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Military class of the British Empire
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Scouts (and levies and militia) in the British Empire meant a locally raised standing paramilitary, not part of the British Army or British Indian Army, under the command of a local Chief or commissioner, but with attached British officers. Scouts were internal and border security units composed of locals, officered by British officers.

British India

Scouts (including Militias and Levies) were locally raised standing forces responsible for security and border control usually in border areas, these forces were under local control but were financed in whole or part by the Raj.

Modern India

All are locally raised standing high mountain and border security units of the Indian Army, they are composed of locally recruited personnel.

Pakistan

Scouts in Pakistan are part of the Frontier Corps (1878), inherited from British India, with the sole exception being the Gilgit−Baltistan Scouts, a recently raised (2003) border and internal security force under the direct control of the Pakistani Ministry of the Interior.

The following list of scouts includes their year of founding if known.

Somaliland

Trucial States

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Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Country Studies. Federal Research Division.

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  2. Armies of the Raj: From the Great Indian Mutiny to Independence: 1858-1947 Hardcover – January 1, 1989 by Byron Farwell (Author), Copyright: 1989, ISBN 0393026795
  3. Hassan Abbas (2007-03-30). "Transforming Pakistan's Frontier Corps". Terrorism Monitor. Washington: Jamestown Foundation.
  4. "Know the Indian Army | A Basic Fact-file on the Organisation and Structure of Infantry Regiments". 22 June 2020.
  5. Hassan Abbas (2007-03-30). "Transforming Pakistan's Frontier Corps". Terrorism Monitor. Washington: Jamestown Foundation.
  6. Yates, Athol (2020). The Evolution of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates. Warwick: Helion and Company. p. 184. ISBN 9781912866007.
  7. "Scouting on the Afghan Frontier". 2 November 2002.
  8. Metz et al. 1993, "The Warrior Tradition and Development of a National Army," in Somalia: A Country Study.
  9. Yates, Athol (2020). The Evolution of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates. Warwick: Helion and Company. p. 184. ISBN 9781912866007.
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