What is the Utmankhel?

Utmankhel
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The Utmankhel (Urdu: اتمان خیل) are a Pashtun tribe who live in the hills to the north of Peshawar in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Their land lies between the Mohmands and the Ranizais of Swat, to the west and south-west of the junction of the Swat and Panjkora rivers. They claim to be descendants of Baba Utman Shamraiz, who accompanied Sher Shah Suri in his expedition into India . The Utman Khel are a tall, stout and fair race, but their dress and general customs have been assimilated by the neighbouring peoples of Bajour. Their land is very hilly and difficult, but has well cultivated in terraces.

The British conducted military campaigns against them in 1852, 1878, and 1898.[1] They numbered some 40,000, and their fighting strength was about 8000 men.

There are some subtribes of Utman Khel. These are called:

Mandal (ﻣﺎﻧﺪﻟﺬﯤ) (elder son of Utman)
Sawar Khel
Mutaki (متكى)
Toori Khel
Ali Khel
Utman zai
Ibrahim Khel
Raja khel
Najeem khel
Aghdad khel
Ali Zai
Boota Khel
Bazai
Ismail Khel
Umar khel
Khumar Khel
Kamal Khel
sarni Khel
Sarkani khel
Sikandar khel
References
Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Utman Khel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 822–823.

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