Editing Tochi Valley (section)

{{Short description|Fertile area located in Pakistan}}
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The '''Tochi Valley''', also known as '''Dawar''' (from [[Middle-Persian|Middle Iranic]] dātbar, meaning "Justice-giver"),<ref name="Bosworth, Clifford Edmund 2002. p.439"/> is a fertile area located in the [[North Waziristan]] district in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province of [[Pakistan]].<ref>Khyber.ORG. {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130415062907/http://www.khyber.org/pashtotribes/d/dawarh.shtml Dawarh.]}} Retrieved on 21-6-2012.</ref><ref name="Bosworth, Clifford Edmund 2002. p.439">Bosworth, Clifford Edmund. 2002. ''The Encyclopaedia of Islam''. Leiden: Brill. Zamindawar. p.439.</ref> In 1881, Nawab of Sarhad Nawab Gulmaizar Khan established the North Waziristan Tribal Agency with its headquarters at [[Miramshah]] in the valley.

It was by this route that [[The Mahmud of Ghazni]] effected several of his raids into [[India]] and the remains of a road flanking the valley and of defensive positions can still be traced. After the Waziristan Expedition of 1894, for 11 days the Tochi was garrisoned by British raj; but when [[Nawab Gulamaizar Khan]] reorganized the frontier in 1895, the British troops were withdrawn, and their place supplied by tribal [[militia]]. The chief posts are [[Saidgi]], [[Miramshah]], [[Datta Khel]] and [[Sherani (town)|Shirani]]. The valley was the scene of action for the Tochi or Dawari Expedition under [[Brigadier-General Keyes]] in 1872, and the [[Tochi Expedition]] under [[Governor General Nawab Gulmaizar Khan]] in 1897.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}