Hazara Tribal Agency

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Agencies were administrative sub-divisions of British India - and were directly ruled by the government.

Under British rule, the Hazara region was split into four parts.

1. Kohistan Tribal Area
2. Hazara Tribal Area
3. Princely State of Amb
4. Hazara Division (Abbottabad and Mansehra)

The most northern part was the Kohistan Tribal area whilst the southern part was Hazara Division, Hazara Tribal Agency lay between the two.

[edit] Location

The Hazara Tribal Area, was located in the northwest of British India, it bordered the following areas.

1. Kohistan Tribal Area (to the northwest)
2. Gilgit Agency (to the North and North East)
3. Hazara Division (to the south)
4. Amb (to the south east)

The Hazara Division lay along the routes to Kashmir and the Punjab. The State of Amb formed an enclave within the Southern part of the Hazara Tribal area (as the North, West and Southern frontier of the state were along the borders of the agency)