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Yaghistan (Urdu: یاغستان; "The land of the rebellious and hostility") was a key frontier region between Afghanistan and British Raj.
This was an area where rebels lived, on either side of the Durand Line, roughly corresponding to the later tribal areas and Malakand Agency and Hazara agencies of Pakistan.
The term, in use since at least 1868, was also used in Afghanistan where Amir Abdur Rehman characterized eastern Pashtun population as "Unruly" and "Rebels".
Initially, any frontier region outside the direct control of the British colonial government was known as Yaghistan, which at its widest extent, included Balochistan and Sarhad. Between 1844 and 1900, the term came to be used for the independent tribes of Hindu Kush, who were considered "impossible to be administered", as they were always outside the sphere of influence of either British Raj or the Emirate of Afghanistan.
Yāghistān was the center of Syed Ahmad Barelvi's movement against the Sikh Empire as well as Mahmud Hasan Deobandi's Silk Letter Movement.Farhat Tabassum (2025). 9788178271477, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind in association with Manak Publications. . ISBN 9788178271477 The area was never conquered by the British Raj and its people and the unadministered tribes always remained hostile towards the British.
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