 He participated in the Miranzai Expedition of 1891, and was promoted to captain on 7 February 1896.Attached to the Punjab Command, he was on 23 August 1900 appointed a temporary staff officer as deputy assistant adjutant-general to the Kohat-Kurram Force, which included organizing the Kurram militia.He also fought against the Darwesh Khel Wazirs in 1902.