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WHO~S WHO
DI~EcrllRI llF ~ ~.."
SWAl AlDCmTI!tA€atl..
hrt· ~, Bir, SWAt _ ~AJAUl.
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11. Amnn. ~~\~. U:=.U... known M1 too
F&qir or IM.>& ~b.ih cl Spa1l.!Waroo :G llnck "r the
l?~.."'t MuU", of M:imki. ~l.int"'itlll\ a hig langerlWans m·'
hw wl~ ~d hM )l. oons:uMffible following ~. t.lw
Utman Khels and in BWI~ fumi~i ~d ~~~i~.i; EiS
0'""'" J.>rop;>rly in B. T .l<nd has diss~ wit-l:! dus T&ugi
Khans while not opeuly espo~g: the C#fiSe m' {Mvm:n·
ment. iJJ e&refu\ to 3\"oid oifending it, l%h&ved wd! ill
1930 and refused to allow his vil~ to 00 ~ t1y thiS
h06tile wllkar. In r",hruery' 193& his houi!$ w~ mded
by a gang of d&wits who carried off much ~ri.y ~d
wounded a daughter of the Faqir (~ $Iw No. 118 t,,1w'1'
Who in the Peshawar Di..%!'iet).
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17. A:llDlm. ~. Usm.ll~ ks){)wn M &1!'iUla. Balm.. Lh<!ll.
~: Somna ~m R<>nizaL" (Irigiws.lly hel".nli\~. to Mku Guj,U"
m Daud",,\ T"p~ of t.h0' P~haw"r 1ah.~11. Wa~ JIllan,_
Masjid of th~ l&t:C IIIanki' ]\{.,,!hb ana ms hi~ death !S$t--
Hed m Sarn R<>nizai. h liluch 1\%p.ecte;J and ha.<s \lOt!.
sld",nble infinwet!. Wel1"d~~~'<l to 1Jm-=!lM'ut Imt:
. . takes 110 part. ill politiaij..' <,
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':M. .ullR l%.AmK.liW.
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Origiually of Topi, SmWi ~l.
Lives at. Kot!s.lti ~armun!f'. A promi!l$!\$ _lm: of'
the '. anti·Govecmm<m.$ ~y In &jlllU", 1$ iI~Wd cl
. being in :&Mt.wils: p$y.. 'UlImllly ~ M J;mnlmi
'MUR, as he has be<m.. III G$~y Itt ~ ail I)?
other.
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~. DDO lU~U DA'iIT. Of ~~~oo bis
f"ther'AbduU"h Kha.n a.s Khan of Robat in 1~'I2. An oM
man without much personality or influence.
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'~. AlIDUL ~ DA'hT. Of Thana. E1d~ 20'11 of
K. B. Baln-am Khan. Is a Suhedar in the 4/14th PuIIjah
Regiment. Can 't$.lk English fluently.
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RA. L.I... B.-HSSlS ~!l ~t.ery- to tlw WiS.!i
of Swat. since 19%. C.epahl" .liInd IX'lit". R~ III broth..r
who is a prof~OOf in Ka}>nt
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1§4. ~.J~ PA •. ~rnin M&,191R 1'h<I
third and youn~ OO!~ of the mi.~ Nawah ~'lh~ ~
by.. sister .ef His' Highu~$ t~i Mentar ofCbitrnt T!w
l M~ Nllwa.b lJ%ve Landai aJjd .otlier vmll\~ t~ too, widQw
~",. ill¥ mainteuance; of lteraeli ~nd
pn~llt.Nawll\h 1I$l! ratified thlagi!t,,H,,
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",t l~ia Colle~ up to ;th" 6tn cla® hut, hM now Mt.
and lives at. h m n e . · •
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WlSS$ iSl~ %<:> ~t** m thiS 1~~'WlSit' ffi.",~"h'i,
~l&. G:a:A. W ~l£ l[B:A~. A -:w~U tn ~'k1 ~~1-&hk (;t:f &R1:M~.k:~U ~:.)
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"I'll. GE:OMl K:1M,~. "o\n i-nfi W:~tl:t~~.l rr~,~h~ c~f }h~ Hl &~'",*l
&&tol:~. rh,. hl' ;:s.J.l~H.:~!3. ~ dk1:~"Si:~~¥.\-'.:' ,,:f' R~ st\"J ft").~'::~ t~N'
St,~s.~:. 'I't'b.; "i~·Khd
8l!. GUL~.
... Subedar. Maternal uncle of the Nawab ..f
Dir and at presl'"t Tamildar at Adinui.
~, ~ KUlil'. A Kursi N!IIIhin and IArI imporl<!.llt
Malik of Dehri Allahdband.
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an allowance of Rs. 200 peA' annum from the State. Tribe
Khoou lliwl.
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1@$. $~. A malik of Wa:ialr. UII~wortl\y. .I, Il.
Kuni Na,hiu.
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110. U':I.'@~ ~~. A Kursi Naahin and iDftuentilli malik ,
of Batkhei.
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m. ~~A'D ~ mA1f". Of Bar Khan& in Swat
State. Tribe Patan Kbe!. Has IIll =ual allowlIllOO of
Ra. 500 from the State. "",
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"Bajaur, although his power only exten&· over a few
~, :iIm =hitkm is to C$ptnre NIS>~ hll$ dw
tribal party has hitherto proved too s~ fot' him. He
has always maintained friendly relations with aovemm.mt
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the Ha.ji of Turangzai and other religions l~ in
.consequence. Has been friendly fl'OM. tillW tot) time with
the Nawab of Dir, the WlIli of Sw&t, Alruniteb 1Gl$U"
etc., as it suitad his convenience. He is not-onooSl f(l<l.'
·double-dealing but is· the only member of tnl! Thranina
Khel family who posses._ ony ability and is C$paWa o~
ruling Bajaur. Since 1931 he has been in ,,11iAn<:>l with
the Nawab of Dir, and in' Septemhe~ of thllt ~ with
the Naweb' s assistance he made iUt et~cl!; on thl! Kh>m
of Puhat and captured two of his fortis. During the
trouhles of 11132 he rendered no active !\R~\sumce to Gov-
ernment Or the Naweb but thie was probably due to the
precariousness of his isolated position. He. attack<ld a
Nawagai fort on the night 14/15th ~ 1935, was
repulsed with heavy loss of life, and hI! himself "")0$
seriously wounded. His gr~$f, ambition in life is &till to
capture Naw&g&i and become the Nawab of Bajanr but.
he is at present (1937) a sick man and can only be cured
by undergoing an operation which he is, loth to do. .
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1'ribe Khankorai. In1lullllt.ial IIBd bae IIn mmua! allow-
&lICtl of Rs. 700 from the St*.
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lIII. lImMl§D'. A malik and party Jood<l.t" of Matkanuf •
village.
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m. l§§'~. A. mian of A.gm who has influence-
locally. U~~cl.
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m. ~ ~. Of Dar3*i. Is a shre!d amf
intelligl'nt Malik. Oousin of Jemadar Abdul MaJld ~d.
belongs to his faction. Is a Kursi Naahin.
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'S~ ~ro'.'rU ~~. Of BhiAr, Up~ Swat. .~ to be
one of the leadillg Knans of the Jillki ~hel. la now a
nfugN ill Dil.'.
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of .. ~011 but ill badly off aDd wiilioo~ ~ ~~~
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I Mohd. zl ~>'t
(Khan of P~~)
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Ahmad .1.... Kh1>n
(Khan N..~;.)
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GENEALOGY OF TIIlJ: foiIANGULS.
Akhund B"~" rbdU1 Oh,,!ur).
AbdJnanatl
(Dead).
AMnlIIChllll<l
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Sllah+Ellm
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(born 1927).
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PltEFACE.
The· social fabric of Chitr&~ is n:wde up ~ ~
.Adamzada cl!'!.!!!>, the Arb3biW<w and ~h$ F _
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The Fakir Mi&km do all the hard laoom' !md ill1
the mnks of the Sspper and Miner Compenies.
Since the advent of the British, the Ad!'!.m~ MS
gone down in the world. No longer is .~ ezempt
from the payment of taxes, nOr dOOlii he poooo$S t·he
iduence .enjoyed by his p~d~!'ll. The ioore!l!§$
in their numbers.· now that the n~tmru cheek of
internecine strife is removed with no oo~sponding
increase in the amount of sgrl(lultuml land available,
hail added to his wlWOmfort. Now-a-days the aver-
age Ad'amzada is a poor man.
The Adamzada dana repreaent the fighting elasa 'of
the nation. They supply the Chitml Soouts with
theirree.ruits, liut the Bodyguard is 1'OOruited from
both the Adamzada clans and the ArbabzadM.
The Arbabzadas form a very smell cll§$, reslly
successful Fakir Miskin who have earned pooit.iO'll in
the I!6rnce of the Mehtlml.
An Adm:m:ada will meny an Arhab$aiffi girl &!\d
an Arbabzede. wiU take unto himself e. Fe.kir Miskin
Woman, but they wi1~ be doubHul aoout giving thdr
'daught~ to a lowe.'!' elMS.
;W~ md ~tl~.-The ru:mtllem end: of the
valley . from . D:ooh aownwm'ds is inhahit-oo. by
NMmt<lS and GUJara, the .former speaking a diclect
-of Pushtu whioh is unJmown to moat Chlt!'lllh§, They
have no p6roons of not-e runoll€ them,
. .; '. ~.-The original Ka.fm of Chltral e.re of the
Llash tribe and are of the hwoot statu.s, Th~
.~ now $Ome ooIonies of Red KMt'$ m the ooumtt ,
who fled from :KGMstlm to ~ OOllvel'iUooo The
Red ~m. 1.U'e l~ny known as :B~. 'I'.M
Ued llirlira and Kala.sh t&lli their own ~~ All
the B!IJ.\hgalis except one m- two ./nave MW ~
convert-ed to Islam. /
~.-The hmguage of the Chl~i§ W
Khowru-, made up of words from various tooglll%l
from &tmkrit to Turki. T!w ru-istooraey $~k
Persian and soma individullls koow 'Ptmhtu and Urdu.
The written language is do~ Pemtm.
lt~ fmnilF .-l'heruling family is m the Ka_
clan of Adamzadas. L:1gitimacy is OOl1~d $
matter of prime importance in the IilUCC~OO W the
Mehtarship. but is otherwise a disadv!U1~. w§ illegi-
timacy conferred lIante immunity in tlm ~o
epidemics of a~atlon whieh fm-meny ~
when a succession took plooe. The ~t M~
has ruled that legitimate OOllS in his family ~uM lm
given names terminating in Mulk to'distinguish them
from illegitimate SOIlS. E:xcept for the Ment&r an\i
his SODS, the only legit4nate members m the rllllilg
family are the lions of Tahammml Shah..
The ties of the fost-er kim,hip 1.U'e oonsiirored st~.
er than those of blood relat,iooship 3nd Uwre mgroet
competition for the foetering of the Mehw'e clilldron.
T~e ~p~nded ,genealogy of the Cl1itni! ruling
family 18 mterestmg, artd Wfords a very feir epitome
?f ita history.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
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It. ~ ~ ~ (~~), &ji cl D=ik. WSSlI b......~
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to YQl'kJ:mn in 1917 f(llC inwiguing in Afgltani~= $[00
re·in~,"oo in 1920. in 1006 = impl~oo m %hI) ~~.
tioo, lS.lSd 1O'lI$ =tw.eoo to fiv.s ~,=' i~~m$M in
~ whlcll h., ll~t in A~t~oo.d Jail. ~
return in 1Wl hl!l! boon living ~ ~1:II'mn~ m A}~.
~. ~-1JL.~, Mehtarzbau, of ~ro%1_ Son of
Mehtarzhal.S W!lcir-i-Mulk. Is a SIlWar iD., the BOOy.
guard.
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-~, ~&~&I)'tf~ LAL of Tarikho .Kh~l. :B:skim ~ TSIl'ils:ho.
Ilia IIOD Abo L%is was &s~ I%f tM 0hit~ ~~.
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me, ~ DAQ (ArbabllSSl~) ~ Bcll.r-'Ni, W~ h$ m
Char~.llu. Is lA allh~r ill t.h$ l.lOOY$lS&ro.
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$@. ~~A.lI§' A~ l§;~41W (ltiza) III Chapss!!i, Hltliim, cl
M8Ituj and 11 Subedar in th. Bcxh'gUIffii. WaM> OO!l'ffi:'t~
to SUlluiism ill lOOS im~ h~ ~in!:1S· f$\"$1'tsIl.
§t. ~Im :l:M.~lJ!. of Kesu. & .. of the lab Ghulam ' '\
Ih.,t~i... Was SubediU' of the Chitral ~lt$) but wws
di$ffil!*SSQ ill 1935. Like SIlt the Dastgirs 18 a most ttll"
bulent lInd troubl~e mm.
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~. ~ ~~ ~, MehWjw, ()fAYwl~ ~~ ~
f)l Mehtlll'~llo Ualw.dur !.. hiUl. IC)I'Uli!t Governor of MlMIiu},
who died In 1915. J~ Rllkim of Bimborot V alJ~, whim
i9 his pi!i'SOila\ JQglr. Was Sil~!~f ill the Soout$ umll
hill reJlguation in Ul'n
His younger hrothel'!! MuhallUnan ~Ul"'iI KI1"n and Ruhmll!.t
Zamllu Khan were SubSldat's ill the Scouts.' 'rh" latter
received the 1. D. ~. M. for sflrvices in the _O\fgbllll WIIIl',
1919. 1.,,1 ZIlMan Khan is 1\ ple=ot. 1111111 IInd 1\ fa_ri~
of the late Mehtlll', whom he usulllly ~p.'Uli1!$
wherever he goes. He is a Co\olle\ in the BOOypro.
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his rather Shah 1~til1 Wi1 (''hli>rv.slu of, Ttlrikho. Is fusieF-
brother of Shahzada MlIZlIll"j'·u\·Malk. A g,J<>(i p<>lOo
player. Strong and. h"u<s&t.. Is a Sah.dw;M,,:~o, ':' tlw
Bodyguard and a. member of the Mehtar $ C<mnC!!. A
first·class man.
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IMo SHE. (Riza) of Broz. Subedar in the BodygntU"d. Is!
an important man in Broz.
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