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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 228 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOMAL , or GuMAL, the name of a See also:

river of See also:Afghanistan, and of a See also:mountain pass on the Dera See also:Ismail See also:Khan border of the See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province of See also:British See also:India. The Gomal river, one of the most important See also:rivers in Afghanistan, rises in the unexplored regions to the See also:south-See also:east of See also:Ghazni. Its See also:chief tributary is the See also:Zhob. Within the limits of British territory the Gomal forms the boundary between the North-West Frontier Province and See also:Baluchistan, and more or less between the See also:Pathan and Baluch races. The Gomal pass is the most important pass on the See also:Indian frontier between the Khyber and the Bolan. It connects Dera Ismail Khan with the Gomal valley in Afghanistan, and has formed for centuries the outlet for the See also:povindah See also:trade. Until the See also:year 1889 this pass was almost unknown to the Anglo-Indian See also:official; but in that year the See also:government of India decided that, in See also:order to maintain the safety of the railway as well as to perfect communication between See also:Quetta and the See also:Punjab, the Zhob valley should, like the Bori valley, be brought under British See also:protection and See also:control, and the Gomal pass should be opened. After the See also:Waziristan expedition of 1894 See also:Wana was occupied by British troops in order to dominate the Gomal and Waziristan; but on the formation of the North-West Frontier Province in 19o1 it was decided to replace these troops by the South Waziristan See also:militia, who now secure the safety of the pass.

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