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INTRODUCTION
The administration of the tribal area is looked after by the district
coordination officer
Peshawar district. It is bounded on the north by village Ghari
Chandan of Peshawar
district, on the south by Darra Adam khel of FR Kohat, on the east by village
Jaroba, Cherat, Saleh Khana and Spin Khak of district Nowshera and on the west
again by Peshawar district. It is located between 30˚39’ and 34˚32’ north
latitudes and 71˚32’ and 71˚52’ east longitudes. Its total area is 261 square
kilometres. The total population of region was 53,841 in 1998. There is no urban
locality in the area. There were 39 villages in 1998.
PHYSICAL FEATURES
The entire area is hilly and slopes in the north-east and north-west direction.
Average height of the area is over 1000 meters sea level. The highest peak is
1,397 meters above the sea level, located on the south of Jinakor.
RACE AND TRIBES
The transborder tribe under the political control of DCO Peshawar are the
Bunerwal, Chagarzai (trans-Indus), chamlawal and Khundu Khel sections of the
Yusafzai; the Uthmankhel; the Gaduns; the Mohmands; the Safis; and part of the
Adam Khel clan of the Afridis.
Yusafzai tribe is divided
into two principal sections. Mandanr and Yusaf, each of which is usually
reckoned as a separate tribe. The Uthman khel tribe section under the political
control of DCO Peshawar is the But Khel section and the territories occupied by
it are Ambahar, the Salala hills and Laman Uthman Khel. The Gaduns are a Pathan
tribe, who reside partly on the southern slopes of the Mahaban mountain, and
partly in the Hazara district. They are termed Gadoons in the Peshawar district
and Jaduns in Hazara district.
The Mohmands are a large
tribe, occupying the hilly country on the north-west border of the
Peshawar
valley. The Safis are a scattered tribe the main portion of which inhabit the
Sur Kumar Valley which divides the Baizai Mohmand clans of Dawezai and Uthmanzai.
The Safis hold the valley on sufferance from the Mohmands, but are dependents of
the Khan of Nawagai(Bajaur).
Two of the four divisions of
the Adam khel clan of the Afridis are the Hassan khel and the Ashu Khel. There
are two subdivisions of the Hassan Khel- the Akhorwal and the Jinakhori: and two
of the Ashu khel- the Ali khel and the Mahmadi. The Kalla Khel section of the
Ali Khel is under the political control of the political agent Khyber and the
Akhoral sub-division of the Hassan Khel under that of the DCO, Kohat, from whose
political control the Jinakhori Hassan khel, and the Kandao and Kandar sections
of the Ashu khel, were tranffered to that of district coordination officer
Peshawar.
PLACES
OF INTEREST
Dara Adam Khel
This is the most important valley, also called Kohat pass. It has the world
famous informal arms industry. It is also the birth place of famous Ajab khan.
Tor Sapar
It is the most fertile part of the FR Kohat.
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