What is "mohmand"

Usage examples of "mohmand".

But the crafty priest, who was well acquainted with Afghan legal procedure, declined the invitation, and retired to the independent Mohmand territory, where he has lived ever since.

Sir Bindon Blood with two brigades of the Malakand Field Force and due proportions of cavalry and guns was to move through South Bajaur to Nawagai, and on the 15th of September invade the Mohmand country from that place.

Many had begun to think that the Mohmand expedition was going to be a mere parade, and that the tribesmen were overawed by the powerful forces employed.

The mobilisation of the Mohmand Field Force was marked by the employment, for the first time, of the Imperial Service Troops.

Peshawar to take part in the Tirah expedition, in which they have added to the high reputation they had acquired in the Malakand and Mohmand Field Forces.

The 11th Bengal Lancers, who now joined the Mohmand Field Force, were succeeded by the Guides Cavalry.

LORD SALISBURY, Guildhall, 1892 CONTENTS Preface Chapter I: The Theatre of War Chapter II: The Malakand Camps Chapter III: The Outbreak Chapter IV: The Attack on the Malakand Chapter V: The Relief of Chakdara Chapter VI: The Defence of Chakdara Chapter VII: The Gate of Swat Chapter VIII: The Advance Against the Mohmands Chapter IX: Reconnaissance Chapter X: The March to Nawagai Chapter XI: The Action of the Mamund Valley, 16th September Chapter XII: At Inayat Kila Chapter XIII: Nawagai Chapter XIV: Back to the Mamund Valley Chapter XV: The Work of the Cavalry Chapter XVI: Submission Chapter XVII: Military Observations Chapter XVIII: The Riddle of the Frontier Appendix THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR BINDON BLOOD, K.

Thus the Mohmands cross the frontier and the action of Shabkadr is fought.

The Mohmands now become the enemy and the scene is changed from Swat to Bajaur.

The tidal wave of fanaticism, which had swept the frontier, had influenced the Mohmands, as all other border peoples.

These Mohmands had neither been irritated nor interfered with in any way.

About thirteen years ago he quarrelled with the Amir and raised the Mohmands against him.

In 1895 he sent the fighting men of the Mohmands to resist the Chitral Relief Force.

As soon as the news of the incursion of the Mohmands was received in Peshawar, a flying column was mobilised and proceeded under the command of Lieut.

CHAPTER X: THE MARCH TO NAWAGAI After considering such maps and information as to the nature of the country as were available, Sir Bindon Blood decided to enter the territories of the Mohmands by two routes.