Sherani District
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Sherani District Sheerani |
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| Harifal | |
 Map of Balochistan with Sherani District highlighted |
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Balochistan |
| Established | 3 January 2006 |
| Headquarters | Shirani |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,800 km2 (1,100 sq mi) |
| Population (Harifal, 26,111; Sherani, 57660.) | |
| • Total | 83,771. |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| Total voters | 31,837.(Harifal, 8728; Sherani, 23,109) |
| Number of Tehsils | 1 |
| Website | www.balochistan.gov.pk |
Shirani or Sherani is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The population was 83,771 as of the 1998 census. Sherani Subdistrict is entirely rural, but there are four villages of note: Ahmadi Dirga (Ahmedi Derga), Shinghar, Tsappar Kili and Manikhawa (Mani Kwa). The subdistrict lies within the Sulaiman mountain range, and its highest point is Takht-e-Sulaiman.
The district is bounded by South Waziristan on the north, Dera Ismail Khan District (DIK) on the east, Musakhel District on the southeast, Zhob District on the south and west, and Paktika Province of Afghanistan on the northwest. Dahna Pass links this district with DIK. The length of the gorge is 4 miles. Enclosing limestone cliffs rise perpendicularly some 15,000 feet. The gorge gradually narrows from 20 yards to a few feet. The British made a road through the pass, thus connecting Zhob with Dera Ismail Khan. It took a decade, from 1895 to 1905, to complete the road. The area of the district is 2800 km2.
In the north-east of the Balochistan plateau, Zhob and Sherani Basin forms an oval surrounded on all sides by mountains. Qais Abdul Rashid (575-661 A.D.), who is believed to be one of the progenitors of the Pushtoons, lived in the Suleiman Mountains. Natives call the place where he is buried "Da Kase Ghar" (the mountain of Qais). In Pushto "K" is used for "Q".
In 1883, with the consent of the chiefs of the Sherani tribe (the inhabitants of the range), a survey party under Major Holdich, R.E., ascended the mountain, accompanied by a military escort. They found the summit of the ridge to consist of a long valley between two high rims, covered with the chilgoza or edible pine (Pinus gerardiana). At the north end of the western rim is the highest peak, known as Kaisa Ghar, 11,300 feet above sea level; at the south end of the eastern rim is the Takht, properly so called, 3441 meters (11,060 feet) above sea level.
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