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 6

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Statements (31)

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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