Mohmand blockade

The Mohmand blockade (1916–1917) was a line of blockhouses and barbed wire defences, along the Mohmand border on the North West Frontier by the Indian Army.

Mohmand blockade
Part of the First World War
Police post built in the corner of Subhan Khwar Camp, as part of the Mohmand blockade, on the road between Fort Shabkadar and Michni
Date September 1916 – July 1917 Location North-West Frontier Province Result Anglo–Indian victory
Belligerents
British Empire	Mohmands

Background

In 1915 the Mohmands declared a holy war or jihad against the British. 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 submitted.

See also

• Operations against the Mohmands, Bunerwals and Swatis in 1915

Bibliography

• Macro, Paul (February 19, 2019). Action at Badama Post: The Third Afghan War, 1919. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-61200-760-1.