

pa** were converted into a road for camel* and 

 lit I Yusuftaift 



ish column* in . -..r.l wtth I'mra Khan, who 

 but wait M. ' 



tribesmen from Dir whom Gen. Low bad Uken 

 " service and wnt ahead in all hart* to 



now the stage. SbarAfn. 



fa a rlii nalt. : ,->. - - ,'. . , 



ptMM] tt toMs* - v- . ,. 



Manki. Tbel 



gadM to the St. 

 with a 



be beifhU with t 



; *ui, 



is* point it' 



sent one of his thn . 



taaj f . adhmfaa, a-i.ii- 



;.. 1 1 . .1 A , ,; i, bahiod 

 i. tad iw i tag Iki r. id 



. ,. 



- M., K :.,- ' I'.: i: :-.,, , 



arrived bafore Get 



acre with the advanced guard of Gen. Low's 

 force had oroawdth. laraipaai The 



Tha total ooat of lha 



aatabliahad m maataft 

 .r-ul-MuJk 



mad when- ll MM! placed 



: f- M i, ud vhan tistj t. rrtiUd Ifc 



troopa by rolling pieoeeof r IIMIU 



t hoy were 

 takni in the Hank l.v the Guide Corpa, when 



nixl fought niiotber har] lxr ti wa 



by a daubing t-a ^ ..f th. 



Guide*. Over the river a trestle bridge, suc- 

 ceeded later bv a permanent sutnenakm > 



was built ii 



k Thana fort, where a I I'liirn 



iiniaii'l. 'is ninl Ila- 



ion and se 



submission and settl. . and I'mm 



Khan n dwindlrd u* thr British ad- 



vanced, on April i:i thr (Juid.-s wrrv attacked 

 .v ,. an my, and Col. Kattye, thfl oomma&dinfl 

 officer, was kill. -I. Thr f..n-.- n-trrat.-d. but re- 

 sumed the advance aim.. Th. 

 second brigade attacked I>ir. raptur 

 by storm, with the garrison and ita oommandar, 

 I'mra Khan's I hammed, 

 gain,- the Khan < f Ir in 



tral. 



I'mra Khan's force, red need to 000 men. of- 

 fered alight resistance t< lx>w' 



Advanced to Mianka! 

 cipal town of lUiaur. kirmihrd w it h th 



attack 



Muii-i . :t ; but thrv found it dr- 



;i Khan evacuating thr r<>untry with 

 all hi> in. ii. H, thn-w himaau upon t hr i 

 rr at Cabul. who npl 



him the 



i and 

 The l!nith. being now amhlH 



him off t<> India as a prisoner of 

 . < they art up his brother SMa. 

 ul-Mulk. who was only nine years old. but was 

 the last remaining legitimate son of Aman-ul- 

 Mulk. Shrr .\f/ul waa captured with his 

 brothers and thrown into prison. 



>1 a* mad* the subject of 



a long controversy bv the Indian stslasmsa 



and strategists. The Indian Government onV 



cials and thr army officers in India generally 



favored its retention, although this would re- 



' he building of a road over the mountains 



and entail an addition of S.OOO man to the peace 



in army and a narssanawl 



in. mm - ' fJ^M.-. ... . n : ..v i . j. ; :.. 



raaton that a Britiah garrison waa originally 



pbesd in Chitral was that 



made a reconnoisssnce in the northern Dart of 



. war between Great Britain 

 : iia a small force could cross the Hindu 



Ktivl, Ht thi* t..ii,t and start a rebellion 

 the Britiah rule in Cashmere and the i 



ft untn.v >. M of t! : , !>/ -. 

 were now convinced that Chitral was 'of no 

 jical value, but that, having once estab- 

 lished themselves there, the British could not 



, , >..-. 

 i,.ng u, whoV Craotki IV 

 men continued to attack the Britiah 



iblished in the country, and the Ub- 



tnent decided to withdraw aa 

 it ion could be carried oat ooHsstavsV 

 and safety. To bold Chitral 

 it a permanant road from Pashawur was 

 i:t . f the question, and mich a road could not be 

 built and k. pt . j^-n without brmking faith with 







Miram-r that no occupation of their country was 

 njbjugat ing those tribes, 



' 

 MunrrwaK inimWring over 60.000 fi. 



hjytand having 

 resign. -I without taking any 



- wrongdoing, but ao'onlnl him the boa- 



I. Hr 



gave him tw<> \ illacr-. but --n (Complaints from 

 plannl him under guard. 



reached Mastuj 

 A In. h had been closely 

 inve^iNl f, r _ -law H. poaM ' : 



approached Chitral simultaneously with soma 



carry out thrir decision, their 



v more study to the . 



nump thr military occupation of 



Chitral. They decided to retain the country. 



mmrnt that the army 



would not be increased and that only one native 

 regiment he garrison pre 



vSosiy ported in Gilgit and Chitral. native levies 

 being 'depended upon to guard the road between 

 Kfla Drosh and the Swat nror. for which a 

 shorter and easier route wa* found than that fol- 

 l.-witl l.\ <i,-n. I. w*a xpedh i.. Ai - 



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