Haji Malak Jamroz Khan (1878–1963) was a leader of

Yusufzai The Yusufzai or Yousafzai ( ps, یوسفزی, ), also referred to as the Esapzai (, ) are one of the largest Pashtun tribes, tribes of ethnic Pashtuns. They are natively based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to which they migrated to from Sulim ...

Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...

Swat In the United States, a SWAT team (special weapons and tactics, originally special weapons assault team) is a police tactical unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to ...

district of

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

. He was the only son of Malak Amir Ullah Khan (Mehrullah Khan) of Bara Bandai, Chief of Ashakhel Yousafzai. Haji Malak Jamroz Khan was a well-known leader of the

Niamatkhel Niamat Khel is a Yusufzai subtribe. They are mainly found in the Galoch, Sirsiani, Kanju, Aligrama, Hazara, and Gul Jaba villages of Swat, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), ...

clan of Yousafzai Pashtuns. Malik Jamroz Khan was from the

Kanju Kanju is a village situated on the bank of the River Swat in Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Location It is 3 kilometres away from Mingora, the main city of Swat District, and about 5 kilometres from Saidu Sharif, the district's capit ...

village of

. Malik Jamroz Khan was a well-respected individual who worked for the well being of the people of his area. Haji Malak Jamroz Khan known as Shad Dada was among those few elders of Swat who formed the former princely

State of Swat State of Swat (Urdu, ps, ; locally called as Dera Swat) was a kingdom established in 1849 that was ruled by chiefs known as Akhunds. It was then recognized as a princely state in alliance with the British Indian Empire between 1926 and 1 ...

. Malik Jamroz Khan had two sons Haji Malak Abdul Akbar Khan Lala (1907–1993) and Haji Malak Nawsherawan Khan. Swat State was a prosperous state with a High School in almost every village of the state, roads and other infrastructure and excellent judicial and administrative set-up. Haji Malak Jamroz Khan, as a person and

Malik Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic duri ...

, is still remembered as a pious, brave and honest person.

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Pashtun people 1878 births 1963 deaths {{pakistan-politician-stub