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ZAIMUKHT

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 951 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ZAIMUKHT  , the name of a small

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Pathan tribe on the
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Kohat border of the
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North-
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West Frontier
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Province of
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India . The Zaimukhts inhabit the hills to the
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south of the Orakzais between the Miranzai and
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Kurram valleys . Their
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country may be described as a triangle, with the range of hills known as the Samana as its
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base, and the
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village of Thal in the Kurram valley as its
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apex . This includes a
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tract on its western
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side occupied by an
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Orakzai
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clan . The
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total
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area is about 400 sq. m., of which the Orakzais occupy a
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fourth . The Zaimukhts are a
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fine-looking powerful
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race, with a fighting strength of some 3000 men .

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