The Dehra Ghazi Khan district of the Panjab is situated between lat. 69° 20' and 71° N., and long. 20' to 31° 10' E. Its area is 6530 square miles, or, according to Captain Barron, 5256. It has four divisions, viz. those of Saugor, Debra Ghazi, Jampur, and Mithankot. It has Sind lands, or those along the banks of the river, and Pachad lands, or those within the in fluence of .the hill streams. The mountain peaks rise to 7640 feet. It has many mountain streams, and 13 canals. Its population in 1868 was 308,840 souls.
Europeans, . . . . 54 Siyil, 72 Eurasians, . . . . 10 Others, 21 Native Christians, . 2 . . . . 162,519 Muhammadans, viz.: Gujar, 36 Syud, 5,324 Khojah , 635 Moghul, . . . . 171 Brahmans, . . 1,483 Saddozai, . . . . 08 Khatri, . . 2,033 Alizai, 73 Rajput (Hill), . . 121 Popakai, . . . 110 Banta 92 Other Pathans, . 2,750 Arora, . . . . 33,024 Laghari, . . . . 11,311 Bhatia, . . . . 410 Bozdar, . . . . 1,241 Kayasth, 6 Manzi, . . . . 5,422 Sudh, 551 Lund, 7,523 Labana, . . . 1,464 Kosah, . . . 13,348 Jat, 600 Dreshuk, . . . . 3,757 Ahir, 15 Kasrani, . . . . 2,938 Other Hindus, . . 727 Other Baluch, . . 47,050 Bhoti, 80 Muhammadtmllajputs,viz.: Miscellaneous Tribes, 4,576 Bhati, 142 The Bakhtiari tribe who inhabit a portion of the Dehrajat round Draband, are said to be a branch of the Bakhtiari of Persia. They have about 1300 houses.
Dehra. Din Panah is in the Saugor division of the Ghazni district, 44 miles north of Ghazni. It is two miles from the right bank of the Indus. Abdul Wahab, canonized as Shah Din Panah, is buried there, and his shrine is visited. He was a native of Uch in Bahawulpur. He died in the 16th century.
The Pastrani, according to Major G. Jacob, a well-educated, peaceable tribe, who inhabit the hills at the extreme north of the Debra Ghazi Khan district.
The Nutkani is a Baluch tribe in the Dehra Ghazi Khan district, inhabiting the country S. and E. of Mangrota. They have been estimated to have from 800 to 3000 adult fighting men. Their country is fertile. They claim to have come from Aleppo.
The Mazari, a Baluch tribe, is in the extreme S. of the Dehra Ghazi Khan district. Their four sections are the Baluchani, Rustamani, Masidani, and Sargani; sonic of them are hi Sind, and they number 5122 souls. They have even been notori ously predatory, and up to 1870 gave trouble to the British.
Lund of Tibi is a Baluch tribe- in the Jampur division of the Dehra Ghazi Khan district. They have Gorchani plain on the N.E. and S., and Durkani on the W. Their three sections are the Lund, Rind, and Kosa. They are a compact tribe, with about 952 fighting men.
Lund of Sori is a Baluch tribe who inhabit the extreme northern portion of the Dehra Ghazi Khan district. Their six divisions are Hyderani, Bak rani, Zarani, Gar Surani, Kilani, and Gurchani. Their number in 1868 was 7523, and their fighting men about 2000. They received from the British Rs. 300 monthly to protect the passes.
Laghari, a tribe on the frontier of the Dehra Ghazi Khan district, from the Dalana on the N. to the Kura pass on the S. Their four sections are Aliani, Iladiani, Boglani, and Haibatani, in all 11,311 in 1868, with about 3770 adult males. They claim relationship with the Talpurs of Sind.
Kosah, a Baluch tribe scattered through the Dehm Ghazi Khan border, with seven divisions, viz. Balelani, Jangel, Jandani, Jarwar, Isani, Tomiwala, and Merwani. The population is about 13,348, with about 1500 fighting men. The tribe is brave, but the chief's house much divided against itself.
Khetran is a Baluch or a Pathan tribe, and are about 13,746 in number, who inhabit the hills to the west of Dehra Ghazi Khan, and have a branch within the district. They have the Musa Khel and Luni Pathan on the north, the Bozdai on the north-east, the Laghari and Gurchani on the east, with the Murree on the south-west and west. Their country drains into the Kaha river, and is of large extent. They have four sections,—the Ganjura, Dariwal, Hasani, and Nahr,—with many subdivisions. They have about 4582 fighting men. They live inside forts, and are not warlike, but are expert riders and swordsmen. Their country is a succession of picturesque fertile valleys with barren mountains.
The Kasrani Balnch tribe are in the extreme north of the Debra Ghazi Khan district, also in the southern portion of the Dehra Ismail district, and the hills to the immediate west of these tracts. Its divisions are the Laslikarani, Khubdin, Bhada, Wasusani, Laghari, Jarwar, and Rustamani, with numerous subdivisions, with about 1549 fighting men. A force under Brigadier Hodgson was sent against them in 1853.