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Kuhistan Rebellion (February–April 1930)
Kohistan (, , ), also transliterated Kuhistan, Kuhiston, Quhistan, may refer to: In Afghanistan * Kohistan District, Kapisa, Kapisa Province ** Kohistan Hesa Awal District, a district in Kapisa Province, created within the former Kohistan District ** Kohistan Hesa Duwum District, a district in Kapisa Province, created within the former Kohistan District * Kohistan District, Badakhshan, a district in Badakhshan Province * Kohistan District, Faryab, a district in Faryab Province In Pakistan * Kohistan District, Pakistan, a former district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province which presently forms the following three districts: ** Upper Kohistan District ** Lower Kohistan District ** Kolai-Palas Kohistan District * Kohistan region, Pakistan, larger mountainous region * Swat Kohistan, tehsil in Swat District * Dir Kohistan, a tehsil in Upper Dir * Kohistan, Upper Dir, a town in Upper Dir In Tajikistan * Kohistan-Badakshan, the Tajik name of Gorno-Badakshan In Iran * Quh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohistan District, Kapisa
Kohistān, also transliterated Kuhistān, Kuhiston ( 'mountainous land'), was the northernmost district of Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. In productive agricultural seasons the area has an abundance of sweet mulberries, grapes, apricots and pomegranates. Yearly thousands of visitors spend their weekends in its picnic place of Sayaad along the Panjshir river that flows into Sourubi lake. The population is 100,200 (2006), mainly inhabited by Persian-speaking Tajik people. Geography The district is on the border of Parwan and Panjshir provinces. History The Kohistāni Tajiks proved to be the most powerful and best organized groups that fought against the British occupation of Kabul in 1879 to 1880 in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. During the war against USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swat Kohistan
Behrain, also known as Upper Swat Valley and Swat Kohistan, is a tehsil located in Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population is 270,620, according to the 2023 census. Behrain has an area of , comprising more than half of total area of the district, and is part of the larger Kohistan region. It is known for alpine valleys such as Kalam and is home to a number of Indigenous Indo-Aryan peoples, including Gujjar, Kho and Gawri people. Demographics Ethnic groups Major ethnic groups in Bahrain tehsil are the Gujjars and Kohistanis. They are found in almost all eight union counsils of the tehsil. Languages According to the 2023 Census, the share of Pashto and Kohistani languages in Behrain was 35.81% and 11.88%, respectively. Some 141,119, mainly Torwalis and Kalamis, chose "Other", amounting to a little more than 52%. Union councils Behrain consists of 8 Union Councils: Utror, Bahrain, Mankyal, Kalam, Beshigram, Madyan, Tirat and Balakot. See also * Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohistan District (other)
Kohistan District may refer to one of the following: In Afghanistan * Kohistan District, Badakhshan * Kohistan District, Faryab * Kohistan District, Kapisa ** Kohistan Hesa Awal District, a district in Kapisa Province, created within the former Kohistan District ** Kohistan Hesa Duwum District, a district in Kapisa Province, created within the former Kohistan District In Pakistan * Kohistan District, Pakistan, which was bifurcated into three districts; Upper Kohistan District, Lower Kohistan District and Kolai-Palas District in the Hazara Division of Northern Pakistan Northern Pakistan ( ) is a tourism region in northern and north-western parts of Pakistan, comprising the administrative units of Gilgit-Baltistan (formerly known as '' Northern Areas''), Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad Capita ... See also * Kohistan (other) {{geodis District name disambiguation pages pnb:ضلع کوہستان (فریاب) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quhistan
Quhistan () or Kohistan (, "mountainous land") was a region of medieval Persia, essentially the southern part of Khurasan. Its boundaries appear to have been south of Khorasan to north, Yazd to West, Sistan to South, Afghanistan to East. Quhistan was a province in old days with a rich history in Persian literature, art and science. Notable historical towns include Tun (modern-day Ferdows), Qa'in, Gunabad, Tabas, Birjand, Turshez (modern-day Kashmar), Khwaf, Taybad, and Zawah (modern-day Torbat-e Heydarieh). It is home to famous castles. Safron, berberies (Zereshk) and jujube (Annab) are among the famous agricultural products that are exclusively produced in Ghohestan. Hakim Nezari Ghohestani, Sima Bina and Professor Reza Ghohestani are among famous people who are originally from Ghohestan. Dagestan in the North Caucasus The North Caucasus, or Ciscaucasia, is a subregion in Eastern Europe governed by Russia. It constitutes the northern part of the wider Caucasus regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorno-Badakshan
Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area but only two percent of its population.''Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008'', State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008 Name The official English name of the autonomous region is the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region. The name ''Badakhshan'' (from ; ) is derived from the Sasanian title or . "Gorno-Badakhshan" literally means "mountainous Badakhshan" and is derived from the Russian name of the autonomous region, (literally Gorno-Badakshan autonomous ''oblast''). The Russian abbreviation "GBAO" is also commonly used in English-language publications by national and international bodies such as the government of Tajikistan and the United Nations. History Borders and political authority in the Western Pamir had always been contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Dir
Upper Dir District (, ) is a district located in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Dir is its district headquarter. Geographically, it is located in the northern part of Pakistan. It borders with the Chitral district on the north, Afghanistan on the northwest, the Swat district on the east, and the Lower Dir district on the south. It shares 40 to 50 kilometers border with Afghanistan. History Dir was home to various popular civilizations. It has been the place where the Aryans, the Buddhists, and the Mughals survived. It was also a home to the Gandhara civilization. It was invaded by Alexander The Great. In the sixteenth century, it was invaded by the Yousafzai tribe of the Pashtuns. In 1898, Yousafzai Pashtun Muhammad Sharif Khan was declared the Nawab of Dir. He was succeeded by his son Nawab Aurang Zeb Khan in 1904, who ruled until his death in 1925. Subsequently, his son Shah Jehan Khan succeeded him and ruled the state f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dir Kohistan
Sharingal, also known as Dir Kohistan, is a tehsil located in Upper Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Forming westernmost portion of the larger Kohistan region, the population of Sharingal tehsil is 210,356 according to the 2023 census. See also * List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa In Pakistan, a tehsil is an administrative sub-division of a District. Those are sub-divided into union councils. Here is a list of all the tehsils of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. List of the tehsils List of the tehsils by population over the yea ... References Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Populated places in Upper Dir District {{UpperDir-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swat District
Swat District (), also known as the Swat Valley, is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Known for its stunning natural beauty, the district is a popular tourist destination. With a population of 2,687,384 per the 2023 Pakistani census, 2023 national census, Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Swat District is centred on the Valley of Swat, usually referred to simply as Swat, which is a natural geographic region surrounding the Swat River. The valley was a major centre of early Buddhism of the ancient civilisation of Gandhara, mainly Gandharan Buddhism, with pockets of Buddhism persisting in the valley until the 16th century Sultanate of Swat, conquest of Swat by the Yousafzais, after which the area became largely Muslim, along with the Pashtunization of Swat and its neighbouring regions. In the early 19th century, Swat emerged as an independent state under Saidu Baba. State of Swat became a Princely stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohistan Region, Pakistan
Kohistan is a mountainous region located in the northern Pakistan. It consists of Indus Kohistan, Swat Kohistan and Dir Kohistan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, with a total area of . History Kohistan is home to a number of Indigenous northwestern Indo-Aryan peoples, collectively known as Kohistanis, who inhabited a larger region than their present extent in the past. The Gibari-speaking sultans of Swat controlled most of the present-day Swat, Malakand, Dir and Buner regions until the sixteenth century. Sultanate of Swat was invaded by the Yousafzai Pashtuns under the leadership of Malik Ahmed Baba between 1510 and 1515, who forced most of the Kohistanis to take refuge in the Swat Kohistan. The Pashtun migration, followed by the Pashtunization of the region, continued in the following centuries. In the early 20th century, Swat emerged as an autonomous state under the Miangul dynasty. Miangul Abdul Wadud undertook several campaigns against the Kohistanis of Shang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohistan Hesa Awal District
Hesa Awal Kohistan District is a new district, created from the bigger Kohistan District in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. The district center is Kohistan. The population is 82,416 (2024), mostly Tajik. History The Kohistani Tajiks were the most powerful and best organized groups that fought against the British occupation of Kabul in 1879 to 1880. See also * Kohistan Kohistan (, , ), also transliterated Kuhistan, Kuhiston, Quhistan, may refer to: In Afghanistan *Kohistan District, Kapisa, Kapisa Province ** Kohistan Hesa Awal District, a district in Kapisa Province, created within the former Kohistan Distr ... References District map of the former Kohestan Districtnow split into Hesa Awal Kohistan District and Hesa Duwum Kohistan DistrictDistrict Profile External links Kohistani.Com - District Photo Gallery [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolai-Palas Kohistan District
Kolai-Palas Kohistan District () is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It was a sub-division of the Kohistan district within the Hazara division till it attained the status of a separate district in 2017. Overview and history Kolai-Pallas was carved as a district out of Lower Kohistan District by upgrading the old Pallas sub-division in 2017. On 31 May 2018, Battera Kolai was carved out of Pallas tehsil making two tehsils in total for Kolai-Pallas. Demographics Population As of the 2023 census, Kolai-Palas district has 33,983 households and a population of 280,162. The district has a sex ratio of 103.65 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 18.80%: 24.24% for males and 13.14% for females. 102,642 (43.36% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in rural areas. Religion 787 (0.33% of the surveyed population) people in the district are from religious minorities, mainly Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
