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. They lies between the Mohmands and the Ranizais of Swat, to the west and south-west of the junction of the Swat and Panjkora rivers. The inhabit the Lower Dir & Bajaur. 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.

History

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]

Family tree

There are some subtribes of uthman khel, they are as under.

1. Mandal (elder son of Utman)
2. Gory (گوری)
3. Muttaki/Mataki/Mutaki (متكى)
4. Sarni Khel
5. Ali Khel
6. Utman zai
7. Ibrahim Kheil
8. Raja khel
9. Najeem khel
10. Mamat khel
11. Aghdad khel
12. Ali Zai
13. Baru Khel (باروخيل)
14. Boota Khel
15. Bazai
16. Mubarak khel
17. Ismail Kheil
18. Umar kheil
19. Khumar Kheil
20. Kamal Khel
21. Toori Khel
22. Sarkani khel
23. Sikandar khel

Outside parental area

The Sikandar Khel are living in Bannu, Peshawar, Akora Khattak and Kohat, they are very strict in Women Parda and fomuse for Business. The Baru Khel, boota khel and umar khel tribes are living in prang ghar and charsadda area, the boota khel and Baru Khel tribe is the most educated tribe in the Utman khel.

References

1.  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.