They are divided into three great clans or subtribes, namely Manzai, Bahlolzai, and Shaman Khel.
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They quickly reached Baramulla town, the gateway to the Kashmir valley, but indulged in loot, arson, and murder at Baramulla for several days instead of pressing on to the capital, Srinagar, to seize Kashmir completely.
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The British commander of that time blockaded the areas of Makin and Kaniguram.
At the end of the war, the 1st Battalion was transferred back to India, where it took part (along with the Territorial 1/4th Battalion) in the Third Afghan War and the putting down of a Mahsud tribal rebellion in the Northwest Frontier in 1920.
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