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Khyber Pass - definition of Khyber Pass in Encyclopedia (516 words) |
 | To the south is Afridi Tirah, while the inhabitants of villages in the Pass itself are Afridi clansmen. |
| Throughout the centuries the Pashtun clans, particularly the Afridis and the Afghan Shinwaris, have regarded the Pass as their own preserve and have levied a toll on travellers for safe conduct. |
| Since this form of extortion has always been their main source of income, they are naturally disturbed when anyone comes along to interfere with it. |
| Durrani Empire (1701 words) |
| To the east, the Waziris and their close relatives, the Mahsuds, had lived in the hills of the central Suleiman Range since the fourteenth century. |
| By the end of the sixteenth century and the final Turkish-Mongol invasions, tribes such as the Shinwaris, Yusufzais, and Mohmands had moved from the upper Kabul River valley into the valleys and plains west, north, and northeast of Peshawar. |
| The Afridis had long been established in the hills and mountain ranges south of the Khyber Pass. |
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