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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 418 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TURI , a See also:

Pathan tribe on the See also:Kohat border of the See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province of See also:India. The Turis inhabit the See also:Kurram valley, which adjoins the western end of the Miranzai valley and number nearly 12,000. Though now speaking See also:Pushtu and ranking as Pathans, they are by origin a See also:Turki tribe, of the Shiah See also:sect, who subjected the See also:Bangash Afghans some See also:time See also:early in the II eighteenth See also:century. They are strong, See also:hardy, and courageous, and make first-See also:rate horsemen. Their early dealings with the See also:British See also:government were inclined to turbulence, and they were concerned in the Miranzai expeditions of 1851 and 1855 (see MIRANZAI). But the only expedition specially sent against them was the Kurram expedition of 1856 (see KURRAM). Since then they have settled down and engaged in See also:trade. During the Second Afghan See also:War they supplied See also:Sir See also:Frederick See also:Roberts with guides and provisions. In 1892 they voluntarily accepted British See also:administration, and they now furnish a large See also:part of the tribal See also:militia in the Kurram Valley.

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