Jahangiri

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Jahangiris are one of the leading Pashtun (Pathan) clans of the Swati tribes of the Sarhad of Pakistan, mainly residing in the Hazara division of the districts of Batagram and Mansehra. The Jahangiris were well known as the Jahangiri chain of Sultans in the history of Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to Major Raverty, their kingdrom stretched from Jalalabad to Jehlum. At times, the Jahangiris even ruled over Kashmir. The last of the Jahangiri Sultans of Swat were Owais Jahnagiri and Mir Haider Ali Gebri of Bajaur, who were defeated by Babur and their allies in the late 15th century.

Some famous subsections of the Jahangiris are Adlai, Akhun khel, Aspi khel, Ali khel, Hassani, Manshahi, Khabardin khel, Hassab din khel, Esap ali khel, Barkhan khel and Khazan khel or Khazani. Pashto, Hindko and in some places Dari is spoken in the tribe.

Some famous figures of Jahangiri clans are Pervez Khan Jahangiri of Potha,Waqar Ahmad Khan Advocate,Imtiaz Khan,Iftikhar Ahmad Khan,Ejaz Khan and Dr Bilal Khan.

Jahangiri's have settled all across the globe, they specially have a strong presence in the United States, the portion of the clan settled in the US is headed by Musaddaq Jahangiri who is a scientist at Intel Corp and is currently working on the next generation of Micro Processors from Intel Corp.