Utmankhel

The Utman Khel or Utmankhel (Pashto اتمان خیل) is a Karlani Pashtun tribe living in Pakistan, with considerable numbers in Afghanistan. The Utman Khel are mostly living in Bajour (Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas), Malakand Agency and Lower Dir. They lies between the Mohmands and the Ranizais of Swat, to the west and south-west of the junction of the Swat and Panjkora rivers. They claim to be descendants of Baba Utman Shamraiz, who also assisted Mahmud of Ghazni in his expedition into India in 997. The Utman Khel are a tall, stout and fair race, but their dress and general customs have been assimilated by the neighbouring peoples of Bajour.

Clans

There are some subtribes of uthman khel, they are as under.

  1. Mandal (elder son of Baba Utman)
  2. Mataki (Mutaki)
  3. Utman zai
  4. Ibrahim Kheil
  5. Mamat khel
  6. Ali Zai
  7. Baru Khel (باروخيل)
  8. Sawar khel
  9. Babokhail
  10. Bazai
  11. Mubarak khel
  12. Ismail Kheil
  13. Umar Kheil عمرخیل
  14. Sarkani Khel
  15. Ali Zai
  16. Aseel
  17. Denikheil

List of notable Utmankheils

  • Sartaj Khan Utmankhel) is belong to Bajour Agency and living in Mardan, and President of PML-N Youth Wing Mardan.

References

"ANP dissidents form own group in Dir". Dawn. 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2017-08-29.

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