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 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountainous region
region
administrativeHistory part of North-West Frontier Province under British India
borderingRegion Kohat
Kurram
Frontier Region Peshawar
surface form: Peshawar region
borderRegionOf Afghanistan
climate harsh
colonialPowerInvolved United Kingdom
conflictType frontier warfare
country Pakistan
culturalRegion North-West Frontier region
surface form: 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 region
surface form: North-West Frontier of British India
historicalPeriod British India
surface form: British Raj
historicalStatus tribal area
inhabitedBy Afridi tribe
Orakzai tribe
Pashtuns
knownFor North-West Frontier campaigns
Tirah campaign of 1897–1898
surface form: Tirah Campaign of 1897–1898

tribal resistance to British rule
languageSpoken Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
locatedIn Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region)
surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
North-West Frontier region
militaryHistory site of punitive expeditions by British forces
near Afghanistan–Pakistan border
surface form: 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 of 1897–1898
surface form: Tirah Campaign

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