The. Miranzai diiision of the Kohat district is forty miles long and three miles broad, consisting of numerous small well-cultivated valleys, with 26 villages. The people are wealthy in cattle, goats, and sheep. They were settled in 1855 by Brigadier-General Chamberlain, and again in 1856 and 1859. The Miranzai district comprises the valleys of the rivers Hangu and Shkali. The tribe have 26 villages, and a population of about 24,000.
The Land tribe occupy Land Kamar in the Kohat district. . They have three khel or families, —Gari, Khwazi, and Tarki. Their country is famed for its Ber fruit (Zizyphus jujuba).
The. Banuri are a family of .Syuds who have resided in the town of Kohat since the time of Aurangzeb, and the people of Swat have since paid ooshur ' to' them. They have been devoted servants of the British, and Mir Mubarak Shah fell at the siege of DAIL The ll'azirt, who occupy the hill country to the westof the Trans-Indua frontier from Thal in Miran aid to the Gomid pass, claim descent from Vazir, son of Suliman. They are nearly all independent. Their total fighting strength is 43,980, viz. Utinanzai, 17,100 ; Ahmadzai, 9580 ; Mabsud, 1.1,500 ; Gurbaz, 1500; and Leila, 1500. The Ahmadzai seem to have emigrated to the Banu district about the close of the 18th century, and gradually dispossessed the Banuchi owners, coming into undisputed possession of some of the best tracts on the left bank of the Kuram. They have never allied themselves to the Banuchi. Nearly all the Ahmadzai have now settled down in the plains as good cultivators, and pay their revenue regularly. In British territory (20,743) the Ahmadzai hold 15,572 acres, paying Rs. 5861 the Vazir, 21,420 acres, paying Rs. 7670 ; and the Utmanzai, 5848 acres, with a rental of Rs. 1806.
Khatak, a tribe of Pathan, 118,050 souls, who inhabit the S.E. portion of the Peshawur district, and S. and E. of the Kohat district, in a desolate region, stony and barren. Karlaurai, of the Sarban branch of the Afghans, had four grandsons, —Lukman, Utman, Zadran, and Usman, from whom tribes are sprung. Lukman's descendants are named Khatak, from a Pnshtu expression, Pah Khatar, meaning he has come to grief,' in allusion to his having had Sabaka, a very ugly woman, saddled on him as a wife. Their de scendants formed the Bolak, Taraki, and Tani clans of the Khatak tribe. Their country may be said to extend 120 miles along the right bank of the Indus', from liund to Kalabagh, with a breadth varying from 7 to 65 miles. The Darshi, Kundi, Seni, Uria Khel, and Jaluzai tribes have at various times attached themselves to the Khatak. The Akora Khatak inhabit the extreme S.E. portion of the Peshawur district, and there is a Khatak colony in Lunkhor. Of 72,723 returned in the census of 1868, 56,260 were in the Kohat district, 11,400 in the Banu district, and 4735 in Peshawur. Mr. Elphinstone
estimated the Akora divisions at 10,000 families, and the Tiri at 14,000 ; Lumsdeu estimated the Akora branch at 38,000 souls ; Dr. Bellew gave 14,000 souls as the number of the Khatak in Yusufzai, and thinks they could turn out 3000 matchlockmen. Mr. Elphinstone described the Khatak as tall, good-looking, and fairer than any of the tribes of Peshawur. Colonel Lunisden, writing shortly after annexation, described the hill tribes as a wild, turbulent, impoverished set ; but Coke noticed the 13araki and Bangi Khcl Khatak as a find hardy race, notoriously plucky, and better suited for infantry soldiers than any Pathans he knew of. During the 13th century the Khatak are supposed to have left Shal, in the Suliman range, where they resided with their kinsmen the Waziri, and settled in Balm with the Shitak, the ancestors of the present Banuchi, and they were allotted the Sack Awal canal from the Kuram river near Adhaini, which is now in possession of the Bizan Khel section of the Ahmadzai Waziri located on the Banu Thal. Towards the end of the 15th century they quarrelled with the Shitak, and left Bann and settled in the hills and plains as far as the Nilab Ghnsha on the right bank of the Indus. Malik Akhor in the time of Akbar took up his residence in the Caozdara, a pass near Shaikh Aladad leading to the Jawaki country, and the country northwards towards Atak, and the district thus occupied is known as Akhora Khatak. Mali• Akhor aided Akbar, and had grants of land con ferred on him, which enabled him to become chief of the Khatak, whom he governed for 41 years, until murdered by the Balak clan. Eis eldest son, Yakia Khan, ruled 61 years, and was murdered. Yakia Khan's son, Shabbaz Khan, reigned 81 years, and was killed by an arrow wound in the head at Kamalzai in Yusufzai. The son of Shahbaz was the celebrated Khushal Khan, who served the 'emperor Shah Jahan, but was long imprisoned by Aurangzeb. When released, he abdicated iu favour of his sou, Ashraf Khan, after ruling 50 years. Subsequently the family continued engagements with Ahmad Shah Abdali, with the Kabul rulers, and with the Sikhs. On the British annexation of the Panjab, Khojah Muhammad Khan was confirmed in the chieftainship of Tiri, the chiefs of the Akhora Khatak obtained grants of land as jaghir and cash allowances. The Khatak as a rule have been very good subjects to the British, and in particular Khojah Muhammad, K.C.S.1., Nawab of Tiri, was uniformly loyal and well intentioned, and an unsullied example of fidelity, gallantry, and merit. The Khatak in Yusufzai are the Shabat Khel, the Mamuti, and the Mishak of Kasima and Lunkhor ; the Hato of Tazagram and Lunkhor ; the Yakub Khel in Lighani and 3liasar ; the Iluseni in Charchar and Lunkhor ; and the Maker in Alu and Lunkhor.