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Mohmand blockade

Mohmand blockade

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The Mohmand blockade (19161917) was a blockade formed by a series of blockhouses and barbed wire defences, along the Mohmand border on the North West Frontier by the Indian Army during World War I.

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In 1915 the Mohmand tribe declared a holy war or jihad against the British. [1] The blockade began after a number of Mohmand raids into Peshawar, they sent large numbers of lashkars (In Mughal and Urdu culture the word is used to describe a "swarm like formation in any army") at British positions. The most important engagement occurred on 15 November 1916, at Hafiz Kor, when a Mohmand force was defeated. The blockade was eventually lifted in July 1917 when the Mohmands finally submitted.[2] [1]

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  1. Macro 2019, p. 81.
  2. Mackenzie, F A. "The Defence of India". Retrieved 2009-09-09.

References

Macro, Paul (February 19, 2019). Action at Badama Post: The Third Afghan War, 1919. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 9781612007601. - Total pages: 272


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