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SAMANA RANGE

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 107 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAMANA RANGE , a See also:

mountain See also:ridge in See also:Kohat See also:district of the N.W. Frontier See also:Province of See also:India, commanding the S. boundary of See also:Tirah. The ridge lies between the Khanki Valley on the N. and the Miranzai Valley on the S., and extends for some 30 M. W. from Hangu to the Samana Suk. It is some 6000 to 7000 ft. high. Beyond the Samana Suk lies the pass, known as the Chagru Kotal, across which the Tirah Expedition marched in 1897. On the opposite See also:hill on the other See also:side of this road is the famous position of See also:Dargai (see TItAH See also:CAMPAIGN). After the Miranzai Expedition of 1891 this range was occupied by See also:British troops and eleven posts were established along its See also:crest, the two See also:chief posts being Fort See also:Lockhart and Fort Gulistan. In 1897 all the forts on the Samana were attacked by the Orakzais, and this and the See also:Afridi attack on the Khyber Pass were the two chief causes of the Tirah Expedition. When See also:Lord Curzon reorganized the frontier in 1900, British garrisons were withdrawn from the Samana forts, which are now held by a See also:corps of tribal See also:police 450 strong, called the Samana Rifles.

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