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Anglo Marri wars

A proclamation was issued on the Sind Frontier offering a reward of ten rupees for the capture of any Marri.

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The Marris were considered absolutely incorrigible, and were proclaimed out lawed and blockaded on all sides.

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On the other side, Marri tribesmen had faced no such difficulties in their chain of supplies in the area.

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After this war, in 1843 CE, Marri once again gone in uprising against the British forces and they gave much trouble.

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At last Marri tribe agreed to support the British Forces and paid money in this regard but they refused to send their youth in the war for the sake of British crown.

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The fort of Kahan, which he was trying to relieve at the time, was forced to capitulate with the honors of war.

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Being a Baluch tribe, Marri feel worries about the fate of their neighboring state and their Baluch ruler.

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In 1880 CE, during the Second Afghan War Marri tribesmen made frequent raids on the British line of communications, ending with the plunder of a treasure convoy.

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During the World War I, the British Forces were facing a shortage of recruits for the war but Marri reluctant to join their ranks.

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The relations of Marri with the British commenced in 1840 CE with attacks made on the communications of Sir John Keane's army, after it had passed through the Bolan Pass.

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Although they held remain occupant in the fort of Kahan through whole of time but in efforts to establish a proper safe passage to Kahan and continuous reinforcing the Kahan Regiment in a form of fresh food and blood, they had got the taste of failure.

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The Anglo Marri wars were three major military conflicts between the Marri Baluch tribesmen in the independent eastern Baluch tribal belt of what is now called North-Eastern region of Baluchistan Pakistan and the British Empire in 19th and 20th century.

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In these wars, the battle grounds mostly were in the hilly tribal areas of Kohistan-e-Marri and adjacent localities.