Utmanzai (Muhammadzai)
Utmanzai may refer to: *Utmanzai (Sarbani tribe), a Sarbani Pashtun tribe *Utmanzai (Wazir clan) * Utmanzai, Charsadda Utmanzai is a town in Charsadda tehsil of Charsadda District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at the border between Mohmand Agency and Charsadda District. Overview It is one of the eight main villages of Hashtnag ...

Utmanzai (Sarbani Tribe)
Utmanzai (Pashto: اتمان زی) is a Pashtun sub-tribe of the larger Kheshgi family in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Utmanzai or Utmankhel tribe was a fighter against the Sikh empire and were the allies of Mir Painda Khan ( Nawab of Amb) to combat Maharajah Ranjit Singh They played a considerable part in fighting against the other Pashtun Tribe i.e. Yosufzai, Swatis they also support Nawab Khan Zaman Khan Tanoli in the Battle of Chamla. Background The Utmanzai tribe reside in Charsadda, Topi, Pak Kaya Hund, Kotha, Maini, Batakara in Swabi District, Abbottabad, Sari Pandori, Nara, Hazara, Khalabat Township, Haripur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. In Punjab they are settled in Kasur District and on displacement after construction of Tarbela Dam, have settled in Attock, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh and Khanewal Districts of Punjab. Mansehra ghi Shamdhara The Utmanzai hold the extreme east of the right bank of the River Indus The Indus ( ) is a trans ...
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Utmanzai (Wazir Clan)
The Utmanzai or Utmanzai Wazir (trans. "descendants of Utman", and also spelled Uthmanzai, Othmanzai) are a Sunni Muslim Pashtun tribe found in North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan. Background Their territory lies on the border with Afghanistan and historically they migrated between the hills during the summer and the valleys in the winter. Although primarily a pastoral tribe, they and the related Mehsud tribe — with whom they have a historical antipathy — were described by Arnold Fletcher in 1965 as "perhaps the most powerful and aggressive of the border Pushtoons". The Utmanzai form one of the two major branches of the Wazir tribe, with the other being the Ahmadzai of South Waziristan Agency. The Utmanzai branch is further subdivided, for example into tribes such as the Bakka Khel and Jani Khel. The common ancestor of the Ahmadzai and Utmanzai is the eponymous Wazir, who is also ancestor to the Mehsuds who have since taken a distinct and divergent path. Th ...
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