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MUSA KHEL , a See also:Pathan tribe on the Dera See also:Ghazi See also:Khan border of the See also:Punjab See also:province of See also:India . They are of See also:Kakar origin, numbering 4670 fighting men . They enter See also:British territory by the Vihowa Pass, and carry on an extensive See also:trade, but are not dependent on India for the necessaries of See also:life . They are a peaceful and See also:united See also:race, and have been friendly to the British, but at enmity with the Khetrans and the Baluch tribes to the See also:south of their See also:country . In 1879 the Musa Khels and other Pathan tribes to the number of 5000 made a demonstration against Vihowa, but the See also:town was reinforced and they dispersed . In 1884 they were punished, together with the Kakars, by the See also:Zhob Valley Expedition . |
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