Degankhel

The Degankhel are a Pashtun tribe, primarily living in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Location

The Degankhel are a sub tribe of Mandanr Yousafzai. They predominantly live in the villages Khubai,MIAN ESSA,MARDANA, KATOZAI,Union council Hasanzai tehsil SHABQADAR and in parts of the District Mardan Khas.I think Degankhel are not yousafzai as they were share holders in Pakli empire with Swati. They were dominant in Kunar, Bajur, Dir and Swat in 700 AD to 1300 AD. When Yousafzai started a long war against the Pakli empire, then Degankhel and their property was destroyed by Yousafzai backed by Zaheer Uddin Babar. Most people of Degankhel tribe were killed and those who escaped, moved up to remote hilly and hard areas like Lakhar in swat and mountains of Kabal, talash valeyy and Dir/Bajur. At present In Dir their bulk populations are setteled at Talash in union councils of Bandagai and Dushkhel, Osakai of Adenzai and many other places.

HIstory

Along with other Pashtun tribes, they were expelled from Kabul by Mirza Ulugh Beg, a Timurid ruler and paternal uncle of the Mughal Emperor Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur. The Yousafzai migrated to the Peshawar valley where they sought and received help from the Dilazak. Later, the relationships between the two tribes deteriorated and a long war ensued. Twenty years later, at the battle of Katlang, the Yousafzai, the Utmanzae and other tribes pushed the Dilazak east of the Indus River under the leadership of Malik Ahmad Khan.

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