The Deshiwals, Deshi, Deshani or Deshan (

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, ) is

speaking sub-tribe of the Mamylai section 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 ...

residing on the eastern slopes of the Black Mountain of Hazara, had a fighting strength of over 1,000 armed men at the end of the 19th century, who saw action against the

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. Deshi or Deshan is the name given to the country to north of

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, and lying to the west of Nandhiar. It comprises a portion of the eastern slopes of the Black Mountain, a part of the Swati country, wooded spurs with intervening watercourses, on the banks of which are the villages. They are a united tribe, equally among themselves and when external danger threatens. They live in eight major villages, Sarkhaili Banda, Hotal Deshan, Kotgalla, Peshora, Shingli Payeen, Shingli bala, Gijbori, Sofian Torkhail, and in dozens of many small villages like (Karwar, Batley, Banda Akhunzadgan, Char Gali Feroz, Kiargali, Kas-Pul, Shehtoot etc.). They migrated and changed their villages, after every five years (which they called Waish) before 1947. Thus no individual had any land ownership and all the land which they had, was a common wealth. So in case of any external invasion, they fought unitedly for the sake of their territory. The deadly earthquake October 8, 2005 affected this area badly. More than seventy people died and hundred of people injured. Property loss was also in billions. Kotgala and Hotal were the most affected villages.

Location

Deshiwals or Deshan Peoples are living in District. Battagram Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan.

Major villages of Deshan

* sarkhaili Banda * Gijbori * Shingli Bala * Shingli Payeen * Peshora * Kotgalla * Hotal Deshan * Sofian torkhail

Sports

The people of Deshan play only two major games,

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

and

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

, because there are no pacific ground to play more games like

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and more interested games. People also announcements the tournaments or Mela of cricket called ''Deshan Super League'' (DSL), and only one team allowed from a village.

References

{{Pashtun tribes Swati Pashtun tribes Pashto-language surnames Pakistani names

Location

Major villages of Deshan

Sports

See also

References