Anglo Marri wars
| Anglo-Marri Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 British Empire
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Independent Marri tribesmen | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Sir John Keane in 1840 CE, Brigadier-General Macgregor in 1880 CE | Sardar Doda Khan Marri in 1840 CE, General Mir Khuda e Dad Khan Marri in 1917 CE | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| unknown | Thousands of Marri warriors and Allies | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||||
The Anglo-Marri Wars is the name given to three major military conflicts between the Marri Baluch tribesmen and the British Empire in the independent eastern Baloch tribal belt (now known as the North-Eastern region of Baluchistan, Pakistan). The conflicts took place in the 19th and 20th centuries, specifically in 1840, 1880 and 1917.
During these wars, battles were fought mostly in the mountainous tribal areas of Kohistan-e-Marri and adjacent localities. These areas are now under the administrative control of Kohlu, Sibi, Bolan, Barkhan, Nasirabad, and Dera Bugti districts of the Baluchistan province.
By the 1840s, the Baluches had almost lost their national identity after the martyrdom of Mir Mehrab Khan, a Baloch ruler. The subsequent British suzerainty over Kalat State also reduced the Baluches' national identity.
At the same time, without the consultation and agreement of the Balochs, a type of mutual understanding had been formalized between the British Raj and kingdom of Iran for the distribution of Baloch territories between them. The people of the Kalat State and the Baluch tribesmen felt that the British and Iranians were becoming masters of their fate.
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