text:  Even at this time however Major Pottinger the political agent in Kohistan including we presume the Koohdaman thought the force at his disposal too small to maintain the tranquillity of the district; and the chiefs of the valley of Nijrow or Nijrab a valley of Kohistan Proper had not only refused to submit but had harboured the restless and disaffected who had made themselves obnoxious to the Shah's government