North-West Frontier States Agency

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The North-West Frontier States Agency was one of the colonial Agencies of British India exercising indirect rule.

It comprised the tribal areas associated with the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, in Pakistan).

Sub-agencies were agencies of Fata, Malakand Agency and Hazara Tribal Agency (Now Battagram District).

The agencies in FATA, were led under their respective tribal Chiefs.

Hazara Tribal Agency was led under 5 Swati Khans, i.e Khan of Allai, Khan of Thakot, Khan of Hill, Khan of Battagram and Khan of Trand.

Princely States

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Then the only salute state was :

  • Chitral, title Mehtar, enjoying a Hereditary salute of 11-guns

One then non-salute state would later outrank Chitral by Pakistani presidential grant of a Hereditary salute of 15-guns in 1966 :

The rest remained non-salute states :