Tamgha-i-Jurat

Tamgha-i-Jurat
Awarded by Pakistan
Type Military Decoration
Eligibility Military only (Conferrable on all ranks)
Awarded for "... Gallant and distinguished service performed in combat..." [1]
Status Currently awarded
Post-nominals TJ
Statistics
Established 16 March 1957[2]
Precedence
Next (higher) (1) Nishan-i-Haider
(2) Hilal-i-Jurat
(3) Sitara-i-Jurat
Next (lower) Imtiazi Sanad

Tamgha-i-Jurat (Medal of Courage), is the fourth highest military award of Pakistan. This citation is awarded for extraordinary heroism while engaged in armed combat with an enemy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively back to 1947. This award for combat can be bestowed upon all ranks, commissioned officers and non commissioned officers in the Pakistan Army, Navy, Air Force, and various paramilitary forces under federal control such as the Frontier Corps, the Frontier Constabulary and the Pakistan Rangers.[2][3] Ranked below the Sitara-i-Jurat on the order of precedence, the Tamgha-i-Jurat is the equivalent to the Military Medal under the old U.K Commonwealth honours system and the Silver Star in the United States honours system.[4]

List of Recipients

Pakistan Army

  • Hon. Capt Falak Sher TJ 1971
  • Capt Ghulam Hussain Cheema TJ 1965
  • Havaldar Muhammad Karim NLI (15 july) (TJ) 1999
  • Sepoy Liaquat Ali, 1 Sind Regiment while serving with 24 Sind Regt 1999
  • Khushi Muhammad TJ TK1 1965
  • Lance Naik Laal Hussain TJ 1965
  • Defedar Rana Abdul Majeed Khan, TJ 1965
  • Col Mirza Hassan Khan
  • Capt Sabir Shah TJ
  • N/Sub Ibarat Shah TJ, Northern Scout 1947
  • Hav Khayal Akbar Khan Orakazi,TJ,(7 FF 1948).
  • Havaldar Hukamdad Abbasi TJ
  • Lance Naik Shadab Wali Khan TJ, 39 Baloch 1971
  • Sep/Clk Muhammad Akbar TJ, 4 Punjab, 1971
  • Col/ Muhammad Saleem TJ
  • Maj/ Muhammad Iftikhar Ahmad TJ, 1971, Army Aviation, Choor Sector
  • Sep Muhmad Ghraz (6 NLI) TJ, 1999
  • Cap.Asfandyar Bukhari (11 FFR) TJ 1, 2015
  • Captain Roohullah (Baloch Light Commando Battalion), 2015
  • Lance Nayek Syed Munawar Hussain Shah (3 FFR) TJ, 1965

Pakistan Air Force

Gallantry 1965

Posthumous 1965

  • Leading Aircraftman Muhammad Anwar Hussain Khan TJ

Gallantry 1965

  • Master Warrant Officer M Ashfaq TJ
  • Master Warrant Officer M Hafeez TJ
  • Corporal M Omer Ali TJ
  • Corporal Sher Mohammad TJ
  • Corporal Technician Ghulam Abbas TJ

Posthumous 1971

  • Flight Lieutenant Javed Iqbal TJ
  • Flight Lieutenant Syed Shahid Raza TJ

Gallantry 1971

  • Flight Lieutenant Ghulam Murtaza Malik TJ
  • Flight Lieutenant Taloot Mirza TJ
  • Flight Lieutenant Maqsood Amir TJ
  • Flight Lieutenant Javed Latif TJ
  • Flight Lieutenant Abdul Karim Bhatti TJ
  • Warrant Officer Abdul Haq TJ
  • Senior Technician Sajjad A Shah TJ
  • Senior Technician Asghar Ali TJ
  • Corporal Muhammad Ghazanfar TJ
  • Corporal M Afzal Abbasi TJ
  • Junior Technician Muhammad Latif TJ

Gallantry 2006

  • 2nd Lieutenant Imran Ahmed Khan TJ

Notes and references

  1. ↑ PAF Combat website on military awards Archived 2007-03-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 Robertson, Megan. "Medal of Courage (Tamgha-i-Jur'at)". Medals.org. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  3. ↑ "Honours and Awards". Pakistan Army. Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  4. ↑ SAMA TV

See also

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