Dir (princely state)

Dir دير
Princely state of British India and West Pakistan
c. 1800s–28 July 1969
Flag
Dir (highlighted red) shown within the former exclave of West Pakistan
Capital	Dir
Area
•	5,282 km2 (2,039 sq mi)
History
• Established	c. 1800s
• Disestablished	28 July 1969
Today part of	Pakistan  · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

This article is part of the series
Former administrative units of Pakistan
Original provinces Baluchistan East Bengal Federal Capital Territory Federally Administered Tribal Areas North-West Frontier Province Sind West Punjab
Princely states Amb Bahawalpur Chitral Dir Hunza Kalat Khairpur Kharan Las Bela Makran Nagar Phulra Swat
One-unit provinces East Pakistan West Pakistan
Other subdivisions Gilgit Agency Trans-Karakoram Tract
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Dir was a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with the British Raj, located within the North-West Frontier Province. Following the Partition of British India, Dir remained independent and unaligned until February 1948, when the Dominion of Pakistan accepted its accession.

The princely state ceased to exist as a distinct political entity in 1969, when it was fully incorporated into Pakistan. The territory it once covered is today located in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, forming two northern and southern districts called Upper Dir and Lower Dir, respectively.