Swati
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Swati is a famous pashtun tribe that lives in District Battagram and Mansehra of N.W-F.P of Pakistan.
The Swati moved from swat to fight the sikhs in the sikh reign in that part of the present Pakistan. Battagram was a tribal area until 1958, when the people of the area themselves wished to be a part of Pakistan. In the times of Mohammad Ghori they came to conquered Swat from the areas of Afghanistan namely Gabar Mountain, Shalman, karman, Markhanai, Khazani, Sher Khan Khel as the front line soldiers and Chiefs of the Army and showed great bravery. Swati is consist of different Afghan tribes but as they lived together for the period of time so became famous as one Pashtun tribe.
Swatis have ruled Swat, Malakand and Dir etc for more than three hundred years and Kashmir from 1339 to 1561 AD. They have also captured Pakhlai ( Hazara Division ) against Turks in 1703 AD under the supereme leader ship of Syed Jalal Baba.
Sa'adat Khan Swati was the first ruler of Pakhlai from 1762 to 1780 AD during the reign of Durranis. One of his ruler son Najeebullah Khan Swati was martyred in the famous War of Mangal against Sikhs.
Majority of them belong to Ali Khel, Suleman Khel and Aka khel of Khiljis and Bhattni tribes. Some of the famous khels and subsections of the Swatis are Jahangiri, Malkal, Deeshan, Pir khel, Younus khel, Shan khel, Khazani khel, Khawaja khel, Sher khan khel, Arghushal, Masha Khel, Gabarzai or Gabri, Markhani khel or Burkhani and Ghoris. Their spoken language is Pashto. Four another great Pashtun tribes of Hazara division are Jadoons Tareens Tanoli and Mashwanis.