TURI  , a

Pathan tribe on the Kohat border of the North-West Frontier Province of India . The Turis inhabit the Kurram valley, which adjoins the western end of the Miranzai valley and number nearly 12,000 . Though now speaking Pushtu and ranking as Pathans, they are by origin a Turki tribe, of the Shiah sect, who subjected the Bangash Afghans some time early in the II eighteenth century . They are strong, hardy, and courageous, and make first-rate horsemen . Their early dealings with the British government were inclined to turbulence, and they were concerned in the Miranzai expeditions of 1851 and 1855 (see MIRANZAI) . But the only expedition specially sent against them was the Kurram expedition of 1856 (see KURRAM) . Since then they have settled down and engaged in trade . During the Second Afghan War they supplied Sir Frederick Roberts with guides and provisions . In 1892 they voluntarily accepted British administration, and they now furnish a large part of the tribal militia in the Kurram Valley .