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DIR , an See also:independent See also:state in the See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province of See also:India, lying to the north-See also:east of See also:Swat . Its importance chiefly arises from the fact that it commands the greater See also:part of the route between See also:Chitral and the See also:Peshawar frontier . The quarrels and intrigues between the See also:khan of Dir and Umra Khan of Jandol were among the See also:chief events that led up to the Chitral See also:Campaign of 1895 . During that expedition the khan made an agreement with the See also:British See also:Government to keep the road to Chitral open in return for a See also:subsidy . Including the Bashkars, an aboriginal tribe allied to the Torwals and Garhuis, who inhabit Panjkora See also:Kohistan, the See also:population is estimated at about roo,000 . |
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