Derajat

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Derajat is a historical region in northwestern Pakistan encompassing the areas around Dera Ismail Khan and neighboring districts along the Indus River.

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Derajat canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
borderedBy Balochistan region
Indus River
Waziristan region
linked to: Waziristan
country Pakistan
ethnicGroup Pashtun people
linked to: Pashtuns

Saraiki people
followsRiver Indus River
hasPart Dera Fateh Khan area
Dera Ghazi Khan District
Dera Ismail Khan District
linked to: Dera Ismail Khan

Tank District
adjacent Indus River plains
historicalAdministrativeStatus frontier tract under British India
historicalRole frontier zone between Pashtun and Punjabi regions
knownFor Indus River floodplains
linked to: Indus River basin

Saraiki–Pashtun cultural interaction
language Pashto
linked to: Pashto language

Saraiki
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
northwestern Pakistan
locatedInTime Durrani Empire period
linked to: Durrani Empire

Mughal period
historical period of British India
namedAfter Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ismail Khan
partOf Indus Valley region
linked to: Indus River basin
religion Islam
strategicImportance gateway between Afghanistan and the Indus plains
traditionalEconomy agriculture
pastoralism

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