The Sultanate of Swat was a Dardic kingdom centred around the city of

Manglawar Manglawar (also spelled Manglor) ( ur, منگلور; ps, منګلور) is an administrative unit, known as Union council or Ward of Tehsil Babuzai, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°48'30.7 ...

between the 12th and 16th centuries. It was strongest of the several Dardic-speaking states in the region, encompassing the Malakand, Buner,

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and Dir valleys, as well as upper

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region. During the most of 15th century, the kingdom bordered Kashmir Sultanate to the east,

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to the south, Timurid Empire to the west and the state of

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to the north. The last notable ruler was Sultan Awes Jahangiri, during whose reign the Sultanate was ultimately conquered between 1510 and 1518 after a series of battles by Yousafza'i Pashtuns under the leadership of Malik Ahmed Baba with the assistance of Mughal ruler

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. This led to the

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of the Swat and Dir regions. Some accounts trace the origins of

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of Kashmir from these rulers of Swāt.

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