Utmankhel
The Utman Khel or Utmankhel (Pashto اتمان خیل) are a Pashtun tribe who occupy 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 Mahmud of Ghazni in his expedition into India in 997. 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 well cultivated in terraces.
It is believed that they defeated Sikandar Azam and compelled him on agreement with them. The British conducted military campaigns against them in 1852, 1878 and 1898.[1]
There are some subtribes of uthman khel, they are as under.
- Mandal (elder son of Utman)
- Muttaki/Mataki/Mutaki (متكى)
- Toori Khel
- Ali Khel
- Utman zai
- Ibrahim Kheil
- Raja khel
- Najeem khel
- Mamat khel
- Aghdad khel
- Ali Zai
- Boota Khel
- Bazai
- Ismail Kheil
- Umar kheil
- Khumar Kheil
- Kamal Khel
- sarni Kheil
- Sarkani khel
The boota khel and umar khel tribes are living in prang ghar and charsadda area, the boota khel tribe is the most educated tribe in the Utman khel.
References
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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 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 822–823.