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	The '''Samana Range''' is a mountain ridge in the [[Hangu District, ~~Khyber Pakhtunkhwa~~\|Hangu District]] of the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] of [[Pakistan]], commanding the southern boundary of [[Tirah]]. The ridge lies between the Khanki Valley on the north and the [[Miranzai Valley]] on the south, and extends for some 30 m. west from [[Hangu, Pakistan\|Hangu]] to the Samana Suk. It is some 6000 to 7000 ft. high.		{{Short description\|Mountain ridge in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan}}
			The '''Samana Range''' is a mountain ridge in the [[Hangu District, Pakistan\|Hangu District]] of the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] of [[Pakistan]], commanding the southern boundary of [[Tirah]]. The ridge lies between the [[Khanki Valley]] on the north and the [[Miranzai Valley]] on the south, and extends for some 30 m. west from [[Hangu, Pakistan\|Hangu]] to the [[Samana Suk]]. It is some 6000 to 7000 ft. high.

	==History==		==History==
	Beyond the Samana Suk lies the pass, known as the Chagru Kotal, across which the [[Tirah Campaign]] marched in 1897. On the opposite hill on the other side of this road is the famous position of [[Dargai]]. 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 [[Orakzai]]s, this is when the [[Battle of Saragarhi]] took place and this and the [[Afridi (Pashtun)\|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 When [[Lord Curzon]] reorganized the frontier in 1900, British garrisons were withdrawn from the Samana forts, which were then held by a corps of tribal police 450 strong, called the Samana Rifles.		Beyond the Samana Suk lies the pass, known as the [[Chagru Kotal]], across which the [[Tirah Campaign]] marched in 1897. On the opposite hill on the other side of this road is the famous position of [[Dargai]]. 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 [[Orakzai]]s, this is when the [[Battle of Saragarhi]] took place and this and the [[Afridi (Pashtun)\|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 were then held by a corps of tribal police 450 strong, called the Samana Rifles.

	==References==		==References==

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The '''Samana Range''' is a mountain ridge in the [[Hangu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Hangu District]] of the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] of [[Pakistan]], commanding the southern boundary of [[Tirah]]. The ridge lies between the Khanki Valley on the north and the [[Miranzai Valley]] on the south, and extends for some 30 m. west from [[Hangu, Pakistan|Hangu]] to the Samana Suk. It is some 6000 to 7000 ft. high.

==History==
Beyond the Samana Suk lies the pass, known as the Chagru Kotal, across which the [[Tirah Campaign]] marched in 1897. On the opposite hill on the other side of this road is the famous position of [[Dargai]]. 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 [[Orakzai]]s, this is when the [[Battle of Saragarhi]] took place and this and the [[Afridi (Pashtun)|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 were then held by a corps of tribal police 450 strong, called the Samana Rifles.

==References==
* {{EB1911|wstitle=Samana Range}}

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[[Category:Mountain ranges of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]

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