Kurram River

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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.

Kurram River

River in the North-West Frontier Province, which rises at the base of the Rokian defile in Afghanistan and, after traversing the Khost district of that State, enters the country of the Turis or the Kurram Valley proper near Kharlachi, 40 miles from its source. It then flows south-east for about 55 miles, through the whole length of the Political Agency of Kurram, till it reaches Thai in Kohat District. Here it turns southward through the country of the Kabul Khel Wazirs, and after receiving the Kaitu river, which drains the Afghan district of Khost, it enters Bannu. Traversing that District with a south-easterly course it cuts its way through a narrow gorge, known as Darra Tang, in the hills that encircle Bannu District, into the Isa Khel plain, and falls into the Indus opposite Mianwali. In its course through the Kurram Valley it is mainly fed by streams from the Safed Koh, the chief of which are the Kirman and Kurmana.