Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)

Waziristan campaign
Date	1936–1939
Location	Waziristan, Federally Administrated Tribal Areas, British Raj, (present day Pakistan)
Result	British–Indian victory
Belligerents
Waziristan; Supported by:; Germany; Italy	British Empire; India;
Commanders and leaders
Mirzali Khan	John Coleridge; Thakur Mahadeo Singh; Muhammad Musa Khan
Strength
~4,000 fighters	~60,000 troops
Casualties and losses
Heavy losses; 650+ killed, 650+ wounded (1936–1937 only)	Heavy losses; 30 killed, 70 wounded (1936–1937 only); 133 killed, 370 wounded (1936–1937 only)

The Waziristan campaign 1936–1939 comprised a number of operations conducted in Waziristan by the British Indian Army against the fiercely independent tribesmen that inhabited this region. These operations were conducted in 1936–1939, when operations were undertaken against followers of the Pashtun nationalist Mirzali Khan, also known by the British as the "Faqir of Ipi", a religious and political agitator who was spreading anti-British sentiment in the region and undermining the prestige of the Indian government in Waziristan at the time.