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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 316 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BANGASH , a small tribe of Pathans in the See also:

KOHAT

Kohat See also:

DISTRICT

district of the See also:

North-See also:

West Frontier See also:

Province of See also:

India. They occupy the hills between Thal and Kohat, and number 3000 fighting men. Formerly they owned the whole of See also:

KURRAM

Kurram, but owing to the encroachments of the Turis, they moved eastwards, dispossessed the Orakzais, drove them north and took their territory in the Kohat district, which they now occupy to the west of the See also:

KHATTAK

Khattak See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. The Khattaks and 'Bangashes are of exceptionally See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good physique and make excellent soldiers.

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