The Utmankhel (Pashto: اتمانخېل; Urdu: اتمان خیل) is a Pashtun tribe present in Pakistan, with substantial numbers in Afghanistan.[1] They lie between the Mohmands and the Ranizais of Swat, to the west and south-west of the junction of the Swat and Panjkora rivers. The Utmankhel mostly living in Malakand, Bajaur, Mohmand, Lower Dir, Mardan and Orakzai. The Utmankhel are Pashtuns, part of the Karlani tribal confederacy, who fought against British and Mughals emperors in Pakhtunkhwa. The British regarded the Utmankhel tribesmen as “warlike” peoples and one of the Martial Race. The Utmankhel are a tall, stout and fair race, but their dress and general customs have been assimilated by the neighboring peoples of Bajaur. Utmankhel speak the same dialect of Pashtu called Yousafzai Pashto.
اتمان خیل | |
|---|---|
| Languages | |
| Pashto | |
| Religion | |
 Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Karlani Pashtun and other tribes. |
Notable people edit
- Bahadar Khan—(Lower Dir)
- Gul Dad Khan—(Bajaur)
- Muzafar Said—(Lower Dir)
- Nisar Muhammad—(Malakand)
- Fida Mohammad Khan (politician)—(Malakand)
- Saeed Gul—(Lower Dir)
- Ajmal Khan (politician)—(Bajaur)
- Inayatullah Khan (Pakistani politician)
- Muhammad Khan Toor Utmankhel
- Rahmat Shah Sail
- Muhammad Umar Khan "Swal Qilla Malak"—(Bajaur)[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "www.utmankhel.com". Utmankhel in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Introduction, history, culture and society.
- ^ Talwar, Bhagat Ram (1976). The Talwars of Pathan Land and Subhas Chandra's Great Escape. People's Publishing House. ISBN 9780883868485.
Sources edit
- A-H. McMahon and A.D.G. Ramsay Report on the Tribes of Dir, Swat and Bajour together with the Utmankhel and Sam Ranizai, reprint 1981, p. 27. Henceforth McMahon and Ramsay
External links edit
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 822–823.
- http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm Expeditions Against the Tribes of the Northwest Frontier Province from 1847 to 1908
- Documents compiled by the Intelligence Department of the Government of British India, 1937 Who's Who Directory of Dir Swat and Chitral Agency
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11018225 CALCUTTA, Newspaper Feb. 27. 1935
- Zamung Mujahidin By Abdul Haleem Asar Afghani
- Gumnam Pakhtun Heroes by Farhad Ali Khawar