Rahat Hazarwi @_hazarewal

abbottabad, hazara division Joined November 2022

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Swati & Tanoli Heritage @Swati_Tanoli

3 days ago

In the late 19th century, when the British Empire had subdued most of the subcontinent, one region stood apart: Yaghistan — the land of the free. At its heart were the Swati Gabari tribes, led by figures like Arsala Khan Swati of Allai, who refused submission.

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2 months ago

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2 months ago

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2 months ago

A Tanoli panchayat (locally referred to as a ‘jirga’) in Chham Valley, Hazara, sometime in the late 1970s-1980s.

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3 months ago

The Khakhas & Bombas are prominent tribes in Kashmir, but there was a time they also dominated upper Hazara. The arrival of the Swati tribe drove these tribes from their holdings & forced them from Hazara into Kashmir, yet to this day they exist in smaller numbers in Hazara

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4 months ago

Swati jagirdars of Mansehra, Hazara, in the 1920s

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4 months ago

It seems some British writers were also inclined to the opinion of a supposed Indo-Greek origin of Tanolis

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4 months ago

It seems some British writers were also inclined to the opinion of a supposed Indo-Greek origin of Tanolis https://t.co/OCycdLw6ji

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5 months ago

“The prominent local chiefs who overthrew the Afghan authority [in Hazara] were Najibullah Khan Tarin, Jaffar Khan Gakhar, Gul Sher Khan Tanawli, Hashim Khan Turk, Sa’adat Khan Swati, and his son Habibullah Khan.”

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5 months ago

Sardar Aman Khan Dilazak, grandson of Ahmad Khan Dilazak (standing 6th from the left in the second last row), along with other advocates, on Sooba Hazara-

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2 years ago

Sardar Aman Khan Dilazak, grandson of Ahmad Khan Dilazak (standing 6th from the left in the second last row), along with other advocates, on Sooba Hazara- https://t.co/S5Qv9H5igP

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5 months ago

Further notes on Tanolis- “All are stout and active men, [with] reputation of being good soldiers and staunch partizans. They are hardy and simple in their habits, [..] but credulous, obstinate, and unforgiving. They are Mahomedans of the Soonnee sect [and] extremely bigoted”

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5 months ago

Notes on the Tanolis & Tanawal- “The Sikh government was never able to make impression, anymore than its predecessor, the government of the Moghul emperors; it has remained to the British to introduce order, where before, and for centuries past utter lawlessness has prevailed”