Tirah

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Tirah is a rugged mountainous region in present-day Pakistan historically known as a key theater of British military operations during the North-West Frontier campaigns.

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Tirah canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountainous region ⓘ
region ⓘ
administrativeHistory part of North-West Frontier Province under British India ⓘ
borderingRegion Kohat ⓘ
Kurram ⓘ
Peshawar region ⓘ
borderRegionOf Afghanistan ⓘ
climate harsh ⓘ
colonialPowerInvolved United Kingdom ⓘ
conflictType frontier warfare ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
culturalRegion Pashtun tribal belt ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afridis ⓘ
Orakzais ⓘ
governedBy tribal jirgas ⓘ
hasPass Arhanga Pass ⓘ
Sampagha Pass ⓘ
hasValley Bara Valley ⓘ
Maiden Valley ⓘ
Rajgul Valley ⓘ
historicalNameContext North-West Frontier of British India ⓘ
historicalPeriod British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
historicalStatus tribal area ⓘ
inhabitedBy Afridi tribe ⓘ
Orakzai tribe ⓘ
Pashtuns ⓘ
knownFor North-West Frontier campaigns ⓘ
Tirah Campaign of 1897–1898 ⓘ
tribal resistance to British rule ⓘ
languageSpoken Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
locatedIn Federally Administered Tribal Areas ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
North-West Frontier region ⓘ
militaryHistory site of punitive expeditions by British forces ⓘ
near Durand Line ⓘ
partOf Khyber District ⓘ
Khyber Pass area ⓘ
religionMajority Sunni Islam ⓘ
strategicImportance high ⓘ
strategicRole buffer between British India and Afghanistan ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
rugged ⓘ
usedFor tribal raiding routes ⓘ
wasTheaterOf British military operations ⓘ
Tirah Campaign ⓘ

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