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UTMAN KHEL

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 823 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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UTMAN KHEL , a See also:

Pathan tribe who occupy the hills to the See also:north of See also:Peshawar in the North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province of See also:India. Their See also:country lies between the Mohmands and the Ranizais of See also:Swat, to the west and See also:south-west of the junction of the Swat and Panjkora See also:rivers. They claim to be descendants of Baba tTtman, who accompanied Mahmud of See also:Ghazni in his' expedition into India in 997. The Utman Khel are a tall, stout and See also:fair See also:race, but in their See also:dress and See also:general customs have assimilated themselves to the neighbouring peoples of See also:Bajour. They have none of the vices of the Yusafzais. Their country is very hilly and difficult, but well cultivated in terraces. They number some 40,000, and their fighting strength is about- 8000 men. See also:British expeditions were necessary against them in 1852, 1878 and 1898.

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