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Encyclopedia Britannica



SAMANA RANGE

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 107 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAC-SAR
SAMANA RANGE , a
mountain
 
ridge
  in Kohat
district
  of the N.W. Frontier Province of India, commanding the S. boundary of
Tirah
 . The
ridge
  lies between the Khanki Valley on the N. and the Miranzai Valley on the S., and extends for some 30 M. W. from Hangu to the Samana Suk. It is some 6000 to 7000 ft. high. Beyond the Samana Suk lies the pass, known as the Chagru Kotal, across which the
Tirah
  Expedition marched in 1897. On the opposite hill on the other side of this road is the famous position of
Dargai
  (see TItAH CAMPAIGN). After the Miranzai Expedition of 1891 this range was occupied by British troops and eleven posts were established along its
crest
 , the two
chief
  posts being Fort Lockhart and Fort Gulistan. In 1897 all the forts on the Samana were attacked by the Orakzais, and this and the
Afridi
  attack on the Khyber Pass were the two
chief
  causes of the Tirah Expedition. When Lord Curzon reorganized the frontier in 1900, British garrisons were withdrawn from the Samana forts, which are now held by a corps of tribal
police
  450 strong, called the Samana Rifles.


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