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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Derajat canonical | 4 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Balochistan, Pakistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Balochistan region
Indus River ⓘ Waziristan ⓘ
surface form:
Waziristan region
|
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun people
Saraiki people ⓘ |
| followsRiver | Indus River ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dera Fateh Khan area
ⓘ
Dera Ghazi Khan District ⓘ Dera Ismail Khan ⓘ
surface form:
Dera Ismail Khan District
Tank District ⓘ adjacent Indus River plains ⓘ |
| historicalAdministrativeStatus | frontier tract under British India ⓘ |
| historicalRole | frontier zone between Pashtun and Punjabi regions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Indus River basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Indus River floodplains
Saraiki–Pashtun cultural interaction ⓘ |
| language |
Pashto language
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
Saraiki ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ⓘ
Northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Pakistan
|
| locatedInTime |
Durrani Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Durrani Empire period
Mughal period ⓘ historical period of British India ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Dera Ghazi Khan
ⓘ
Dera Ismail Khan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indus River basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Indus Valley region
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | gateway between Afghanistan and the Indus plains ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
agriculture
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.