Allai Tehsil

Allai Tehsil
تحصیل آلائی
الائي تحصیل‎
Area of Pakhli
Allai Tehsil تحصیل آلائی; الائي تحصیل‎ Area of Pakhli
Tehsil
	Allai Tehsil Allai Tehsil
	Coordinates: 34°48′46″N73°12′24″E / 34.8127°N 73.20665°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Batagram District
Region	Pakhli
Headquarters	Allai
Government
• MNA	Prince Muhammad Nawaz Khan (Chief Of Allai Valley) (JI)
Population (2017)
• Total	180,414

Last updated April 01, 2024

Allai is a tehsil of Allai District in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. It is home to the Allai Valley and district headquarters. Prince Muhammad Nawaz Khan Swati is the current "Chief of Allai Valley".

History

Allai tribal State(1595-1971)

Allai was formerly a state ruled by Nawabs of Allai. Nawab Muhammad Ayub Khan was the last Nawab of Allai State until 1971. This state had its own currency. Arsala Khan Swati was the most powerful ruler among the Nawabs of Allai as he is famous for his great resistance against British rule. Arsala Khan was also the Chief of Independent Swatis who defended Yaghistan with the support of Panjghol Swatis, Panjmeral Swatis, Arghushal Swati Khans of Thakot and Khankhail Swatis of Hill and Banser.^[2] Nawabs of Allai belong to the Bebal subsection of Gabri Swatis. Pokal was the capital of state.

Nawabs of Allai tribal State:

1- Ahmed Ali Khan Swati (Founder of State, 1595-1623)

2- Khan Raja Khan Swati (1623-1645)

3- Khan Muhammad Khan Swati(1645-1664)

4- Khan Nabi Khan Swati(1664-1685)

5- Khan Khawaja Muhammad Khan Swati(1685-1714)

6- Khan Gul Muhammad Khan Swati(1714-1746)

7- Khan Rustam Khan Swati(1746-1772)

8- Khan Hakim Khan Swati(1772-1805)

9- Khan Jamal Khan Swati(1805-1835)

10- Khan Arsala Khan Swati (1835-1890)

11- Nawab Ghazi Khan Swati(1890-1923)

12- Nawab Roshan Khan Swati(1923-1952)

13 - Nawab Ayub Khan Swati(1952-1989)

14- Akbar Namoos Khan Swati (current Chief)

Current Chieftainship:

However the status of state has been abolished. Prince Muhammad Nawaz Khan Swati is the also the son of last Nawab Ayub Khan. Akbar Namoos Khan is the current Chief of Allai Valley instead of Nawab of Allai State.

People:

Majority of population of Allai belongs to different clans of Swati tribe same like the neighboring Battagram District and Mansehra District. Swatis own majority of lands in these three districts. The Nawabs of Allai also belongs to Bibaal subsection of Gabri Swatis.

2005 earthquake

The Allai valley was affected by the Kashmir earthquake on October 8, 2005. The earthquake destroyed the cableway that allowed residents to cross the Indus River.^[3]

Administration

Allai is only Tehsil, or subdivisions, of the Allai District. Allai contains eight Union Councils:^[4]

Previously, It was a tehsil of Battagram District till 2022.

Union Councils	Union Councils
Banna	Bateela
Batkul	Biari
Jambera	Pashto
Rashang	Sakargah

Geography

The Allai Valley is bounded by Kohistan on the north and east by the Kaghan valley, Nandhiarh and Deshi of Deshiwals on the south, and by the Indus river on the west. The valley is divided from Kohistan on the north by a range of mountains rising over 16,200 feet (4,900 m) and from Nandhiar and Deshi by another range running from the Afghanistan border to the Indus above Thakot. The average breadth of the Allai Valley is about 12–15 miles (19–24 km) and the total area 200 square miles (520 km²). Forests cover the mountain slopes at the eastern end.^[5]

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References

↑ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
↑ "Allaiwal complications on the Hazara frontier". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
↑ Restoring the "high way" home to the Allai Valley, northern Pakistan - UNHCR
↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Battagram - Government of Pakistan Archived February 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Wylly, Harold Carmichael (1912). From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an Account of the Border Countries and the More Turbulent of the Tribes Controlled by the North-west Frontier Province, and of Our Military Relations with Them in the Past. Macmillan. p. 24.

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[census2017-1] "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

[2] "Allaiwal complications on the Hazara frontier". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 2024-03-31.

[3] Restoring the "high way" home to the Allai Valley, northern Pakistan - UNHCR

[4] Tehsils & Unions in the District of Battagram - Government of Pakistan Archived February 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[5] Wylly, Harold Carmichael (1912). From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an Account of the Border Countries and the More Turbulent of the Tribes Controlled by the North-west Frontier Province, and of Our Military Relations with Them in the Past. Macmillan. p. 24.

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