Who is who...??? According to Daily Reports written by Political agents of Malakand during 1933 and 1937....Abdul wadood K.B.E the grandson of the family of akhund of swat.The akhund died in 1877 leaving two sons adul hanan and abdul Khaliq.These died in 1888 and 1892 respectively,each leaving two sons and abdul wadood was the son of abdul haliq.He murdered his two cousins and started to quarrel with his younger brother sherin. The election of Syed abdul jabbar shah as king of swat in 1915 brought about a reconciliation between them. syed abdul jabbar shah was however too strong for them,he succeeded in estblashing an ascendency over them.And subsequently drove them out of swat altogether.The two brothers thereupon joined the Nawab of Dir,and were with him in his attempts to Reconquer swat in 1916.In 1917 an undertaking was effected between them and syed abdul jabbar shah.And the Mianguls left the Nawab and entered into alliance of the rest of swat.Miangul shehzada was unable to remain long in agreement with syed abdul jabbar shah,and soon started an intrigue to get rid of him.In this he was successful and in september 1917 the swat clans dismissed syed abdul jabbar shah and gave their allegiance to miangul abdul wadood gul shehzada.In 1918 miangul sherin was killed while fighting against the Nawab of Dir.In 1919 Miangul shehzada defeated the nawab of dir and occupied Adenzai.In 1922 he was induced by political pressure to restore adenzai to the nawab of dir and a boundary was fixed by government between dir and swat.The miangul then occupied bunir,and established his rule over part of swat,kohistan and the countey lying between the swat valley and indus.In May 1926 he was formally recognized by the government of india as ruler of wali e swat at a darbar at saidu held by the chief commissioner.A formal agreement was drawn up by which he undertook to be friendly to government and to observe certain boundaries in return for an annual aowance of Rs 10000.He Possesses serai lands in swat ranizai,sama ranizai,Mardan tehsil and adenzai.He was made a K.B.E on 1st january 1930.In May his son jehanzeb was recognized by government as his heir apparent.He always shown himself loyal to government,he renderd inestimable service in 1930 by preventing The Red shirt Movement from spreading to those factions of his state with adjoin the Mardan sub division..
Amjad Ali Utmankhel .
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