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*''Official History of operations on the N.-W. Frontier of India, 1920-35'' by General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1945. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843427648 FIBIS Shop]
*''Official History of operations on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1936-37'' by General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1943. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843427656 FIBIS Shop]
===India Office Records===
India Office Records include
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-6&cid=1-1-110#1-1-110 Collection 391 North West Frontier Operations 1897 IOR/L/MIL/7/15855-15939] 1897-1923
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-7&cid=1-1-3#1-1-3 Collection 403 Frontier and Overseas Expeditions IOR/L/MIL/7/16820-16978] 1901-1944
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlps_7-1&cid=1-1#1-1 Political and Secret Department Library IOR/L/PS/20 1757-1952] A very large and varied collection of confidential prints, official 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 Indian States, the frontier regions and neighbouring countries. There is a separate index. Includes
** [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlps_7-1&cid=1-1-2#1-1-2 Political and Secret Department Library: 'B' Books IOR/L/PS/20/B] 1834-1944 Covers Afghanistan, Baluchistan, North West Frontier of India, Jammu and Kashmir and Northern Frontier of India
==Imperial War Museums holdings==
==Also see==
*[[Royal Air Force]]
==Individual accounts==
*John Morris served as an officer in the Indian Army with the 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles from 1918 until 1934 in Palestine, Afghanistan (the Third Afghan War in 1919), Waziristan and the North West Frontier of India.<ref>[http://koara.lib.keio.ac.jp/xoonips/modules/xoonips/download.php?file_id=14440 John Morris at Keio University 1938-1942] by William Snell, page 2 of the pdf</ref> His autobiography ''Hired to Kill, Some Chapters of Autobiography ''was published in 1960. (London, Rupert Hart-Davis ). "Chapter Fifteen, in which he describes how he and his company were ambushed by Mahsud tribesmen on the frontier is a little masterpiece".<ref> [http://www.unz.org/Pub/Encounter-1961jan-00071 "Times and Lives"] by Stephen Spender in ''Encounter, January 1961'', page 71 .unz.org</ref> Available at the [[British Library]]
*John Archibald Hislop was an officer in the Indian Army, 2nd Battalion 9th Jat Regiment from 1933 . He had a series of postings primarily in the North West Frontier area. Subsequently he was GS02 Waziristan District until c August 1943. His autobiography ''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'' was published in 2010. "Readers will learn much interesting detail about operations in Waziristan and Baluchistan before the outbreak of war, tactics needed for protection on long marches - an officer in charge of a flanking picquet might find himself moving over thirty miles per day over mountainous ground for several consecutive days, and all the problems of food supply and water"<ref>[http://www.newhavenpublishing.co.uk/review.html Newhaven Publishing] Dr Anthony Clayton Review for the Sandhurst Foundation</ref> Available at the [[British Library]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Masters John Masters] (Wikipedia) was an officer in the Indian Army from 1934, with the 2nd Battalion [[4th Gurkha Rifles]] from 1935. His autobiography ''Bugles and a Tiger; a Volume of Autobiography'' was published in 1956 and has since been republished under slightly different titles as ''Bugles and a Tiger'', ''Bugles and a Tiger : a Personal Adventure'' and ''Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas'' . It covers the Waziristan Campaign 1936-39. Passages about the often vicious conflict are quoted in this [http://thedabbler.co.uk/2011/06/with-roses-in-their-long-hair link]<ref>[http://thedabbler.co.uk/2011/06/with-roses-in-their-long-hair With ‘roses in their long hair…’] by Gaw June 8, 2011 thedabbler.co.uk</ref> This book is available at the [[British Library]]. It is also available to read online, refer [[North West Frontier Campaigns#historical books online|below]]
== External Links ==
*''The British colonial experience in Waziristan and its applicability to current operations'' by Matthew W. Williams 2005. School of Advanced Military Studies U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth, Kansas [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:kvEFCRp6hm0J:www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD%3DADA436296+The+British+colonial+experience+in+Waziristan+and+its+applicability+to+current+operations+by+Matthew+W.+Williams&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj7xIso1hBBP91P91tq1b1Tvu_fOABXU3tFZVniMro8OHFgqaXDUKLWdlBfQ_EaTuDloxy7cS8vVBwh7PccPZXLr6r6kSHg22c3-q5AE_ACC8B_IQa9S77Q8Mfc56BckiRbTSuU&sig=AHIEtbQHRqilBVBbiUlKy8nRpsb5swQvBw html version], [http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA436296 pdf]
*''An 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 Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center Fort Leavenworth, Kansas [http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/matthews_33.pdf pdf], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:k-dEkF7uPToJ:www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/matthews_33.pdf+Zakka+Khel+and+Mohmand+Expeditions&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgKswqu7MCLMPYXpnS0Z_F85D2LKqnKJ3dAESlW-WODMqj1HJh95IYthbE7nvcF1N4rhUD1jr2IOsNz_CBAP93nDvQLgEFVsk4WvUsJSC9Y9ZKd7KF8jvtAlwAzZq1LScYabfDA&sig=AHIEtbTcjZki-OEnBSumZA8AlfDCJR_mLg html version]
*[http://www.asc-centralasia.edu.pk/Issue_62/01-Military_Operations_in_Waziristan.html 'Military Operations in Waziristan: From a Historical Perspective (1849-1947)"] by Col. (Retd.) Muhammad Yahya Effendi Issue 62, [2008?] ''Central Asia'' Research Journal of the Area Study Center, Univeristy of Peshawar, Pakistan (A biannual publication)*[http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/jan/british-factor.htm ''The British Factor and Asia in the Twentieth Century''. Chapter V: "British India’s North West Tribal Territories"] by Maj (Retd) Raja Muhammad Sarwar Dhuddy. ''The Defence Journal January 2001'' (Karachi, Pakistan)
*[http://defenceoftherealm.blogspot.com/2009/10/air-power.html The limits of power] by 'Richard' 20 October 2009. Surveys the policies to subdue the warring tribes on the North West Frontier. Defenceofthe realm.blogspot.com<br>
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/northwest-frontier-expeditions-intro.htm Northwest Frontier Expeditions - 1849-1902] Globalsecurity.org<br>
*[http://warandgame.com/2008/02/04/colonial-control-on-a-shoestring-the-raf-experience/ Colonial Control On A Shoestring — The RAF Experience] by Maj Michael J. Petersen includes a section "The Third Afghan War and the Northwest Frontier, 1919-1920"
*[http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/The-Bombing-of-Waziristan.html The Bombing of Waziristan] (c 1924-1939) by Graham Chandler ''Air & Space magazine'', July 2011
*"“Good God, Sir, Are You Hurt?” The Realities and Perils of Operating over India’s Troublesome North-West Frontier" by Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Roe ''Air Power Review Volume 14 Number 3 Autumn/Winter 2011'' Centre for Air Power Studies, Royal Air Force, pages 61-82 (computer file pages 72-93) [http://www.airpowerstudies.co.uk/0221_11AJ%20Air%20Power%20Review_Vol%2014%20No3_Aut-Winter%20Edtn_COMPLE.pdf pdf], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:H5O1ZoXuSAoJ:www.airpowerstudies.co.uk/0221_11AJ%2520Air%2520Power%2520Review_Vol%252014%2520No3_Aut-Winter%2520Edtn_COMPLE.pdf+%22John+Masters%22+North+West+Frontier&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESg2GF0zqkM1rw6lEYozZ2XDeltW8xvnVqB33qwizSTux_fpA5f50S51Hmn3NzSQjytRsj1yhaupuz28Z4WP_uTWDdGWM7ujqaj_oH8vkIODDpTB1G5Sap6OaDPbw3KNG98LSAAk&sig=AHIEtbR4PeT9ejNWcOxDSKYg2r2J8D6oTA html version]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink's_War Pink’s War] 1925 Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.academia.edu/236060/Credit_for_COIN_the_Army_in_India_and_the_development_of_internal_security_doctrine._Paper_given_at_the_Imperial_War_Museum_with_KCL_June_2009 "Credit for COIN <nowiki>[</nowiki>Counter-Insurgency<nowiki>]</nowiki>: the Army in India and the development of internal security doctrine"] by Robert Johnson, Oxford. Paper given at the Imperial War Museum with KCL [King’s College, London], June 2009. Also titled "The Army in India and Responses to Low Intensity Conflict, 1936-1946" by Robert Johnson
*[http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/north-west-frontier-1908-new-detailed-book Details] of the book ''North West Frontier 1908:The Zakka Khel and Mohmand Campaigns'' by Peter Duckers , published by Spink ( Medal Dealers) 2006. Contains detailed listings of Honours and Awards to both British and Indian units, detailed Casualty lists etc. Available through some Medal dealers, eg Dixons Medals.<br>
*[http://www.savannahpublications.com/info.php?itemid=153 Savannah Publications] have published ''Taming the Tiger: The Story of the India General Service Medal 1908–1935'' by Richard G.M.L. Stiles. Includes Medal Rolls and Rolls of Honour. This edition is either a reprint or more likely a revised, possibly expanded edition of a book printed in 1992.
*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: Article by Michael E Lambert, from his website [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:sDCmhtmrVkIJ:michaelelambert.com/main/pdf/The_Kidnapping_of_Mollie_Ellis_by_Afridi_Tribesmem-Michael_E_Lambert%2520_C_.pdf+Kidnap+%22Mollie+Ellis%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au html version], [http://michaelelambert.com/main/pdf/The_Kidnapping_of_Mollie_Ellis_by_Afridi_Tribesmem-Michael_E_Lambert%20_C_.pdf original pdf]; [http://www.lookandlearn.com/blog/?p=3641 Article from Lookand learn.com], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/4946412546/ Photographs] from the Illustrated London News (26 May 1923 pages 894-895 ) Flickr.com. An account of her rescue mission ''Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet'' by Lilian A Starr, published 1924 is available at the [[British Library]]. Also available to read online, refer [[North West Frontier Campaigns#historical books online|below]]
*[http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/holmes Randolph Bezzant Holmes Photographs, 1910-1919. Northern India and the North-West Frontier Province] Duke University Libraries
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/59036290@N07/sets/72157625892622895 emmyeustace's Northwest Frontier Photograph Collection] flickr.com Contains 105 photographs taken from 1888 to c 1933
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/operationsinwa00indi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Operations in Waziristan, 1919-1920''] 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 to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website<br>
*''Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet'' by Lilian A Starr, published 1924 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*''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 to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.<br>
*[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.<br>
*''Bugles and a Tiger'' by John Masters is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. 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 (and at the time of writing the book was ‘checked out’). For more details see [[Online books#Archive.org|Online books-Archive.org]]
*[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. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, where the print quality is better.
''Imperial Frontier: Tribe & State in Waziristan by Dr Hugh Beattie''<br>Routledge 2001<br>ISBN 0700713093
and ISBN 978-0700713097
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