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This letter is sent by all the
Dervishes, the Amir, and all the Dolbahanta to the Ruler of Berbera ... We are a Government, we have a Sultan, an Amir, and Chiefs, and subjects ... (reply) In his last letter the Mullah pretends to speak in the name of the Dervishes, their Amir (himself), and the
226:, which prompted its title of 'Hill Corps'. In 1847, it was designated 2nd (or Hill) Regiment of Sikh Local Infantry, becoming the 2nd (or Hill) Regiment of Sikh Infantry in 1857. In 1851, the regiment became part of the
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February 1942. It was re-raised in 1946. In 1947, the Frontier Force Regiment was allotted to Pakistan Army. 2 FF was back in action in 1948, when it fought in the Kashmir War against
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in 1903, the regiment's designation was changed to 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force). In 1914, the regiment's class composition was three companies of Dogras, two each of
Pathans and
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Frontier Force Regiment in 1922. The 52nd Sikhs became 2nd Battalion (Sikhs) of the new regiment. During the
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Dolbahanta tribes. This letter shows his object is to establish himself as the Ruler of the
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Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade by Major JWV Stephen. It was composed mostly of
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Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903- 1991.
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The Wardens of the Marches – A History of the Piffers 1947-71
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585:. (1888). Lahore: Punjab Government.
278:brought about in the Indian Army by
646:Indian Infantry Regiments 1860-1914
602:Jafar Ali Khan, Maj Gen M. (1950).
592:, Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd.
497:, Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd.
644:Barthorp, M, and Burn, J. (1979).
623:Khan, Maj Muhammad Nawaz. (1996).
616:Attiqur Rahman, Lt Gen M. (1980).
599:. DI Khan: Commercial Steam Press.
558:Attiqur Rahman, Lt Gen M. (1980).
527:The Scramble in the Horn of Africa
515:. DI Khan: Commercial Steam Press.
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456:The Frontier Force Regiment
270:52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
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368:Arthur Edward Cumming
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620:. Lahore: Wajidalis.
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292:18th Indian Division
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185:British Indian Army
106:Drab; faced scarlet
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662:. London: Osprey.
648:. London: Osprey.
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376:Singapore
310:of 1920.
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170:, OBE, MC
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