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YUSAFZAI

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 947 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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YUSAFZAI , a large See also:

GROUP

group of See also:

PATHAN

Pathan tribes, originally immigrants from the neighbourhood of See also:

KANDAHAR

Kandahar, which includes those of the See also:

Black See also:

Mountain, the Bunerwals, the Swatis, the See also:

PEOPLE

people of See also:

DIR

Dir and the Panjkora valley, and also the inhabitants of the Yusafzai See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain in See also:

PESHAWAR

Peshawar See also:

DISTRICT

district of the See also:

North-See also:

West Frontier See also:

Province of See also:

India. Three sections of the tribe, the Hassanzais, Akazais and Chagarzais, inhabit the W. slopes of the Black Mountain, and the Ytisafzai See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country stretches thence to the Utman Khel territory. The trans-border Yusafzais are estimated at 65,000 fighting men, giving a See also:

TOTAL

total See also:

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

population of about 250,000. The Yusafzais are said to be descended from one Mandai, who had two sons, See also:

UMAR

Umar and Yusaf. Umar died, leaving one son, See also:

MANDAN

Mandan; from Mandan and Yusaf come the two See also:

PRIMARY

primary divisions of the Yusafzais, which are split into numerous subdivisions, including the Isazais, Malizais, Akazais, Ranizais and Utmanzais.

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