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town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the" Derajat See also:division of the See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province. The town (also called Edwardesabad and Dhulipnagar) lies in the north-west corner of the district, in the valley of the See also:Kurram See also:river. Pop. (1901) 14,300. It forms the See also:base for all punitive expeditions to the Tochi Valley and Waziri frontier. The district of Bannu, which only consists of the Bannu and Marwat tahsils since the constitution of the North-West Frontier Province in 1901, contains an See also:area of 168o sq. m. lying north of the See also:Indus. The cis-Indus portions of Bannu and Dera See also:Ismail See also:Khan now comprises the new See also:Punjab district of See also:Mianwali. In addition to the Indus the other streams flowing through the district are the Kurram (which falls into the Indus) and its tributary the Gambila. The valley of Bannu proper, stretching to the See also:foot of the frontier hills, forms an irregular See also:oval, measuring 6o m. from north to See also:south and about 40 M. from See also:east to west. In 1901 the See also:population was 231,485, of whom the See also:great See also:majority were Mahommedans. The See also:principal tribes inhabiting the district are: (1) Waziri Pathans, See also:recent immigrants from the hills, for the most See also:part peaceable and See also:good cultivators; (2) Marwats, a See also:Pathan See also:race, inhabiting the See also:lower and more sandy portions of the Bannu valley; (3) Bannuchis, a See also:mongrel Afghan tribe of See also:bad physique and mean vices. The inhabitants of this district have always been very See also:independent and stubbornly resisted the Afghan and See also:Sikh predecessors of the British.

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annexation of the Punjab the valley was administered by See also:Herbert See also:Edwardes so thoroughly that it became a source of strength instead of weakness during the See also:Mutiny. The inhabitants of the valley itself are now peaceful, but it is always subject to incursion from the Waziri tribes in the Tochi valley and the neighbouring hills. See also:Salt is quarried on See also:government See also:account at See also:Kalabagh and See also:alum is largely obtained in the same neighbourhood. The See also:chief export is See also:wheat. A military road leadsfrom Bannu town towards Dera Ismail Khan. The Indus, which is nowhere bridged within the district, is navigable for native boats throughout its course of 76 M. The chief frontier tribes on the border are the Waziris, Battannis and Dawaris. All these are described under their See also:separate names.

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