Tirah Campaign

1897 – 1898 · British India vs Afridi and Orakzai tribes

An 1897-98 British Indian frontier expedition against the Afridi and Orakzai Pashtun tribes of Tirah, mounted after the tribes seized the Khyber Pass. A force of nearly 35,000 under Sir William Lockhart fought a difficult mountain campaign.

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