 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga, hurumende yakatumirwa kuPersiamuna 1916, uko kwakaunza battalion yechipiri gare gare gore iroro. Bhatani rechipiri rakashanda neushingi hukuru muMesopotamia Campaign, kwaakarwa muhondo dzeKhudaira Bend, Jebel Hamrin neTikrit. Muna 1918, yakaenda kuPalestine ndokutora rutivi muHondo yeMegidho, iyo yakatungamirira kukundwa kweHondo yeTurkey muPalestine. Munguva iyi, battalion yechitatu yakamutswa muna 1917, iyo yakashanda muSouth Persia uye gare gare, muHondo yechitatu yeAfghan ya1919 uye panguva yekumukira kweArab muIraq muna 1920. 1st Battalion yakashandawo muHondo yechitatu yeAfghanistan. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yekutanga, mabhatani matatu e124th DCO Baluchistan Infantry akatambura huwandu hwevanhu 1179 kusanganisira 459 vakaurayiwa kana kufa nechirwere. 