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BRIEF HISTORY
Rajab khan was born somewhere around 1800 at ‘Spina Warai Mahina Marghai’ area of Afghanistan. His exact date of birth is  however unknown. His only son Mere Khan later on migrated to the ‘Frontier province’ or NWFP (KPK), northern part of British ruled India and settled here at Swat. His friends & relatives from ‘Yousaf Zai’ tribe also settled in the area between ‘Mingora & Udigram’ (Swat). Most of the tribes living in the area of Udigram, Balogram, Takhta Band & Qambar were called ‘Aba khel - Barat khel’, sub tribe driven from main stream ‘Yousaf Zai’. Generation onward from Merk Khan was however called ‘Pir khel’ and it is a sub tribe of ‘Yousaf Zai’ & ‘Aba khel – Barat khel’. ‘Pir khel’ tribe usually is still scattered around Swat valley however their concentration is found in towns like ‘Balogram & Qamber’. Umar Khan, a brave local tribal warrior lived at a small port over the hill top of ‘Balogram’. Living in the port was a sign of respect, dignity & honor. He used to fight with his near cousins living in ‘Balogram’ over small disputes but mainly over the port capture & this continued till he was old & weak. Umar Khan spent his entire life here with ‘Pir khel’ tribe. Among the other prominent sub tribes settled here at Balogram were/ are ‘Usman khel, Muth khel, Juggle khel, Mira khel & Mulan, etc. Umar Khan married with a lady named ‘Gule Kheroon’, daughter of Feroz khan from Udigram had further two sons Dilawar Khan & Jamshaid. Jamshaid(recently expired) married in a ‘Mian’ family of Balogram and shifted to Karachi in 1978 & remained there forever. Dilawar Khan the elder son of Umar khan who died at the age of 75 & who was a prominent figure among the other elders of the area was also twice elected as member union council, had six sons & two daughters. His elder daughter who later died at the age of 71 was married in 1956 to Mohammad Jan khan from ‘Usman khel’ tribe in Balogram who had further four sons & four daughters all living & settled in Swat. Younger daughter of Dilawar khan was married in 1964 to Mawaz Gul, a ‘Mehsud’ tribesman from North Waziristan had (initially) a successful timber business at Rawalpindi. Mawaz Gul has four sons & two daughters and his family later, due to financial crises moved along the NWFP/ KPK province finally settled back at Islamabad-Rawalpindi. The new literate generation of Dilawar Khan included his six sons namely (older to younger) Khan Zada, Bakht Karam, Ayub khan Umraj, Sohrab Khan, Jahan Zeb & Alam Zeb. Khan Zada who later expired in 1997 at the age of 54, had one daughter, Bakht Karam has one daughter & two sons, Ayub khan Umraj with three sons, Sohrab has three sons & five daughters and Alam zeb with two daughters & two sons lead this family in to 21st century. The new happier family of six brothers living together & more united, introduced yet another family name ‘UMRAJ khel’ for themselves that splits the old ‘Pir khel’ tribe living in Balogram & surrounding towns further to a special family & generation coming from Rajab Khan. (Khel means wing, sect or tribe). The meaningful word & formation of ‘UMRAJ’ was driven from the names of its forefathers as below: U for Umar khan, M for Mere khan & RAJ for Rajab khan By: ADNAN KHAN UMRAJ