The fortified posts at Chakdara and Malakand, in the Swat valley, were for several days fiercely assailed by the usually peaceful Swatis under the leadership of the Mad Mullah.
The chief frontier tribes on the border are the cis-Indus Swatis, Hassanzais, Akazais, Chagarzais, Pariari Syads, Madda Khels, Amazais and Umarzais.