Peshawar Tahsil, 1908
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Peshawar Tahsil
Head-quarters tahsil of Peshawar District, North-West Frontier Province, lying between 33 43' and 34 13' N. and 71 22' and 71 45' E., with an area of 451 square miles. The population in 1901 was 248,060, compared with 226,113 in 1891. The tahsil consists of two distinct tracts. The first is a low-lying riverain basin, through which flow the branches of the Kabul river north of Peshawar city ; this tract comprises the old Daudzai tappa, which is low-lying and swampy, and that of Khalsa, which also contains a good deal of marshy ground, especially near Dilazak and Muhammadzai. The second tract consists of uplands which rise gradually to the Afridi hills; it comprises the Khalil and Mohmand tappas, so named from the Pathan tribes which hold them. The tahsil is intersected by the KABUL RIVER CANAL. It contains the city and cantonment of PESHAWAR (population, 95,147)1 its head-quarters, and 259 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to a little more than Rs. 5,00,000.
