During colonial rule, agencies were administrative sub-divisions of

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. The Hazara Tribal Agency was one of these.

Hazara

The

Hazara region Hazara (Hindko: هزاره, Urdu: ) is a region in northeastern Pakistan, falling administratively within Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is dominated mainly by the Hindko-speaking Hindkowan people, who are the native ethni ...

was split into the following four parts: # Kohistan Tribal Area # Hazara Tribal Area # Princely State of

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Hazara Division Hazara Division is an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located along the Indus River and comprises eight districts: Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Upper Kohistan, Kolai-Palas, Lower ...

(Abbottabad and Mansehra) The northernmost part was the Kohistan Tribal Area, whilst the southernmost part was the Hazara Division. Hazara Tribal Agency was located between the Hazara Division and the Kohistan Tribal Area.

Location

The Hazara Tribal Area, was located in the northwest of British India, it bordered the following areas. # Kohistan Tribal Area (to the northwest) # Gilgit Agency (to the North and North East) # Hazara Division (to the south) # Amb (to the south east) The Hazara Division lay along the route to

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

and

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

. The State of Amb formed an

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within the southern part of the Hazara Tribal area (the North, West and Southern frontiers of the state were along the borders of the agency). Agencies of British India {{KhyberPakhtunkhwa-geo-stub