121 FIBIS Shop2up Archive.org mirror version] as a reprint.<br> *''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 partially online to page 97 on [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 Library Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of India| Central Asia Digital Library of IndiaDataset]] website. It is catalogued without volume number simply as If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India'' 1908 and has barcode 99999990229429. It is also Also available as [httphttps://booksarchive.org/details/dli.googlepahar.com1812/mode/books?id=YPALAAAAIAAJ Snippet view Google Books2up Archive.org mirror version] which viewers in some countries may be able to access as full view. It There is available at the [[British Library]] a supplement ''Frontier and through Amazon.co.uk Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2 Supplement A, Operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis'' Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908 available as a [http://astorepahar.amazon.co.ukin/faminbriindsowpfb-21file/detail1908-operations-against-the-zakka-khel-afridis-vol-2-supplement-a-s-pdf/1845743067 FIBIS Shoppdf download] as a reprint , Pahar-Mountains of 461 pages. There is Central Asia Digital Dataset, (if the catalogue entry does not have a supplement download, look under 'Books'), with [httphttps://ia600404archive.org/details/dli.uspahar.archive1815 Archive.orgmirror version]. *[https://load_djvu_appletarchive.php?file=11/itemsorg/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolIIdetails/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolII.djvu frontieroverseas03indi ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India : Volume 2 Supplement A 3 Baluchistan,Operations against and the Zakka Khel AfridisFirst Afghan War''] . Compiled in the Intelligence Branch , Army Headquarters India 1908 . 1910 Archive.org*[http://archive. (Requires a [[Online booksorg/stream/someprinciplesof00bird#page/n1/mode/2up ''Some Principles of Frontier Mountain Warfare''] by Brevet-Major W. D. Bird 1909 Archive.org|Djvu plug *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72779 ''Frontier Warfare. A series of Ten Lectures'']by “Frontier”. Published Bombay. Archive.org. Also available at [https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/afghanuno/163/ Digital Commons @UNO](University of Nebraska Omaha)<br>, where the publication date is given as 1910.*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.92297/page/n3/mode/2up ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Pathans''] by Major R. T. I. Ridgway, 40th Pathans. 1910. Archive.org, mirror from Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of Mumbai.*[https://archive.org/details/b2135957x ''Prevention of Disease and Inefficiency, with special reference to Indian Frontier Warfare''] by Lieut.-Col. Patrick Hehir IMS, Officiating Principal Medical Officer, Burma Division. 2nd Edition - Illustrated and Revised.1911 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/cu31924024153797fromblackmountai00wyll#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. 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/dli.pahar.2516 Archive.org mirror version]. *[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 (First published 1909) ] Archive.org

*[httphttps://www.archivethegazette.co.orguk/streamLondon/fromblackmountai00wyll#pageissue/n529514/modesupplement/2up 3037 "Operations in the Tochi Valley 7th January (Spina Khaisora) and 26 March 1915 (Miramshah)"] ''The London Gazette Supplement''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(17 March 1916), and of our military relations with them in the past] by HSupplement 20 March 1916. C Supplement: 29514 Page: 3037. Wylly 1912 Archive.org<br>*[*[http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00neviundertenviceroys00woodiala#page/n5216/mode/2up "Punishing the Bunerwals" <nowiki>[</nowiki>1915<nowiki>]</nowiki>] , page 217 ''Campaigns on Under ten viceroys the North-West Frontierreminiscences of a Gurkha''] by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1912 (archiveMajor-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org)<br>*[http://www.archiveIncludes the actions at Rustam, and rather briefly Shabdakr in 1915. Also see ''London Gazette'' of despatches to 9th March 1916 below, which includes brief details of the 1915 campaigns.:[https://web.archive.org/streamweb/20120202183711/http://operationsinwa00indi#pagewww.greatwardifferent.com/n5Great_War/modeBrits_in_Caucasus/2up India_01.htm 'The Defence of India'Operations in Waziristanby F. A. McKenzie], 1919-1920from ''The Great War''] Compiled edited by the General Staff Army HeadquartersH.W. Wilson, volume 7, India 1921 Archivechapter 128. greatwardifferent.com, now an archived website. Scroll down to the section about the North West Frontier including Shabkadar.org<br>*:''Waziristan 1919-1920'' by H De Watteville 1925 Report from Major General F. Campbell, C.B., D.S.O., General Officer Commanding, 1st (one of eight in Peshawar) Division on the Operations on the series ''Campaigns Swat, Buner and Their LessonsMohmand Borders, 19th June – 25th October, 1915'') is available to read online on the [. See the partial transcription of WO 106/732, The National Archives [Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]UK] websitebelow<brref name=Gill>*''The Problem Of The [https://web.archive.org/web/20180703035304/https://gillww1.wordpress.com/tag/operations-against-the-mohmands-bunerwals-and-swatis/ GTG on the North-West Frontier 1890-1908'' by Collin C Davies 1932 is available to read online on 1915] [Capt GT Gill, 2/6 Gurkha Rifles] Scroll down for the [[Online books#Digital Library partial transcription of India| Digital Library of India]] website TNA WO 106/732. Alternativelygillww1.wordpress.com</ref>, it may be downloaded as a pdf from part of 1915 reports TNA [http://oudldiscovery.osmanianationalarchives.acgov.inuk/browse/r/handleh/OUDLC4415416 WO 106/1934 OUDL732-740] Osmania University Digital Library<br>.*''Passing It On[https: Short Talks on Tribal fighting on the North-West Frontier of //archive.org/stream/warinairbeingsto06rale#page/268/mode/2up "War Operations In India"] page 268, '' by General Sir Andrew Skeen War in the Air: being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, 3rd edition 1934 (originally published 1932) Volume VI'' is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library by H A Jones 1937 Archive.org. Part of India| Digital Library the series ''History of India]] websitethe Great War based on Official Documents''.<br>*[httphttps://www.archive.org/stream/waziristan193619031345mbpin.ernet.dli.2015.83778/2015.83778.The-Indian-Year-Book-1918#page/n7n198/mode/2up 1up "The Frontier and the War"] page 154 ''Waziristan 1936- 1937: The problems of Indian Year Book 1918'', (which appears to have been published at the North-West Frontiers beginning of India and their Solutions''] by Lieut Colonel Cthe year). EThe report covers the period 1914-1917. Bruce 1938 Archive.org<br>*[http:[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 name=Gill />; [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*[https://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].*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.449186 ''Official History of Operations on the N.-W. Frontier of India, 1920-35. Parts I, II, III''] [by General Staff Army Headquarters, India]. Published by the Manager of Publications, Delhi 1945. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.**[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.449186/page/69/mode/2up Page 71] "Part II The Afridi and Red Shirt Rebellion, 1930-31; The Mohmand and Bajaur Operations, 1933".**[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.449186/page/n197/mode/2up Page 160] "Part III The Loe Agra Campaign - 1935; The Mohmand Campaign - 1935". :Also 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.*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32913/supplement/1807 "A report on the operations in Waziristan for the period 1st January, 1922 to the 20th April, 1923"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 27 February 1924*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32993/supplement/8319 "Final despatch on the operations of Waziristan Force covering the period 21st April, 1923, to 31st March, 1924"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 18 November 1924*''Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet'' by Lilian A Starr, published 1924 is available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100747 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes general comments about the Pathans, based on the author's experience in the Mission Hospital at Peshawar. Also available on the [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b258987?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Hathi Trust Digital Library], and as [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1923-tales-of-tirah-and-lesser-tibet-by-starr-s-pdf/ pdf download], from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'). [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2223 Archive.org Pahar mirror version]. *[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33104/supplement/7595 "An account of the recent operations by the Royal Air Force against certain recalcitrant sections of the Mahsuds in March, April and May, 1925"]. ''London Gazette Supplement'' 20 November 1925.*''Letters of a Once Punjab Frontier Force Officer to his Nephew Giving his Ideas on Fighting on the North West Frontier and in Afghanistan'' by Colonel J P Villiers-Stuart (John Patrick), late Coke’s Rifles PFF. 1925. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6123/mode/2up Archive.org version]; [https://www.indianculture.gov.in/letters-once-punjab-frontier-force-officer-his-nephew-giving-his-ideas-fighting-north-west-frontier indianculture.gov.in version] Read online; download [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/6123 Central Secretariat Library (CSL)] Digital Repository version; [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1925-letters-of-a-once-punjab-frontier-force-officer-by-villiers-stuart-s-pdf/ Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset version]. (If the catalogue entry does not display a download, look under 'Books/Indian Subcontinent). *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.52854 ''The Romance Of The Indian Frontiers''] by Lt-Gen Sir George MacMunn, Colonel-Commandant Royal Artillery 1931 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.:''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'). [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3164 Archive.org mirror version]. 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 ''Official History of Operations'', above, and [[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*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.449185 ''Official History of Operations on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1936-37''] [by General Staff Army Headquarters, India] Published by the Manager of Publications, Delhi. 1943. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. :Also 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/>*Also see [[Operations in Waziristan]]. * ''Waziristan 1936- 1937: The problems of the North-West Frontiers of India and their Solutions'' by Lieut Colonel C. E. Bruce 1938 is available 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://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2719/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. Some other versions on Archive.org are missing a few pages.*[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://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275121 ''Imperial Policing''] by Major-General Sir Charles W Gwynn 1939 Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275121/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. Also available [https://web.archive.org/web/20160610053115/http://lib.uofk.edu/multisites/UofK_lib/images/stories/libpdf/sud.lib.imperial%20policing.pdf Archive.org (pdf)] 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 [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. 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. 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 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281565 Archive.org mirror version] 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://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2737 Archive.org Pahar mirror version]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pell_Barton William Pell Barton] Wikipedia.*[https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Indian-Sappers-and-Miners-1948.pdf ''The Indian Sappers and Miners''] by E. W. C Sandes [Edward Warren Caulfeild] 1948. (726p). nzsappers.org.nz. Covers the period from the pioneers in 1759 to the prelude to the Second World War and includes operations on the North West Frontier at various periods prior to WW2. *Actions in Waziristan continued during WW2, 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 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. The T R Moreman 1998 book ''The Army in India...'' below, has a chapter from [https://archive.org/details/armyinindiadevel0000more/page/178/mode/2up page 179]. 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/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 additional [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Pathans%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Caroe%29 Archive.org Books to Borrow 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'). [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3135/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org Pahar mirror version]. The author was Governor of the N-W Frontier Province 1946-1947.*[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.*[https://archive.org/details/afghanwarsnorthw0000bart/mode/2up ''Afghan Wars and the North-West Frontier, 1839-1947''] by Michael Barthorp 2002, first published 1982 as ''The North-West Frontier''. 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/armyinindiadevel0000more/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Army in India and the Development of Frontier Warfare, 1849-1947''] by T R Moreman 1998 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Based on a 1996 PhD Thesis, also available online, see Histories above.*[https://archive.org/details/soldiersahibsmen0000alle/mode/2up ''Soldier Sahibs : the men who made the North-West Frontier''] by Charles Allen 2001, first published 2000. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Covers the period 1839-1857.:[https://archive.org/details/godsterroristswa0000alle/page/n5/mode/2up ''God's Terrorists : the Wahhabi cult and hidden roots of modern Jihad''] by Charles Allen 2006. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.*[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''] by General Staff, Headquarters, 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'). [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2595 Archive.org mirror version]. "Issued separately as Appendix H to the Military Report on Waziristan District, Fifth (1935) Edition".=====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'). [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1202 Archive.org mirror version]. *[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'). [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1292/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. *[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'). [https://archive.org/details/wwwdli.archivepahar.org/stream/IndianMountainArtillery/mountainartillery#page/n31951/mode/2up ''The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery''] by Brigadier-General C A L Graham 1957 Archive.org. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]mirror version] website, where the print quality is better.

== Recommended Reading References ==''Campaigns on the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO'' 1916 <brreferences />Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0<br>''Imperial Frontier: Tribe & State in Waziristan by Dr Hugh Beattie''<br>Routledge 2001<br>ISBN 0700713093and ISBN 978-0700713097