Upper Dir District (Pashto: پورتنۍ دیر ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع دیر بالا) is a district located in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

[citation needed] In 1898, Yousafzai Pashtun Muhammad Sharif Khan was declared the Nawab of Dir.

He was succeeded by his son Nawab Aurang Zeb Khan in 1904, who ruled until his death in 1925.

Subsequently, his son Shah Jehan Khan succeeded him and ruled the state for almost 35 years.

[6] The people groups of the district are various Pashtun tribes of Afghan origin among other clans that settled in the region.

[9] In the provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there are three seats for the Upper Dir district.