Tīrāh

Tīrāh

▪ mountainous region, Pakistan
      mountainous tract in west-central North-West Frontier province, Pakistan. It lies on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border between the Khyber Pass and Khanki Valley, northwest of Kohāt town. It is inhabited mainly by Afrīdī and Ōrakzay Pashtun tribes. Tīrāh comprises a rugged area of 600–700 square miles (1,550–1,800 square km), watered by the Mastūra (one of the main tributaries of the Bāra River), the Khanki, and the Khurmāna rivers, all of which rise within a few miles of Mount Mitta (12,470 feet [3,801 m]) in the Spin Range. At Mount Mitta the Spin Range splits into several branches between which lie the valleys of Tīrāh at elevations of 5,000–7,000 feet (1,500–2,100 m).

      Tīrāh was the scene of the campaign (1897–98) in which the Afrīdī rose in a jihad (holy war) against the British, captured the Khyber posts, and attacked forts near Peshāwar. In the hardest campaign since the Second Afghan War, 40,000 British and Indian troops were sent to Tīrāh. The main body of troops stormed Dargai, overran all of Tīrāh, and retook the Khyber posts without opposition.

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