‫بر سوات‬

‫سوات طبعي طور باندې په دوؤ حصو کښې تقسيم دے ـ يعني کوز سوات او بر سوات ـ مېج ر راورټي د‬
‫سوات په لر او بر دوه حصو کښې د قدرتي تقسيم باره کښې داسې وائي ـ‬
The Suwat Valley not including the Kohistan north of Pia, is according to Shaykh
Mali’s arrangement, divided into two parts, known as Bar or upper, and Lar or
Lower Suwat, which two divisions are thus defined from Manyar towards the
village of Totakan towards the mouth of the river, it is termed Lower Suwat, and
from Manyar northwards to Pia is Upper Suwat.
1

‫ په امپيرئيل ګزيټيئر کښ ې داس ې ليکلي ش وي‬NWFP ‫د سوات د مختلفو حصو او طبعي تقسيم باره کښې د‬
‫دي ـ‬
Swat is divided into two distinct tracts: one, the Swat Kohistan, or mountain
country on the upper reaches of the Swat river and its affluents as far south as
Ain; and the other, Swat proper, which is further subdivided into Bar (Upper) and
Kuz (Lower) Swat, the later extending from Landakai to Kalangai, a few miles
above the junction of the Swat and Panjkora rivers.2
‫مېک موهن هم په خپل رپورټ کښې د کوز سوات حدونه تر قلنګي پورې ښودلي دي ـ‬
From the village of Ain commences Swat proper. The upper portion from there
down to the Landakai spur, five miles above Chakdara, is known as Bar (Upper)
Swat, while the lower portion from Landakai downwards as far as the village of
Kalangai is called Kuz (Lower) Swat.3
‫بيليو د کوز سوات باره کښې داسې ليکي ۔‬
Continuous with, and on the east of the Ranizai district, is lower or Kuz Swat. It extends from
Allahdand to Charbagh, a distance of about thirty miles, by an average width of four or five
miles. It contains along the river course thirty two villages, between the two named as its limits,
and there are others in the glens at the foot of the hills on either side. The principal villages in
this district are Thanna containing 800 houses, and residence of the Khan Khail or ruling tribe;
Barikot 300 houses, Ghaligay and Kambar each 200 houses, and Mingowra 500 houses, all on
the left bank of the river.4

‫بيليو د بر سوات باره کښې داسې ليکلي دي ۔‬

Beyond Charbagh eastward to the end of the valley, where it becomes blended with the Kohistan of
Ghorband, is Upper or Bar Swat. The last village in this direction, at the foot of the Kohistan, is Charrarrai
[Churrarrai/Madyan], containing about 150 houses. Between this and Charbagh are twenty three
villages, in close proximity to each other, along the river course. The principal are Charbagh, 350 houses;
Minglaur and Sangota, 300 houses; and Saidugan, three small hamlets, notable as the residence of the
Akhun and his murids.5
1
Raverty, H.G., An Account of Upper and Lower Suwat, and the Kohistan to the source of the Suwat
River with an account of the tribes inhabiting those valleys, Journal of the Asiatic Society (Calcutta)
Vol. 31 (No. 3, 1862), p.263.
2
Imperial Gazetteer Provincial series North-West Frontier Province, Lahore, Sang-e-Meel Publications,
2002, pp. 216, 217.
3
Mc Mahon, A.H., and Lt. D.G. Ramsay, Report on the tribes of Dir, Swat and Bajour together with
the Utmankhel and Sam Ranizai, Peshawar, Saeed Book Bank, 1981/1901, p.3.
4
Bellew, H.W., A General Report on the Yusufzais. Lahore, Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2001/1864, p. 41
5
Bellew, H.W., A General Report on the Yusufzais. Lahore, Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2001/1864, p. 41