1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Shinwari

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SHINWARI, a Durani Afghan tribe occupying the northern slopes of the Safed Kob below Jalalabad. One clan, the Ali Sher Khel, fall within the British sphere in the North-West Frontier Province of India. They live on the Loargai border of Peshawar district, and number some 3000 FIghting men. The remaining three clans are Afghan subjects.