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KOHAT , a See also:town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Peshawar See also:division of the See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province. The town is 37 M. See also:south of Peshawar by the Kohat Pass, along which a military road was opened in 1901. The See also:population in 1901 was 30,762, including 12,670 in the See also:cantonment, which is garrisoned by See also:artillery., See also:cavalry and See also:infantry. In the See also:Tirah See also:campaign of 1$97–98 Kohat was the starting-point of See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Lockhart's expedition against the Orakzais and Afridis. It is the military See also:base for the See also:southern See also:Afridi frontier as Peshawar is for the See also:northern frontier of the same tribe, and it lies in the See also:heart of the See also:Pathan See also:country.
The DISTRICT OF KOHAT has an See also:area of 2973 sq. m. It consists chiefly of a See also:bare and intricate See also:mountain region See also:east of the See also:Indus, deeply scored with See also:river valleys and ravines, but enclosing a few scattered patches of cultivated See also:lowland. The eastern or See also:Khattak country especially comprises a perfect See also:labyrinth of ranges, which fall, however, into two See also:principal See also:groups, to the north and south of the Teri Toi river. The Miranzai valley, in the extreme west, appears by comparison a See also:rich and fertile See also:tract. In its small but carefully tilled glens, the See also:plane, See also:palm, fig and many See also:orchard trees flourish luxuriantly; while a brushwood of See also:wild See also:olive, See also:mimosa and other thorny bushes clothes the rugged ravines upon the upper slopes. Occasional grassy glades upon their sides See also:form favourite pasture grounds for the Waziri tribes. The Teri Toi, rising on the eastern limit of Upper Miranzai, runs due eastward to the Indus, which it joins 12 M. N. of Makhad, dividing the district into two See also:main portions. The drainage from the northern See also:half flows south-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward into the Teri Toi itself, and northward into the parallel stream of the Kohat Toi. That of the southern tract falls north-wards also into the Teri Toi, and southwards towards the See also:Kurram and the Indus. The frontier mountains, continuations of the Safed Koh See also:system, attain in places a considerable See also:elevation, the two principal peaks, Dupa Sir and Mazi Garh, just beyond the British frontier, being 826o and 7940 it. above the See also:sea respectively. The Waziri hills, on the south, extend like a See also:- WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a mass of metal, cognate with Dutch wig, wigge, Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " weight," which must be referred to the root wegh, to li
wedge between the boundaries of See also:Bannu and Kohat, with a See also:general elevation of less than 4000 ft. The See also:salt-mines are situated in the See also:low See also:line of hills See also:crossing the valley of the Teri Toi, and extending along both See also:banks of that river. The See also:deposit has a width of a See also:quarter of a mile, with a thickness of See also:I000 ft.; it sometimes forms hills 200 ft. in height, almost entirely composed of solid See also:rock-salt, and may probably See also:rank as one of the largest See also:veins of its See also:kind in the See also:world. The most extensive exposure occurs at Bahadur Khel, on the south See also:bank of the Teri Toi. The See also:annual output is about 16,000 tons, yielding a See also:revenue of 40,000. See also:Petroleum springs exude from a rock at Panoba, 23 M. east of Kohat; and See also:sulphur abounds in the northern range. In Igor the population was 217,865, showing an increase of 11 % in the See also:decade. The frontier tribes on the Kohat border are the Afridis, Orakzais, Zaimukhts and Turis. All these are described under their See also:separate names. A railway runs from See also:Kushalgarh through Kohat to Thal, and the river Indus has been bridged at Kushalgarh.
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