Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (1128 Jemdr. Faujoon, Tochi Scouts) minor edge bruising, good very fine £100-£140

M.I.D. London Gazette 26 June 1931: Faujoon, Jemadar, I.O.M. I.D.S.M., Tochi Scouts.

M.I.D. London Gazette 18 February 1938: Faujoon, Subadar, I.O.M., I.D.S.M., The Tochi Scouts.
‘For distinguished services rendered in connection with operations in Waziristan, North West Frontier of India, 25 November 1936 to 16 January 1937.’

The Frontier Scouts contains the following anecdote about the recipient:
‘Subadar Faujoon, I.O.M., I.D.S.M., of the Tochi Scouts, suffered a singular and serious misfortune. He offended a powerful Faqir who put a curse on him, the effect of which was to dry up the saliva in his mouth so that his speech became almost unintelligible: he could hardly eat and was heading for a nervous breakdown. On sick-leave, he made a tour of Moslem shrines, but to no avail. Willing to try everything, he then visited Hindu shrines in Hardwar and Benares. No good. Finally he humiliated himself before the Faqir, begging forgiveness, and immediately recovered.’