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area of over 1000 sq. m., and is bounded on the N.W. by the river Indus, on the N.E. by Chilas, and on the S. by Kagan, the Chor Glen and Allai. It consists roughly of two See also:

main valleys See also:

RUNNING

running See also:

east and west, and separated from each other by a See also:

mountain range over 16,000 ft. high. Like the mountains of Chilas, those in Kohistan are See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound and rocky wastes from their crests downwards to 12,000 ft. Below this the hills are covered with See also:

FINE

fine See also:

FOREST

forest and grass to 5000 or 6000 ft., and in the valleys, especially near the Indus, are fertile basins under cultivation. The Kohistanis are Mahommedans, but not of See also:

PATHAN

Pathan See also:

RACE

race, and appear to be closely allied to the Chilasis. They are a well-built, brave but quiet See also:

PEOPLE

people who carry on a See also:

trade with See also:

BRITISH

British districts, and have never given the See also:

government much trouble. There is little doubt that the Kohistanis are, like the Kafirs of See also:

KAFIRISTAN

Kafiristan, the remnants of old races driven by See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan invasions from the valleys and plains into the higher mountains. The See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority have been converted to See also:

ISLAM

Islam within the last 200 years. The See also:

TOTAL

total See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is about 16,000. An important district also known as Kohistan lies to the north of See also:

KABUL

Kabul in See also:

AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, extending to the See also:

HINDU

Hindu Kush.

The Kohistani Tajiks proved to be the most powerful and the best organized clans that opposed the British occupation of Kabul in 1879-80. See also:

PART

Part of their country is highly cultivated, abounding in See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, and includes many important villages. It is here that the remains of an See also:

ancient See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city have been lately discovered by the See also:

AMIR, or AMEER (an Arabic word meaning " commander," from the root amr, " commanding ")

amir's officials, which may prove to be the See also:

GREAT

great city of See also:

Alexander's See also:

FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding, known to be to the north of Kabul, but which had hitherto escaped See also:

IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification. The name of Kohistan is also applied to a tract of barren and hilly country on the east border of See also:

KARACHI, or KURRACHEE

Karachi district, See also:

SIND

Sind.

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