the Governor-General Lord Auckland resolved to depose Dost Mohammad, and replace him with Shuja Shah Durrani. Restored to his throne in Kabul, the exiled former ruler would accept the Sikh gains west of the Indus, and the Company controlling his foreign policy. The agreement was formalised with the Treaty of Simla signed in June 1838 between Shah Shuja, the HEIC, and Ranjit Singh. British Indian Empire Chronology 1800–1837 (Afghan-Sikh Wars Bat battle of Nowshera (1823) Battle of Jamrud (1837) 1838–48 (First Afghan War to Second Sikh War) First Anglo-Afghan War (1838–1842) Sindh Campaign (1843) First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46) Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–49) 1849–58 (Second Sikh War to Sepoy Revolt) In the period following the annexation of the Punjab in 1849 until the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, several expeditions were undertaken against almost every tribe along the whole of the North-West Frontier, most notably under Sir Charles Napier and Sir Colin Campbell, under orders from the governor-general, Lord Dalhousie. Disgusted at being instructed to burn Pathan villages, first Napier and then Campbell resigned and returned to England. Campbell had already decided that the best method of dealing with the tribesmen on the frontier was through bribery. When the Sepoy Rebellion broke out Amir Dost Mohammad Khan came under internal pressure to seize the advantage and attack India. However he stood by his treaty obligations. This allowed Indian troops on the frontier to deploy to Delhi and deal with the revolt centered there. Operations against the Baizai (1849) Operations in the Kohat Pass (1850) Mohmand Expeditions (1851–2) Ranizai Expedition (1852) First Black Mountain Expedition (1852) Shirani Expedition (1853) Afridi Expedition (1853) Aka Khel Expedition (1855) Operations against the Orakzais (1855) Miranzai Valley Expeditions (1855–6) Bozdar Expedition (1857) Expedition against the Hindustani Fanatics (1857-8). Sepoy Rebellion (1857–8) (Indian Mutiny) 1859–1878 (Sepoy Revolt to Second Afghan War) Kabul Khel Expedition (1859) Mahsud Expedition (1860) Umbeyla Campaign (1863) Operations at Shabkadar (1863–4) Second Black Mountain Expedition (1868) Bazotee Expedition (1868) Operations in the Tochi Valley (1872) Jowaki Expedition (1877–8) Operations against the Utman Khel (1878) 1878–1898 (Second Afghan War to Frontier Rebellion) In 1877, Amir Sher Ali received a Russian mission in Kabul, but refused to accept one from India. The following year Sher Ali signed a treaty with Russia. India sent a mission anyway, but the mission and its armed escort were denied passage through the Khyber Pass. India threatened to invade, and when