Jerusalem was conquered from the Ottomans 98 years ago today!

[Talwar e Pakistan]

By the way, in the British mideast campaign against the Ottomans there were numerous "Indian" units - at least two entire divisions of cavalry, who helped whip the Ottomans at Megiddo, capture Haifa, and conquer Damascus. The Brits recruited primarily from the India's "martial races" - mostly Muslims from Punjab.

Muslims in the British colonial army refused to fight, thousands were executed, many fled including my great grand father. Those who reached back home formed the Khilafah movement along with the Muslim elites in order to secure a treaty that would favor the Turks, arms and weapons supplied to the Turkish rebels also came from modern day Pakistan and modern day Russia.

 

[Solomon2]

Muslims in the British colonial army refused to fight, thousands were executed, many fled including my great grand father. Those who reached back home formed the Khilafah movement along with the Muslim elites in order to secure a treaty that would favor the Turks, arms and weapons supplied to the Turkish rebels also came from modern day Pakistan and modern day Russia.

From Wikipedia:

1915 Singapore Mutiny
The 1915 Singapore Mutiny involved up to half of the 850 sepoys comprising the 5th Light Infantry against the British in Singapore during the War, part of the 1915 Ghadar Conspiracy. The 5th Light Infantry had arrived in Singapore fromMadras in October 1914. They had been sent to replace the Yorkshire Light Infantry, which had been ordered to France.[62] The 5th Light Infantry consisted of roughly equal numbers of Punjabi Muslims and Pathans serving in separate companies. Their morale was constantly low, being effected by poor communication, slack discipline and a weak leadership.[63] The regiment had been employed to guard the captured crew from the German ship, SMS Emden and reportedly attempts were made to fan the discontent amongst the sepoys.[63][63] The regiment was under orders to embark for further garrison duty in Hong Kong, however rumours started that they were going to be sent to fight in the Middle East against fellow Muslims from the Ottoman Empire.[63]

On 16 February 1915, while preparations for departure were under way, the four companies of Punjabi Muslims mutinied while the Pathan sepoys of the remaining four companies scattered in confusion. Two of the British officers at the Tanglin barracks were killed and the mutineers then moved on the German prisoner of war camp where they killed thirteen camp guards and other military personnel. The Germans however refused to join them. The mutineers then roamed the streets of Singapore, killing European civilians that they encountered. The mutiny continued for nearly five days and was suppressed by local volunteer and British regular units plus naval detachments from allied warships, and with assistance from the Sultan of Johor.[63]

Following immediate courts-martial a total of 47 mutineers were executed, while 64 were transported for life and another 73 imprisoned for varying terms.[63] Later in 1915 the 5th Light Infantry saw service in the Kamerun Campaign and was subsequently sent to East Africa and Aden.[64]

Mutineers being executed by firing squad. It shows some sepoys still standing and some down, as the European militia executioners missed their targets ..​

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

From Wikipedia:

1915 Singapore Mutiny
The 1915 Singapore Mutiny involved up to half of the 850 sepoys comprising the 5th Light Infantry against the British in Singapore during the War, part of the 1915 Ghadar Conspiracy. The 5th Light Infantry had arrived in Singapore fromMadras in October 1914. They had been sent to replace the Yorkshire Light Infantry, which had been ordered to France.[62] The 5th Light Infantry consisted of roughly equal numbers of Punjabi Muslims and Pathans serving in separate companies. Their morale was constantly low, being effected by poor communication, slack discipline and a weak leadership.[63] The regiment had been employed to guard the captured crew from the German ship, SMS Emden and reportedly attempts were made to fan the discontent amongst the sepoys.[63][63] The regiment was under orders to embark for further garrison duty in Hong Kong, however rumours started that they were going to be sent to fight in the Middle East against fellow Muslims from the Ottoman Empire.[63]

On 16 February 1915, while preparations for departure were under way, the four companies of Punjabi Muslims mutinied while the Pathan sepoys of the remaining four companies scattered in confusion. Two of the British officers at the Tanglin barracks were killed and the mutineers then moved on the German prisoner of war camp where they killed thirteen camp guards and other military personnel. The Germans however refused to join them. The mutineers then roamed the streets of Singapore, killing European civilians that they encountered. The mutiny continued for nearly five days and was suppressed by local volunteer and British regular units plus naval detachments from allied warships, and with assistance from the Sultan of Johor.[63]

Following immediate courts-martial a total of 47 mutineers were executed, while 64 were transported for life and another 73 imprisoned for varying terms.[63] Later in 1915 the 5th Light Infantry saw service in the Kamerun Campaign and was subsequently sent to East Africa and Aden.[64]

Mutineers being executed by firing squad. It shows some sepoys still standing and some down, as the European militia executioners missed their targets ..​

And what are you trying to prove?

 

[M.AsfandYar]

Well, I really dont know. But, I dont think Indian Muslims fought against Ottomans.

Many refused too and were executed lets not forget those who surrendered to ottomons rather than fight their brothers.

 

[Solomon2]

And what are you trying to prove?

I was expanding upon your comment, sir. Was this not the affair you were referring to?

 

[M.AsfandYar]

From Wikipedia:

1915 Singapore Mutiny
The 1915 Singapore Mutiny involved up to half of the 850 sepoys comprising the 5th Light Infantry against the British in Singapore during the War, part of the 1915 Ghadar Conspiracy. The 5th Light Infantry had arrived in Singapore fromMadras in October 1914. They had been sent to replace the Yorkshire Light Infantry, which had been ordered to France.[62] The 5th Light Infantry consisted of roughly equal numbers of Punjabi Muslims and Pathans serving in separate companies. Their morale was constantly low, being effected by poor communication, slack discipline and a weak leadership.[63] The regiment had been employed to guard the captured crew from the German ship, SMS Emden and reportedly attempts were made to fan the discontent amongst the sepoys.[63][63] The regiment was under orders to embark for further garrison duty in Hong Kong, however rumours started that they were going to be sent to fight in the Middle East against fellow Muslims from the Ottoman Empire.[63]

On 16 February 1915, while preparations for departure were under way, the four companies of Punjabi Muslims mutinied while the Pathan sepoys of the remaining four companies scattered in confusion. Two of the British officers at the Tanglin barracks were killed and the mutineers then moved on the German prisoner of war camp where they killed thirteen camp guards and other military personnel. The Germans however refused to join them. The mutineers then roamed the streets of Singapore, killing European civilians that they encountered. The mutiny continued for nearly five days and was suppressed by local volunteer and British regular units plus naval detachments from allied warships, and with assistance from the Sultan of Johor.[63]

Following immediate courts-martial a total of 47 mutineers were executed, while 64 were transported for life and another 73 imprisoned for varying terms.[63] Later in 1915 the 5th Light Infantry saw service in the Kamerun Campaign and was subsequently sent to East Africa and Aden.[64]

Mutineers being executed by firing squad. It shows some sepoys still standing and some down, as the European militia executioners missed their targets ..​

wikipedia the perfect source isnt it ?
Bloody Idiot!!!!

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

I was expanding upon your comment, sir. Was this not the affair you were referring to?

This was one among the many "affairs".

 

[Aham Brahmasmi]

good for Israel

 

[DavidSling]

wikipedia the perfect source isnt it ?
Bloody Idiot!!!!

Not perfect, but sometimes reliable

 

[Nefarious]

This is just the beginning. We already knew about this event before it happened and we also know about what's to come.

 

[M.AsfandYar]

Not perfect, but sometimes reliable

 

[DavidSling]

If suicide is what u wish for, then go ahead

 

[MastanKhan]

By the way, in the British mideast campaign against the Ottomans there were numerous "Indian" units - at least two entire divisions of cavalry, who helped whip the Ottomans at Megiddo, capture Haifa, and conquer Damascus. The Brits recruited primarily from the India's "martial races" - mostly Muslims from Punjab.

Hi,

That is what the israelis don't want to face---.

 

[Solomon2]

This Day in Jewish History General Allenby Shows How a Moral Man’ Conquers Jerusalem
On this day he entered Jerusalem, modestly on foot, two days after the Turks surrendered it, after several attempts.

David B. Green Dec 11, 2014

General Allenby entering Jerusalem on foot out of respect for the holiness of the city, December 11, 1917.Wikimedia

On December 11, 1917, General Edmund Allenby, commander of the British “Egyptian Expeditionary Force,” entered Jerusalem, two days after the Turkish forces occupying the city raised the white flag before Allied forces. Understanding the symbolic sensitivity of Jerusalem to both its residents and religious adherents the world over, Allenby, who was later described by T.E. Lawrence as “morally so great that the comprehension of our littleness came slow to him,” elected to make his entrance through Jaffa Gate on foot. This was in intentional contrast to Kaiser Wilhelm II, who, visiting the Holy Land in 1898, insisted on entering the Old City seated on a white horse.

After taking up his command in Cairo in June 1917, Allenby had been given explicit orders by Prime Minister David Lloyd George to capture Jerusalem by Christmas. This was in the wake of two failed efforts by his predecessor, Sir Archibald Murray, to conquer Gaza, a necessary condition for the conquest of Palestine from the Ottoman Turks.

Allenby began by defeating Turkish forces in the Third Battle for Gaza, which ended on November 7. Following that, he sent out forces along two flanks, one charged with capturing Jaffa, a mission accomplished on November 16, and the other in the direction of Jerusalem.

An initial attempt to surround the city and force its surrender, at the end of November, failed. But on December 7, having repositioned the troops of the British XX Corps, the Turkish forces in the city concluded that Allenby was withdrawing, and relaxed their defense of Jerusalem.

I don’t want Jerusalem, I want eggs
In his book “Jerusalem Curiosities,” Abraham Ezra Millgram quotes at length from Vivian Gilbert’s “The Romance of the Last Crusade: With Allenby to Jerusalem,” which describes the multiple attempts that the rulers of the vanquished city had to make before they could find someone among the conquerors who was authorized and willing to accept Jerusalem’s surrender.

The first to be offered Jerusalem was “Private Murch,” a British cook bivouacked in the north of the city, who had been sent on December 9 by his commanding officer to the nearby village of Lifta to find some eggs for breakfast. When Murch was approached by the mayor of Jerusalem, on horseback and flying a white flag, offering to turn over the keys to the city, Murch replied, “I don’t want yer city. I want some eggs for my hofficers!”

Nonetheless, Murch reported the development to his superiors, and Brig.-Gen C.F. Watson hurried off in the direction of town to accept its surrender from its mayor, Hussein Salim al-Husseini. However, when the divisional commander, Maj.-Gen John Shea, learned of this development, he got on the field phone and order that Watson be stopped: “I will myself take the surrender of Jerusalem!”

So he did, after Watson had ridden back to town to return the keys to Husseini. Then when Shea wired General Allenby the good news, the latter wrote back that he would be arriving in two days to accept the city’s surrender.

Gaston Bodart, Austria’s official historian of the Great War, wrote that the moral significance of Jerusalem’s capture “was even greater than its military importance.”

Allenby understood this. In declaring martial law in the city, he promised that “every sacred building, monument, holy spot, shrine, traditional site, endowment, pious bequest, or customary place of prayer of whatsoever form of the three religions will be maintained and protected.” And, as noted, he was careful to dismount from his horse before entering Jaffa Gate.

Prime Minister Lloyd George described the capture of Jerusalem as “a Christmas present for the British people.”

It is said that a Jewish Allied soldier from New Zealand, Corporal Louis Isaac Salek, hung a blue-and-white flag, decorated with the Star of David from the Tower of David. He had ordered the flag from the Jewish haberdasher Moreno Cicurel, of Cairo, who had it made by a tailor named Eliezer Slutzkin. Within 20 minutes, the British had removed the flag.

David B. Green
Haaretz Contributor

 

[Indus Pakistan]

By the way, in the British mideast campaign against the Ottomans there were numerous "Indian" units - at least two entire divisions of cavalry, who helped whip the Ottomans at Megiddo, capture Haifa, and conquer Damascus. The Brits recruited primarily from the India's "martial races" - mostly Muslims from Punjab.

Well looks like you have read your history. The British Raj armies recruited primarily Punjabi and Pashtuns. All the Pashtuns were from Pakistan province called today Khyber Pakhtunkwa ( formerly NWFP ) and about half of Punjabi were from the Punjab (West ) in Pakistan and were of course Muslim. The other half from Punjab (East ) is in India today and were Sikhs.

The fact is overwhelming numbers of British Indian Army were recruited from a tiny corner ( North West ) India. I am not going to go into the reasons here. Names of regiments gave away their orgins - Frontier ( Pashtun Muslims ), Punjab ( many Punjabi Muslims ) or Baloch mix of both. These regiments now form the Pakistan Army.

http://www.csas.ed.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/48674/WP24_Shaheed_Hussain.pdf