The second phase of the campaign targeted the Swati tribe that lived north of the Black Mountain such as the Allaiwals, the Parari Sayyids and the Tikariwals.

The then Commander in Chief of India General Sir Frederick Roberts viewed the Black Mountain Expedition as:a success from a military point of view, but ... the determination of the Punjab Government to limit the sphere of action of the troops, and to hurry out of the country, prevented our reaping any political advantage.

[12]The failure of the tribes to honour the agreements that ended the 1888 campaign led to a further two-month expedition by a Hazara Field Force in 1891.

[13] General Roberts observed thatthe Black Mountain tribes, [having been] quite unsubdued by the fruitless expedition of 1888, had given trouble almost immediately afterwards.

The columns were not withdrawn until the tribesmen had become convinced that they were powerless to sustain a hostile attitude towards us, and that it was in their interest, as it was our wish, that they should henceforth be on amicable terms with us.

According to a report in the Time magazine: "Entire villages were devastated; in an instant, stone houses turned into burial mounds.

The Indus river, flowing at the bottom of the valleys, recalls one tribal elder, Mohammed Said, "looked like water boiling inside a tea kettle".

However, if you visit here you will be fascinated by the lush jungle, cold climate, and spectacular scenery, in addition to being easily accessible.