See also:

• PESHIN, or PISHIN

PESHIN, or PISHIN  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BALUCHISTAN

Baluchistan . See also:

• AREA

Area 2717 sq. m . Pop . (19o1), 50,200 . It consists of a large See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain surrounded on three sides by hills, which formerly belonged to See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan but was ceded to the See also:

• BRITISH

British by the treaty of See also:

• GANDAMAK

Gandamak in 1879 . This plain is of considerable strategic importance, as it forms the See also:

• FOCUS (Latin for " hearth " or " fireplace ")

focus of a See also:

• GREAT

great number of routes leading from See also:

• SIND

Sind and the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab frontier districts to See also:

• KANDAHAR

Kandahar, and is intersected by the Sind-See also:

• PESHIN, or PISHIN

Peshin railway . The agricultural See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of Peshin, and consequently its revenues, have increased greatly under British See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration .