Allai is a

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

Allai District Allai District is a district in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. On 22 January 2023, the government announced the establishment of Allai district. It was separated from Battagram District. Formation The Allai district covers a ...

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the fourth largest province of Paki ...

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 The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or dire ...

. 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. 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 (1989 - 2024) 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 Swatis () are people inhabiting the Hazara division in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Of Dardic origins, Swatis originally spoke Dardic languages such as Gibri and Yadri and were native inhabitants of Swat valley. They were Pash ...

same like the neighboring

Battagram District Battagram (, ) is a tribal Districts of Pakistan, district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The headquarter is Battagram, which is about 75 km from Mansehra, Mansehra city. It was part of historic Yaghistan (In ...

and

Mansehra District Mansehra District (Urdu, ) is a district in the Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. Mansehra city serves as the headquarters of the district. The district has a Hindkowan majority, with a significant Pashtun and Kohista ...

. 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 The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayas, Himalayan river of South Asia, South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in the Western Tibet region of China, flows northw ...

Administration

Allai is only

Tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

, or subdivisions, of the Allai District. Allai contains eight Union Councils: Previously, It was a tehsil of

till 2022.

Geography

The Allai Valley is bounded by

Kohistan Kohistan (, , ), also transliterated Kuhistan, Kuhiston, Quhistan, may refer to: In Afghanistan *Kohistan District, Kapisa, Kapisa Province ** Kohistan Hesa Awal District, a district in Kapisa Province, created within the former Kohistan Distr ...

on the north and east by the

Kaghan valley The Kaghan Valley (Hindko, ) is an Alpine climate, alpine valley in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The valley stretches across the northern Pakistan, rising from its lowest elevation of to its highest point at the Babusar P ...

, Nandhiarh and Deshi of Deshiwals on the south, and by the

Indus The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans- Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in the Western Tibet region of China, flows northwest through the dis ...

river on the west. The valley is divided from Kohistan on the north by a range of mountains rising over and from Nandhiar and Deshi by another range running from the

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

border to the Indus above

Thakot Thakot or Takot (; ) is a tribal town on the Indus River in Battagram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is also one of twenty Union Councils of Battagram District, and one of twelve in Battagram Tehsil. Thakot is located midway between ...

. The average breadth of the Allai Valley is about and the total area . Forests cover the mountain slopes at the eastern end.

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Allai Tehsil had a population of 218,149.

References

{{Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Populated places in Battagram District