The Utmankhel (; ) is a

Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghans until 1964 after the ...

tribe present in Pakistan, with substantial numbers in Afghanistan. They lie between the Mohmands and the Ranizais of Swat, to the west and south-west of the junction of the Swat and Panjkora rivers. The Utmankhel mostly living in Malakand, Bajaur, Mohmand, Lower Dir, Mardan and Orakzai. The Utmankhel are Pashtuns, part of the Karlani tribal confederacy, who fought against British and Mughals emperors in Pakhtunkhwa. The British regarded the Utmankhel tribesmen as “warlike” peoples and one of the Martial Race. The Utmankhel are a tall, stout and fair race, but their dress and general customs have been assimilated by the neighboring peoples of Bajaur. Utmankhel speak the same dialect of Pashtu called

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* Saeed Gul(Lower Dir) * Bahadar Khan(Lower Dir) *

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(Malakand) * Gul Dad Khan(Bajaur) *

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"Swal Qilla Malak"(Bajaur) * Nisar Muhammad(Malakand) * Muzafar Said(Lower Dir) *

Rahmat Shah Sail Rahmat Shah Sail ( - born 1950, writer) is a Pashtoon poet in the Pashto language, belongs to the Utmankhel tribe.

* Muhammad Khan Toor Utmankhel *

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(Bajaur) * Alhaj Zrawar Khan (Garyala Mardan)

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* A-H. McMahon and A.D.G. Ramsay Report on the Tribes of Dir, Swat and Bajour together with the Utmankhel and Sam Ranizai, reprint 1981, p. 27. Henceforth McMahon and Ramsay

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* * http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm Expeditions Against the Tribes of the Northwest Frontier Province from 1847 to 1908 * Documents compiled by the Intelligence Department of the Government of British India, 1937 Who's Who Directory of Dir Swat and Chitral Agency * https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11018225 CALCUTTA, Newspaper Feb. 27. 1935 * Zamung Mujahidin By Abdul Haleem Asar Afghani * Gumnam Pakhtun Heroes by Farhad Ali Khawar {{Authority control Karlani Pashtun tribes Ethnic groups in Malakand

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