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Encyclopedia Britannica



SHERANI, or SHIRANI

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 841 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SHERANI, or SHIRANI , a Pathan tribe on the Dera Ismail Khan border of the North-west Frontier Province of India. The
Sherani
  Agency occupies an area of 1500 sq. in. and had a population in 1901 of 12,371. The Sheranis occupy the principal portion of the mountain known as the Takht-i-Suliman and the country thence eastward down to the border of Dera Ismail Khan
district
 . They are bounded on the north by the Gomal Pass, and beyond that by the Mahsud Waziris; on the
south
  by the Ustaranas and Zmarais; and on the west by the Haripals, Kakars and Mandu Khels. Between the
Sherani
  country and the British border lie several small mountain ridges, across which the three
chief
  passes are the Zarakni or Sheikh Haidar.
the Draband and the Chandwan. The Sheranis are generally of middling stature, thin, but
hardy
  and active. They have bold features, high cheek-bones, and their general
appearance
  is wild and manly. Their dress consists of a coarse black blanket tied round the waist, and another thrown over the shoulders. Their
chief
  occupation is agriculture, but they carry on an extensive trade in the autumn months in Dera Ismail Khan
district
 . The Sherani tribe and country are divided into two well-defined branches called Bargha and Largha, or the High-lands and the Lowlands, the inhabitants being called respectively Barghawals and Larghawals. The Highlands are on the side of Zhob, the Lowlands on the side of the Derajat, the dividing line being generally the watershed and higher peaks of the Takht-i-Suliman range of mountains. The physical configuration of the country makes the separation so complete that the two tribal divisions act independently of each other. After the Zhob expedition of 1890 the question of boundaries between the Punjab and
Baluchistan
  came up for
settlement
 , and the government decided that Bargha should remain with
Baluchistan
  and Largha with the Punjab. The Gomal river from Kundar-Domandi to Kajuri-Kach is the boundary between Baluchistan and Waziristan, as well as between the respective provinces. In 1931 these frontier districts were transferred from the Punjab to the North-west Frontier Province.


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