Yï1S UFZ4I
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with an area of 560 square miles. The population was 37,890 in 18gi,
and 40,694 in rgo1, distributed in 241 villages, Yindaw (population,
2,427), on the road northwards from Yamethin, being the head-quarters.
The township marks the northern limit of the Pegu Yoina, which here
consists of barren hills separated by fertile valleys. In 1903-4 the
area cultivated was 78 square miles, and the land revenue and thatha-
meda amounted to Rs. 59,000.
Yinmabi:n.-Subdivision of the Lower Chindwin District, Upper
Burma, lying for the most part west of the Chindwin river. It com-
prises the KANI, SALINGYI, and PALE townships. The head-quarters
are at Yinmabin (population, 643), in the Salingyi township, about
16 miles west of Monywa on the opposite bank of the Chindwin.
Yiisufzai.-The term Yüsufzai, properly speaking, includes the
whole territory held by the Yitsufzai tribe of Pathans in the North-West
Frontier Province, which extends beyond Peshawar District into the
Political Agency of Dir, Swat, and C;hitral, and includes the valleys
of Panjkora, DiR, BASHKAR, SWt1T, and BUNER. According to the
Pathans themselves, however, Yiisufzai applies only to Dir, Swat,
and Buner, including the Chamla valley. Ytlsufzai is also the name
adopted for a subdivision in Peshawar District comprising the two tahsils
of Mardan and Swabs. In the north of the subdivision are three main
valleys and minor glens almost surrounded by rugged hills. South
of these lies a large plain separating them from the low ridge called
the Sar-i-Maira, which slopes towards the centre and drains into the
Kalpani and the valley of the Indus to the east of that ridge. It
consists of the six tappas or minor divisions of Baezai, Kamalzai,
Amazai, Razzar, Utman, and Bolak. The Baezai tappa formed the
battle-ground between the descendants of Ytlsuf and Mandan. The
Utman Khel and Khattak tribe weire called in on both sides as
mercenaries, and ended by taking possession of the greater part of
the Baezai valley themselves. The celebrated Takht: i-Bhai ruins are
in this tappa. The chief village is Landkhwar. Communication with
Swat is kept: up through the Mora Shâ;kot and Malakand passes. The
villages of Mardàn and Hoti are in the Kamalzai tappa. The Amazai
tappa is surrounded on three sides by hills; it is often called the
Sadhum valley, and is watered by the Makam river. The chief village
is Rustam, at which there is a police station. The people of the
Razzar tappa are all descendants of Mandan. It contains several
large villages, and a police station at Kalu Khan. The chief village
of Utman is Swabi, which contains a tahsils and police station. The
Bolak tappa is entirely Khattak, and does not properly belong to
Yulsufzai at all, having been joined to the Swabi tahsil for administra
tive reasons. Besides the Makam river, the subdivision is watered by
another considerable stream, the Kalpani, which takes its rise in the
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