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Dera Ismail Khan

Dera Ismail Khan

ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان

The Indus-side district town whose gazetteer and settlement records are a primary entry point into the history of the whole region.

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Dera Ismail Khan

Gazetteer & History

For much of the colonial period the affairs of the Mahsud and Wazir tracts were transacted through offices at Dera Ismail Khan. Its district gazetteer, settlement reports and court records are consequently among the richest documentary sources for the surrounding hill country, and this archive treats the town as a research gateway as much as a place in its own right.

Sources

  1. 1.Gazetteer of the Dera Ismail Khan District, 1883–84Punjab Government Press
  2. 2.Census of India 1931, Volume XV: NWFPIndia Office Records