The Allaiwal is a tribal terminology used for the different clans belonging to the major

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 ...

which inhabits Allai, the lands north of Nandhiar (

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) and south of

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 ...

- in

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. In the 19th century they under the leadership of Arsala Khan Bebal Swati and his successors fought battles against the British with the

Hazara Expedition of 1888 Hazara may refer to: Places and ethnic groups Afghanistan * Hazaras, an ethnic group and a principal component of the population of Afghanistan ** Hazarajat, or Hazaristan, a historic region of Afghanistan ** List of Hazara tribes Pakistan * H ...

resulting in the destruction of the important Allaiwal village of Pokal on 3 November 1888.Raugh, Harold E
''The Victorians at War, 1815-1914: An Encyclopedia of British Military History''
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2004, pp. 163-164, .

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