LAND SETTLEMENT OF SHEIKH MALI

After the battle of Katlang, when Yusufzais and Mandars had completely subdued the Swat Valley, the celebrated Sheikh Mali, under the instructions of Malik Ahmed Yusufzai, made a regular survey of the annexed areas along-with Buner. The whole of the Do-abahs, Asht-Naghar, and the land contained in the Samah (this word in the Pushto language signifies, a plain, an open, and more or less leveled tract of country), were portioned out among the descendants of Yusufzais and Mandar, according to the number of persons in each family, by leaving a portion for distribution among their three confederate tribes Muhammadzais, Jaduns and Utmankhels, who accompanied them in the exodus or followed them soon after, and took part in the battles but who were not Khakhis, nor they were Ghwaries. Of the non- Yusufzai tribes, the Gigianis got Doaba, the Muhammadzais, Hashtnagar, and Utman Khels and Gaduns, the rough hill tracts to the north. All these are still located in these places. On the other hand Tarkalani tribe, a kinsman of the Khakhi sept, had not been assigned any land in this settlement, because they had never helped them in their difficulties and battles.