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BUNER
, a valley on the See also:Peshawar border of the See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province of See also:India
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It is a small See also:mountain valley, dotted with villages and divided into seven sub-divisions
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The See also:Mora Hills and the Ilam range See also:divide it from See also:Swat, the Sinawar range from See also:Yusafzai, the Guru mountains from the Chamla valley, and the Duma range from the Puran Valley
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It is in-habited by the Iliaszai and Malizai divisions of the See also:Pathan tribe of Yusafzais, who are called after their See also:country the Bunerwals
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There is no finer See also:race on the north-west frontier of India than the Bunerwals
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See also:Simple and austere in their habits, religious and truthful in their ways, hospitable to all who seek shelter amongst them, See also:free from See also:secret assassinations, they are See also:bright examples of the Pathan See also:character at its best
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They are a powerful and warlike tribe, numbering 8000 fighting men
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The Umbeyla Expedition of 1863 under See also:Sir See also:Neville See also: |
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