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The Yousafzai, Esapzay or Yūsufī, is one of the major Pashtun tribes,found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan and some eastern parts of Afghanistan.This page is just for Entertaiment. Biography Historically, Yousafzais have shown great bravery against Sikhs and British in the 18th and 19th century, especially the clans of Swat and Black Mountain of Hazara, The famous battle of Ambela took place in 1863. (1)The sikh General Harri singh was killed by the yousafzai in a battle that was fought out side peshawar in a place called Chamkani Bakht Khan Rohilla (1797 - 1859) was nominal commander-in-chief of Indian rebel forces in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company.He too was a yousafzai

One of the first tribal millita that was sent to liberate Kashmir in 1948 war was a 10000 strong tribal army of yousafzai from distt Mardan ,swabi, malakand

The great Captain Karnal Sher Khan who was awarded the highest galentry award of pakistan army the Nishan-e-Haider was aYousafzai from distt Swabi The history and culture of Swabi is very rich. The late historian Roshan Khan Baba from this region wrote about the history of this great tribe in his book 'History of the Yousafzai Tribe'. A drive to Swabi from Jehangira or Mardan is scenic and a beautiful experience. Lush green fields and shady trees line the road on either side.

Swabi is proud of its illustrious sons like Nawab Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum founder of Islamia College, Peshawar and the brave martyr of the Kargil war Captain Karnal Sher Khan recipient of the highest military award of Pakistan Nishan-e-Haider. Many Swabiwals are liberal in their outlook yet devout Muslims. They are well known for their hospitality.

Tobacco is a popular cash crop of Swabi along with vegetables, wheat, sugar cane and maize.Its climate is ideally suited for citrus in particular while many other fruits like watermelon, peaches and apricots are also grown there. Swabi is also rich with mineral resources founded in the Maneri village and its white marble is very popular throughout the country.

Swabi is home to the largest earth filled dam of the world, the Tarbela Dam. It also boasts one of the most prestigious institution of Pakistan, the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology located in village Topi.

A six lane motorway connecting Islamabad with Peshawar passes through Swabi District with an access interchange at Ambaar Archaeological Sites Swabi contains many important archaeological sites, it was part of the Gandhara civilization. Alexander the Great crossed river Indus where the village of Hund now lies on its right bank. Hund is an archaeological treasure and been the capital of the Hindu and Turk Shahi for nearly three hundred years. Archaeological sites are found peppered all over Swabi and they are great tourist attractions.[1]

Rani Ghat is another start of the Gandhara archaeological site located further deep in the mountainous area. Rani Ghat is the famous historical palace on the top of mountain used by the that time Rani (queen). She was famous for buying the fresh air coming from Swabi side. She paid to the villagers for clean air -- they were not allowed to pollute it by blowing the crops in the air for cleaning purpose. The ruins are still a famous place for visitors. Being as a part of origin of Buddhist Gandhara Civilisation it has also attracted re-construction funds from Japanese research institutes. This area attracted many tourists including Japanese, who came here for studies in the ancient times to learn Buddhism. Similarly the ruins of Darsan are also present. Although enough Archeological work has not been done on this area and needs attention from the Archeologists. Molana abdul qadir was a great scholar resident of village pabaini the founder of pushto accadmy and pushto department,the 1st pushto dictionary was written by him.

[edit] Partition Before partition, Hindus also lived here and most of the businesses were owned by them, both Muslims and Hindus lived peacefully. Majority of Hindu population was present in Bamkhel and Naranji village before partition. After partition, the vast majority of Hindus left for India. People from swabi are from the Yousafzai tribe,also known as Yousafzai-Afghan. Whos origin is from now days Kandahar.

[edit] After Partition Today almost the whole population is Pakhtun of the Yousafzai tribe, however even today Hindus and Sikhs are found in some areas of Swabi.

The museum of Peshawar is decorated with the historical utensils and ornaments of Lahor. The famous poets of Pashtu Mir Nawas Khan, Bakhshir, Norbaz Haji, belonged to this locality.

[edit] Tourism Swabi is notable for being the setting for the Yusuf Khan and Sherbano folktale, a famous Pashtun love story, visitors come to Shera Ghund (the village) and climb the mountain to visit the tomb of Yousaf Khan. Gadoon Amazi is one of the most popular place for the tuorist,Spaecily the village of Mangal Chai,

Another area is Kund park - which lies on the bank of the rivers Indus and Kabal it is located in Tordher, and attracts visitors from across the N.W.F.P and Punjab. Another tourist area is Ghazi-Bharota dam, which lies near Topi and Tarbela. Mahaban Hill in Gadoon has a scenic beauty like Swat and other hilly areas. Here exist a resort, naming as Pir Galai, which is 6000 feet above the sea level and from here one can have glance at Mansehra, Buner and Kaghan Hills. The Tomb of Yousaf Khan in village Shera Ghund, near Shewa Adda.

Among the historical personalities, one is Roshan Khan who wrote the History of Pathan (Pushtoon).

[edit] Afghan Refuges Camp The Afghan Refugee Camp was established more than 20 years ago when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and five million Afghanis fled to Pakistan for shelter. This was the biggest camp in the country. Most of the refugees speaking the same language and culture had little problem settling down. But the huge flow of arms (confiscated from Soviet soldiers during the war), together with the rise in drug smuggling from Afghanistan and theft had became great challenges for the local population. The local people wished to have peace in Afghanistan so that refugees could leave as soon as possible. This camp is also called Sawabi Camp. The very hospitable people of Sawabi have graciously accepted this camp's presence for more than two decades. Baja,the small villege of swabi famous for many reason.The people are very highly educated most of the serve in pak army many of them are doctor,professors,civil judge and cheaf sectery.the people of this vellige is famous for there braveness and kindness.

[edit] Games

A View of Cock Fighting.In the category of games, two types of games are played in Swabi. Local and ancient games include Maily MAKHA, Kabaddi, Cock Fighting, and Dog Fighting, Horse racing, and Asses, Akor, Gulu Dandai, Bilorai and Pat patonay Ets. The popular games of modern times are: cricket and football. Swabi is regarded as one of the few best volleyball nurseries in the country. Many of the national team players are from this district, including former national volleyball team captain Raheem, originally from village Zaida.

Makha (Shooting) is the traditional game of Swabi, in which different villages take part. Makha is kind of shooting using a bow and arrow with a relatively large stick and instead of a tip, it has a flat dish-shaped head called Tobray, The target is hit by arrow with the help of bow. Kabadi is also a famous game in Swabi.

Kabbadi is one of the most famous sport of the area.Panj pir is the current champion of the game. The Makha game is very femou between the two villages Mangal Chai and Channi of the Gadoon. People come from all over the Swabi to enjoy this game.

[edit] The Hub of Streams and Rivers Swabi is home to dozens of streams and two great rivers, the Indus and the Kabul River. Both the rivers meet at a place called Kund, another major tourist attraction. The Indus river with its spectacular blue colour and the Kabul river's muddy brown water go side by side without blending. It is a treat to watch these two rivers hug each other quietly for thousands of years in its own special way. Also there are several small streams in different locations of the swabi. A unique stream is in village Maini. The water of the stream comes out in the centre of the village. its speciality is that in the winter the water of the stream is so hot. and in the summer water becoms cold. this water is used for irrigation purpose in village. This stream is called CHINA which means a spring. The three villages named KOTHA, TOPI and Maini are collectively called UTMAN has this peculiar aspect that all of them has natural springs called CNINA in Maini, CHINO in Kotha and Bayin in Topi.

[edit] Gadoon Amazai Gadoon Amazai is one of the biggest Industrial estate of NWFP. Here once situated 580 industries and mills but due to no proper planning it is losing its charm. There are more reasons the biggest one is that the owners were not giving to workers their rights. 12 hour working, no weekend leave, no cadual leave, no medical leave were allowed to workers. Labour law of Pakistan was nothing in front of industrialist because many of them were ministers and members assemblies. Often workers did demonstration and government withdrawal incentive because the industrialist were making money only and were sending their products to others parts of Pakistan in low rates while others industrialist from different parts of Pakistan were also against them and so on many more reasons. One reason was that also the people of Gadoon were not happy of industrial estate because the industrialist were not giving rights to workers and even not giving jobs to them while often labours leaders if do something for labours they always charged in falls cases and often put in jails. Most of them are still wanted in many falls charges and they live hide of government eyes so when incentive were withdrawal local people and labour leaders not take any action and so government withdrawal incentive. And it's also cause of disturbance of Gadoon Amazai industrial estate.