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Encyclopedia Britannica



TURI

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 418 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TUM-VAN
TURI , a Pathan tribe on the
Kohat
  border of the North-West Frontier Province of India. The Turis inhabit the
Kurram
  valley, which adjoins the western end of the Miranzai valley and number nearly 12,000. Though now speaking
Pushtu
  and ranking as Pathans, they are by origin a Turki tribe, of the Shiah sect, who subjected the Bangash Afghans some time early in the
II
eighteenth
century
 . They are strong,
hardy
 , and courageous, and make first-rate horsemen. Their early dealings with the British government were inclined to turbulence, and they were concerned in the Miranzai expeditions of 1851 and 1855 (see MIRANZAI). But the only expedition specially sent against them was the
Kurram
  expedition of 1856 (see KURRAM). Since then they have settled down and engaged in
trade
 . During the Second Afghan War they supplied Sir Frederick Roberts with guides and provisions. In 1892 they voluntarily accepted British administration, and they now furnish a large
part
  of the tribal militia in the Kurram Valley.


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