First Black Mountain Expedition

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First Black Mountain Expedition
Date February-November 1850 Location Torghar, North-West Frontier Province, British India Result British victory
Belligerents
British Raj	Hassanzai tribesmen[1]
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col. Frederick Mackeson	Unknown
Strength
2400 Soldiers 1400 Native Militia 17 Cannons	Several thousand
Casualties and losses
5 Killed, 10 Wounded	Unknown

The First Black Mountain Expedition was a British-Indian military expedition to Torghar (Black Mountain), North-West Frontier Province against the Black Mountain tribes.^[2]

The war began when two British customs officers were killed by tribesmen.^[3] The First Black Mountain Expedition according to contemporary sources revealed the cause of the seemingly systematic nature of the revolt, as the British first discovered the Hindustani (Ahl-i Hadith) fanatics, who had caused the failure of the negotiations between the locals and the authorities. The campaign made it necessary for another expedition to subdue the colony of the Hindustanis in 1853.^[4]