Sheikh Budin

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Sheikh Budin

Hill station on the borders of Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan Districts, North- West Frontier Province, situated in 32 degree 18' N. and 70 degree 49' E., at the extremity of the Nila Koh, 40 miles north of Dera Ismail Khan and 64 south of Bannu; 4,516 feet above sea-level. It was first occupied as a sanitarium in 1860. Sheikh Budm is now the summer head-quarters of the Derajat Brigade, and the civil officers of Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan Districts also spend part of the hot season here. The sanitarium crowns a bare limestone rock, which rises abruptly from the Marwat range, forming its highest point. A few stunted wild olives and acacias compose the only vege- tation on the shadeless slopes. The heat is frequently excessive, the thermometer inside a bungalow ranging from 83 to 94, though miti- gated from June to October by a south-west breeze. Water is scarce, and in dry years has to be fetched from the bottom of the hill.