Second Black Mountain Expedition Explained

Conflict:Second Black Mountain Expedition
Date:1868
Place:Hazara
Result:British Indian victory
Combatant1:British Empire
Combatant2:Hassanzai
Swati tribe
Pariari Sayyids
Tikariwals
Deshiwals
Chagharzais
Nandihar
Casualties2:Unknown

The Second Black Mountain Expedition was a punitive expedition by the British Army against the Black Mountain tribes in the North-West Frontier Province of British India (now in what today is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan).

At the instigation of the Khan of Agror of the Swati tribe, a newly built police station was burnt by a raid of The Black Mountain (Tor Ghar) Tribes, Akazais, trans-border Swati tribesmen such as the Pariari Sayyids etc., and the Chagharzais. This was not tolerated, and a punitive expedition was led against the Pariari Sayyids, Nandihar, Deshiwals, Tikariwals, Hasanzai, Akazais and Chagharzais.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html? objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Black Mountain – Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 251
  2. Book: Gazetteer of the Hazara District, 1907. Hubert Digby Watson . 1908 . Chatto & Windus . 169.