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== Summary<ref>The most detailed account of this campaign is to be found in ''Official history of operations on the N.W. frontier of India, 1936-37'' ISBN 1 84342 765 6.</ref><br /> ==
Tori Khel tribesmen of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Waziristan North Waziristan] led by the Fakir of Ipi were enraged at the outcome of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fakir_of_Ipi#Raising_the_flag_of_rebellion the case of Islam Bibi], a Hindu girl who converted to Islam but was handed back to the Hindu community, and rose in revolt. The British decided to sent an expedition into the Khaisora Valley to reassert control. Columns from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razmak Razmak] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Ali,_Pakistan Mir Ali] met fierce opposition and were compelled to withdraw to Mir Ali.
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan_campaign_(1936–1939) Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)] Wikipedia<br />
[http://www.newman-family-tree.net/RE_Journal_1984.pdf Waziristan 1937-1939] (9 page pdf) by Lieut Colonel H E M Newman ''The Royal Engineer Journal Volume 95, number 2, 1984''
====References====
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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Waziristan, Operations in]]
