What is Kohat?
'''Kohat''' is a city in [[Pakistan]]. It is in the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province and is the capital of [[Kohat District]]. The [[majority]] of the people in this city speak the Kohati variety of [[Hindko]] dialect of [[Punjabi language|Panjabi]]. History of the Baizai Bangashes of Kohat == Settlement of the Baizai Bangashes at Kohat == The Baizai Bangashes are supposed to have settled in the neighbourhood of Kohat in the 15th century. Bai Khan their reputed ancestor is said to have had a son Daulat Khán and the tappa is often named Daulat Khel after him, Daulat Khel and Baizai being almost synonymous terms.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HX-kit-U6y0C&q=kohat+1505&pg=RA1-PA22|title=Report on the Settlement of the Kohat District in the Panjáb|last=Tucker|first=H. St George|date=1884|publisher=Calcutta Central Press|language=en}}</ref>[https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=HX-kit-U6y0C&q=kohat+1505&pg=RA1-PA22&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=kohat%201505&f=false] == Distribution of the Kohat lands between the Daulat Khel and their allies == In effecting the first partition of the Kohat valley, the Daulat Khel reserved for themselves the tract watered from the central springs at Kohat as far as Kharmatú. The allies from Miranzai were given the lands watered from the upper springs under the hills (known as Bhawanna, &c .) The villages fringing the hills, Jangal, Pir Khel, Mansur Khel, Shekhan, Mir Ahmad Khel and Togh are still held by these Miranzai sections, while the villages below Kohat (Behzadi, Garhi Mawaz, &c . ) are held by the real Daulat Khel. == Main divisions of the Daulat Khel == The main divisions of the Daulat Khel were Malik Miri, Behzadi, Karimdadi and Allahdadi . A quarrel arose some time after between the two first and the two last about the Jhang katta (water-course) which runs just south of Kohat. The Karimdadis and Allahdadis were beaten and most of them removed to Chach Hazara, where many of their descendants are still to be found. The Malik Miris and Bazadis had plenty of l