North-West Frontier region

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border region frontier zone historical region

The North-West Frontier region was a historically strategic and often contested border area in what is now northwestern Pakistan, serving as a frontier between South Asia and Central Asia.

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All labels observed (23)

Label Occurrences
North-West Frontier 9
North-West Frontier Province 8
North-West Frontier region canonical 8

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region ⓘ
frontier zone ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
adminSuccessor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
North-West Frontier region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: North-West Frontier Province
associatedWith Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ
surface form: Durand Line

Great Game ⓘ
borderedBy Afghanistan ⓘ
Balochistan, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Balochistan region

Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region
colonialPowerInvolved British Empire ⓘ
conflictType frontier warfare ⓘ
contains Gomal Pass ⓘ
Khyber Pass ⓘ
Kurram Valley ⓘ
Tochi Valley ⓘ
tribal areas along the Durand Line ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
crossedBy Hindu Kush ⓘ
surface form: Hindu Kush foothills
ethnicallyDominatedBy Pashtuns ⓘ
geography arid valleys ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
historicalFunction military frontier ⓘ
trade corridor ⓘ
historicallyPartOf British India ⓘ
Durrani Empire ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire

Sikh Empire ⓘ
knownFor frequent military campaigns ⓘ
rugged mountainous terrain ⓘ
tribal resistance to external rule ⓘ
locatedIn Northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Pakistan
locatedOn border between South Asia and Central Asia ⓘ
majorLanguages Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto
partOf Central Asia frontier ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
presentDayIncludes Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

former Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan ⓘ
religionMajority Sunni Islam ⓘ
strategicImportance gateway between the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia ⓘ
key invasion route into South Asia ⓘ
tradeRoutes routes linking India with Central Asia ⓘ
usedAs buffer zone between British India and Afghanistan ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

KPK → historicalName → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province
Bannu → historicalRegion → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
North-West Frontier campaigns → location → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier
Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend → servedIn → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier of India
Indian mountain artillery units → notableTheater → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North West Frontier of India
Frontier Gandhi → regionOfActivity → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province
Utmanzai, Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India → politicalContextHistorical → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province under British rule
Utmanzai, Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India → partOfColonialAdministrativeUnit → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province, British India
Abdul Bahram Khan → residence → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
Abdul Bahram Khan → regionOfActivity → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
I. S. Johar → notableWork → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North West Frontier
I. S. Johar → portrayedInWork → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North West Frontier
President Mohammad Ayub Khan → birthPlace → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
subject surface form: Mohammad Ayub Khan
this entity surface form: Haripur region, present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seaforth Highlanders → servedInConflict → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier of India
Tora Bora → region → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khyber region (border area context)
Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar → regionOfActivity → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
Treaty of Gandamak → regionConcerned → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier
Battle of Ali Masjid → theatre → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier
Battle of Peiwar Kotal → region → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Frontier region
Allahabad Address → regionMentioned → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province
Tribal Agencies of British India → locatedIn → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
Tribal Agencies of British India → relatedTo → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province
Kurram Agency → historicalRegion → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tribal Areas
Donald Stewart → sphereOfActivity → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Frontier of British India
Donald Stewart → militaryTheater → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Frontier
Dir → locatedInFormerAdministrativeUnit → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province
Jamrud → partOf → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khyber tribal region
Malakand uprising of 1897 → location → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier
Malakand uprising of 1897 → front → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier of British India
Third Anglo-Afghan War → location → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier of British India
Indian Political Service → jurisdiction → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier regions
North-West Frontier region → adminSuccessor → North-West Frontier region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province
James Abbott → operatedIn → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
Major James Abbott → historicalRegionOfService → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
Tirah Valley → partOf → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tribal belt
Tirah region → associatedWith → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashtun tribal belt
Hotak tribe → culturalArea → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashtun tribal belt
Tirah → locatedIn → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
Tirah → culturalRegion → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashtun tribal belt
Tirah → historicalNameContext → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier of British India
Tirah campaign of 1897–1898 → location → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier
Tirah campaign of 1897–1898 → theatreOfWar → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier of British India
Punjab Province under British India → borderedBy → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
subject surface form: Punjab Province (British India)
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province
Punjab Frontier Force → garrison → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier Province
Punjab Frontier Force → operatedIn → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier
Punjab Frontier Force → recruitedFrom → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier tribes
India Command → operatedIn → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North‑West Frontier
Battle of Nowshera → theatre → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier of the Indian subcontinent
4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment → garrison → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier
4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment → primaryTheatre → North-West Frontier region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Frontier of India