MIRANZAI VALLEY, or HANGU  , a

mountain valley on the Kohat border of the North-West Frontier Province of India . Miranzai comprises two valleys draining S.W. into the Kunam and N.E. into the Kohat Toi . It is thus divided into upper and lower Miranzai, and extends from Thal to Raisan, and from the Zaimukht and Orakzai hills to those of the Khattaks . Its length is about 40 m., and its breadth varies from 3 to 7 M . Area, 546 sq. m.; pop . (1901), 43,901 . The portion of Miranzai east of Hangu village consists of numerous small and well-cultivated valleys, in which orchard trees flourish abundantly . To the west of Hangu, including the whole of Upper Miranzai, the country is a broad, open, breezy valley . The plain is bare of trees, but the hills are generally covered with scrub . The country is full of ravines towards Thal . The wealth of the inhabitants consists principally in cattle, goats and sheep; of these the cows are of a lean and dwarf breed, and give but little milk . Miranzai forms the meeting place of many different tribes; but its chief inhabitants are the Bangash and Orakzais .

Disturbances have necessitated

British expeditions in 1851, 1855, and twice in 1891 .