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HISTORICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROFILE OF THE F.R PESHAWAR

INTRODUCTION
The administration of the tribal area is looked after by the district coordination officer Peshawar district. It is bounded on the north by village Ghari Chandan of Peshawar district, on the south by Darra Adam khel of FR Kohat, on the east by village Jaroba, Cherat, Saleh Khana and Spin Khak of district Nowshera and on the west again by Peshawar district. It is located between 30˚39’ and 34˚32’ north latitudes and 71˚32’ and 71˚52’ east longitudes. Its total area is 261 square kilometres. The total population of region was 53,841 in 1998. There is no urban locality in the area. There were 39 villages in 1998.

PHYSICAL FEATURES
The entire area is hilly and slopes in the north-east and north-west direction. Average height of the area is over 1000 meters sea level. The highest peak is 1,397 meters above the sea level, located on the south of Jinakor.

RACE AND TRIBES
The transborder tribe under the political control of DCO Peshawar are the Bunerwal, Chagarzai (trans-Indus), chamlawal and Khundu Khel sections of the Yusafzai; the Uthmankhel; the Gaduns; the Mohmands; the Safis; and part of the Adam Khel clan of the Afridis.

Yusafzai tribe is divided into two principal sections. Mandanr and Yusaf, each of which is usually reckoned as a separate tribe. The Uthman khel tribe section under the political control of DCO Peshawar is the But Khel section and the territories occupied by it are Ambahar, the Salala hills and Laman Uthman Khel. The Jadoons (also spelt Jaduns) are a Pathan tribe, who reside partly on the southern slopes of the Mahaban mountain, and partly in the Hazara district. They are termed "Gadoons" (also spelt Gaduns)by the tribes around Peshawar district who pronounce the Pashto (pronounced as "Jz" in Pashto) as "G" (in Pakhto) but the tribe itself in the Peshawar district calls itself Jadoon.

The Mohmands are a large tribe, occupying the hilly country on the north-west border of the Peshawar valley. The Safis are a scattered tribe the main portion of which inhabit the Sur Kumar Valley which divides the Baizai Mohmand clans of Dawezai and Uthmanzai. The Safis hold the valley on sufferance from the Mohmands, but are dependents of the Khan of Nawagai(Bajaur).

Two of the four divisions of the Adam khel clan of the Afridis are the Hassan khel and the Ashu Khel. There are two subdivisions of the Hassan Khel- the Akhorwal and the Jinakhori: and two of the Ashu khel- the Ali khel and the Mahmadi. The Kalla Khel section of the Ali Khel is under the political control of the political agent Khyber and the Akhoral sub-division of the Hassan Khel under that of the DCO, Kohat, from whose political control the Jinakhori Hassan khel, and the Kandao and Kandar sections of the Ashu khel, were tranffered to that of district coordination officer Peshawar.

PLACES OF INTEREST
Dara Adam Khel This is the most important valley, also called Kohat pass. It has the world famous informal arms industry. It is also the birth place of famous Ajab khan.

Tor Sapar It is the most fertile part of the FR Kohat.