KOHAT  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• PESHAWAR

Peshawar See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Frontier See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

Province . The town is 37 M. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Peshawar by the Kohat Pass, along which a military road was opened in 1901 . The See also:

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

population in 1901 was 30,762, including 12,670 in the See also:

• CANTONMENT (Fr. cantonnement, from cantonner, to quarter; Ger. Ortsunterkunft or Quartier)

cantonment, which is garrisoned by See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery., See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry and See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry . In the See also:

• TIRAH

Tirah See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1$97–98 Kohat was the starting-point of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• LOCKHART, JOHN GIBSON (1794–1854)
• LOCKHART, QEORGE (1673-1731)
• LOCKHART, SIR WILLIAM STEPHEN ALEXANDER (1841–1900)

Lockhart's expedition against the Orakzais and Afridis . It is the military See also:

• BASE

base for the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• AFRIDI

Afridi frontier as Peshawar is for the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern frontier of the same tribe, and it lies in the See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart of the See also:

• PATHAN

Pathan 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 . The DISTRICT OF KOHAT has an See also:

• AREA

area of 2973 sq. m . It consists chiefly of a See also:

• BARE

bare and intricate See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain region See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the See also:

• INDUS

Indus, deeply scored with See also:

• RIVER

river valleys and ravines, but enclosing a few scattered patches of cultivated See also:

• LOWLAND

lowland . The eastern or See also:

• KHATTAK

Khattak country especially comprises a perfect See also:

• LABYRINTH (Gr. Xa(3vpcvOos, Lat. labyrinthus)

labyrinth of ranges, which fall, however, into two See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups, to the north and south of the Teri Toi river . The Miranzai valley, in the extreme west, appears by comparison a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich and fertile See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract . In its small but carefully tilled glens, the See also:

• PLANE

plane, See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm, fig and many See also:

• ORCHARD (O. Eng. ort-geard, later orceard; a combination apparently of Lat. hortus, garden, and " yard " or " Barth ")

orchard trees flourish luxuriantly; while a brushwood of See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive, See also:

• MIMOSA (so named from the movements of the leaves in many species which " mimic " animal sensibility)

mimosa and other thorny bushes clothes the rugged ravines upon the upper slopes . Occasional grassy glades upon their sides See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form favourite pasture grounds for the Waziri tribes . The Teri Toi, rising on the eastern limit of Upper Miranzai, runs due eastward to the Indus, which it joins 12 M .

N. of Makhad, dividing the district into two See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main portions . The drainage from the northern See also:

• HALF

half flows south-See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward into the Teri Toi itself, and northward into the parallel stream of the Kohat Toi . That of the southern tract falls north-wards also into the Teri Toi, and southwards towards the See also:

• KURRAM

Kurram and the Indus . The frontier mountains, continuations of the Safed Koh See also:

• SYSTEM

system, attain in places a considerable See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation, the two principal peaks, Dupa Sir and Mazi Garh, just beyond the British frontier, being 826o and 7940 it. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea respectively . The Waziri hills, on the south, extend like a See also:

• WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a mass of metal, cognate with Dutch wig, wigge, Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " weight," which must be referred to the root wegh, to li

wedge between the boundaries of See also:

• BANNU

Bannu and Kohat, with a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general elevation of less than 4000 ft . The See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt-mines are situated in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• LINE

line of hills See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the valley of the Teri Toi, and extending along both See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of that river . The See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit has a width of a See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of a mile, with a thickness of See also:

• I000

I000 ft.; it sometimes forms hills 200 ft. in height, almost entirely composed of solid See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock-salt, and may probably See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as one of the largest See also:

• VEINS

veins of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in the See also:

• WORLD

world . The most extensive exposure occurs at Bahadur Khel, on the south See also:

• BANK

bank of the Teri Toi . The See also:

• ANNUAL

annual output is about 16,000 tons, yielding a See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue of 40,000 . See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

Petroleum springs exude from a rock at Panoba, 23 M. east of Kohat; and See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur abounds in the northern range . In Igor the population was 217,865, showing an increase of 11 % in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . The frontier tribes on the Kohat border are the Afridis, Orakzais, Zaimukhts and Turis .

All these are described under their See also:

• SEPARATE

separate names . A railway runs from See also:

• KUSHALGARH

Kushalgarh through Kohat to Thal, and the river Indus has been bridged at Kushalgarh .