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Anglo-Marri Wars

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407:, British forces were facing a shortage of recruits and started a campaign to enlist the Marri, who ultimately refused to join the British ranks. As a result, clashes broke out in large areas of the Marri land. These actions lasted for many months under the leadership of General Mir Khuda e Dad Khan Marri. Ultimately mir khudaidad Khan Marri embraced martyrdom with two of his younger brothers. Despite this, they still refused to send their youth to join the war. 103: 592: 344:, which ended in failure. Major Claiborne was repulsed in an attempt to storm the Naffusak Pass, losing 179 of his troops, with an additional 92 wounded out of his force of 650 troops. Many of his troops died of heat and dehydration. The fort of Kahan was forced to capitulate with the honors of war. 352:
The First Anglo-Marri War proved to be a disastrous campaign for the British overall. Although they held the fort of Kahan throughout the campaign, the British forces were unable to establish a proper safe passage to Kahan and continue reinforcing the Kahan Regiment with resources. The Marri
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The Marris were considered absolutely incorrigible, and were proclaimed outlawed and blockaded on all sides. A proclamation was issued on the Sind Frontier offering a reward of ten
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tribesmen however faced no such difficulties in their chain of supplies to the area as they were native to the region and were well aware of the hilly terrain.
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After this war, in 1843, the Marri once again rose up against the British forces. This time, the cause of the clashes was the occupancy of
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At the same time, without the consultation and agreement of the Baloch, a type of mutual understanding had been formalized between the
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The negative relations between the Marri people and the British started in 1840 due to attacks made on the communications of Sir
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According to Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri, the invasions of the Kalat State and the martyrdom of Mir Mehrab Khan, at the hands of the
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territories between them. The people of the Kalat State and the Baluch tribesmen felt that the
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By the 1840s, the Baloch had almost lost their national identity after the martyrdom of
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by Justice Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri, Gosha-e-Adab publication, Quetta, 1977 (First 1974)
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by Mohammad Sardar Khan Gishkori, Gosha-e-Adab publication, Quetta, 1979 (First 1958)
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and adjacent localities. These areas are now under the administrative control of
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During these wars, battles were fought mostly in the mountainous tribal areas of
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by Mir Ahmad Yar Khan (Khan of Kalat), Royal Book Co. Karachi, 1975
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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is the name given to three major military conflicts between the
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by M. Longworth Dames, The Royal Asiatic Society London, 1907
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Baluchistan: Political Struggle by Justice Munir Ahmed Marri
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Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series (Baluchistan)
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The Forward Policy and its results by Richard Isaac Bruce
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by A.B. Anwar, New Century Publications London, 1985
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Balochistan Siasi Kashmakash mudhamirat w rujhanaat
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Index

Anglo-Marri wars
CE
Baluchistan
Pakistan
Baluchistan
United Kingdom
British Empire
Marri
John Keane
CE
Macgregor
CE
CE
CE
Marri
Marri
Baloch
British Empire
Baloch
tribal belt
Baluchistan
Pakistan
Kohistan-e-Marri
Kohlu
Sibi
Bolan
Barkhan
Nasirabad
Dera Bugti
Mir Mehrab Khan

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