Shilmani
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The Shilmani or Shalmani شلمانى are a Sarbanri Pashtun
tribe who are primarily concentrated in the Shalman
valley in Khyber agency
near Peshawar
, North-West Frontier Province
, Pakistan
, the tribe is also present in different areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan
.
In Pakistan, they live in Swat
, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Bajour, Buner
, Shangla
, Abbottabad
, Mansehra
, Haripur, Malakand District
, Dargai
, Sakha Koat, Charsadda
, and Umarzai
(Hasht Nagar). Shalmani tribes live all over Afghanistan. They were originally brought to Swat by one of the famous Pakhtun conquerors and kings, Shahabuddin Mohammad Ghouri
, from Shalman and Karman Afghanistan. But it is to be noted that the present day Shalman valley has joined Govt. of Pakistan.
According to Khan Roshan Khan of Swabi("Tazkira
" page 379) his famous book about Pakhtoons,"Shalmani or shilmani,شلمانى are "Banu Bakht,بنو بخت" Israel who were living in an area "Shalman,شلمان" in Syria.These Banu Bakht were the land lords of shalman(شلمان),Ainab(عيناب) and Baiswad(بيسود) at the border of Lebanon and Syria. But when they exiled to Khorasan(خراسان),they were known as shalmani and Baiswad in Khorasan because of their place name "Shalman" in Syria.And still they are called Shalmani". According to Eng.Farid Shahzada Khan Shalmani "this area Shilman is still present with same name at the border of Lebanon and Syria near Hera Water Fall(شلال حرا) along Al-Asee river(نهر العاصى), one of the famous waterfalls of Lebanon. But now Shilman area is completely in the territory of Lebanese Government. Again according to Eng. Farid Shilmani the same shilman is named to an area and city in Kordestan Iran whose geographical coordinates are 35° 51' 16" North, 46° 1' 8" East. Similarly Shalman in Gilan and Rud-e-shalman(Shalman River,رود شلمان) the fourth largest river in Iran famous for fishing. Another example is the shalmani tribe of Libya e.g. Libyan Poet Mohammed Abdelsalam al-Shilmani .There is a soccer referee Abdel Hakim Shelmani from Libya.There is one volcano Mountain Shalman Mountain(جبل شلمان) near Jabal Hil in Makkah Saudi Arabia. This mountain is 6500–4000 years old. Another shalman area is present in south eastern Egypt.(go to reference below).
was the prominent figure of the Shilmani tribe in the region. When Nehru first came to N.W.F.P
, he was invited by Rahat Khan Shilmani(the father of Naik amal khan shalmani the ex MPA) to Sakha Koat to discuss some political issues faced by the British colonial government. Haji Zubair Shah(late),Malik Hazrat Shah (late), Hakim Shah (late) Mr. Naik Khan Shalmani(Late), Mr.Gulistan Khan Shalmani(Late), Mr. Naik Amal Khan Shalmani, Mr. Zeban Shah Shalmani(Late) Zeran Shah Shalmani (Late), Shakir ulllah (Late) Rahman ullah Urf (Babu) Sarkai Bala, Mailk Rahim Shah Shalmani(Late) Sakhakot bazar, Muhammad Nisar Shalmani Sakhakot Bazar Malakand Agency & Sarkai Bala, Mr. Mata-Wakil Khan Shalmani (Bhama Dhera). They are politicians and landlords and belong to different political parties. In Malakand agency Mr. Mohammad Saeed Ghamgeen Shalmani and Baba Abdul Rahman Shalmani are the famous Pakhtun poets; they belong to Aladand Derai Batkhela Malakand agency. In Khyber agency Shalman Valley, Malik Ghazi Gul Shalmani Wazir Khil(late) has been a prominent tribal leader, Gran Bacha Shalmani and Habibullah Khan Shalmani are local politicians of the Shilmani tribe in their region. The most famous and holy person among the Khyber Shalmanis is Hazrat Sheikh Gul Sahib Shalmani, son of Hazrat Haji Gul (RA); he is a religious person. In Swat District,Engineer Mr. Farid Shahzada Khan Shalmani of Tehsil Matta Village Sijban, Mohib Gul Shalmani of Pishtonai, Umar Rahim Shalmani of Bulkarai, Sayyad Ahmad Khan Shalmani of Barthana and Mr. Sayyad Kareem Khan Shalmani advocate of Mingora are serving as students of the Israeli concept of Pakhtun history.To this day, the Shilmani tribes work side by side with Pashtun tribes to serve the Pakhtun nation and all of humanity in different fields like education, economy, religion, defence and agriculture.
The Shalmani tribe also live in Thana and Palai Malakand Agency. The forefather of Shalmani tribe in Thana was Qazi Abdul Hai Shah the small village in Ramora Chakdara is also known on the name of Abdul Hai Shah.The son of Qazi Abdul Hai Shah Shalmani,Mr. Qazi Abdul Karim Shalmani Shaheed fought against the British ruler in 1895.The Qazi Abdul Karim Shalmani embraced Shahdat(martyred) in the historical Gaza(battle) of Malakand.The tomb of Qazi Abdul Karim Shalmani Shaheed is near bypass Thana.Dr. Ahmad Khan Shalmani Late,Fazal Karim Shalmai Late,Professor Khurshed Roshan Gold Medalist, Fazal Ghaffar Shalmani(Educationest/retired head master), Muhammad Jamil Taj Shalmani(journalist),Arshad Karim Shalmanisocial worker), Muhammad Aimal Khan Shalmani(political figure),Muhammad salim Salmani,Muhammad Ali Shalmani.
Muhammad Kaleem Shalmani,Muhammad Ajmal Shalmani,Azlaan Shalmani,Hassaan Ahmad Shalmani, late Muhammad Ameen Shalmani, Muhammad Ikram Shalmani, Zaheen Ahmad Shalmani, Muhammad Waseem Shalmani, Muhammad Faheem shalmani, Shah Fahad Shalmani,Saad Shalmani,Shahzad Ahmad Shalmani,Hasnain Ahmad Shalmani,Fazli Wahab Kamil Shalmani(Poet) are the known figures of this tribe in Thana Malakand. Engr. Izhar ul Haq Shalmani of ALLADAND, Fida Jan Shalmani of ALLADAND Asstt. Secretary, BISE MALAKAND.
Dr.Latif Yad: "پښتني قبیلي اوپیژنۍ (Pashto Version" page 279 http://www.khyber.org/books/latifyada.pdf
Shilman Lebanon: http://books.google.com.af/books?id=EskzgI-229IC&pg=PA333&lpg=PA333&dq=shilman+lebanon+syria&source=bl&ots=aapojKFA3X&sig=fPWQuyGIbkGXHD6uqt1amzCAIwA&hl=ps&ei=algRS4XNG9SdkAX8tMCiBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA&safe=active#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Shilman Kordestan: http://www.maplandia.com/iran/kordestan/shilman/
Shalman Gilan: http://www.citymaphq.com/iran/avval/shalman.html
Rud-e-Shalman: http://www.hobohideout.com/mp_iran_rud-e-shalman_map.php
Shalman Volcano: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0301-071
Libyan Poet: http://www.libyanet.com/mas1.htm
Shalman Egypt: http://www.narss.sci.eg/uploads/Journal/08-12-2009.pdf
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Asim Ahmad Shalmani Moeen Ahmad Shalmani Muneeb Ahmad Shalmani
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
tribe who are primarily concentrated in the Shalman
Shalman
Shalmaneser is documented by The Bible as an Assyrian king , identified with Shalmaneser II or IV , the successor of Pul on the throne of Assyria . He made war against Hoshea , the king of Israel, whom he subdued and compelled to pay an annual tribute. Hoshea, however, soon after rebelled against...
valley in Khyber agency
Khyber agency
Khyber is a tribal area in the FATA region of Pakistan. It is one of the eight tribal areas, better known as agencies in Pakistan. It ranges from the Tirah valley down to Peshawar...
near Peshawar
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....
, North-West Frontier Province
North-West Frontier Province
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, the tribe is also present in different areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
.
In Pakistan, they live in Swat
Swat (Pakistan)
Swat is a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, located close to the Afghan-Pakistan border. It is the upper valley of the Swat River, which rises in the Hindu Kush range. The capital of Swat is Saidu Sharif, but the main town in the Swat valley is Mingora...
, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Bajour, Buner
Buner District
Buner District is a district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.- History :The Buner Valley lies on the Peshawar valley border of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is a small mountain valley, dotted with villages and divided into seven sub-divisions...
, Shangla
Shangla District
Shangla District ' is located in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.The district headquarters are located at Alpuri. It was previously a subdivision of Swat District, but was upgraded to the status of a district on July 10, 1995 by the then Chief Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao. The total...
, Abbottabad
Abbottabad
Abbottabad is a city located in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan. The city is situated in the Orash Valley, northeast of the capital Islamabad and east of Peshawar at an altitude of and is the capital of the Abbottabad District...
, Mansehra
Mansehra
Mansehra city is located at in Mansehra District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is very near to Abbottabad city. It is a major stop for tourists on the Karakoram Highway which leads to China...
, Haripur, Malakand District
Malakand District
Malakand District is a district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.The District was formed in 1970 as a Provincially Administered Tribal Area, It had previously been a Tribal Area known as the Malakand Protected Area, part of the Malakand Agency...
, Dargai
Dargai
Dargai is an administrative area of the Malakand District in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, located on the main highway from Peshawar to Swat, Dir and Chitral...
, Sakha Koat, Charsadda
Charsadda District
Charsadda is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan that contains the town of Charsadda. The town was part of the Peshawar ex-metropolitan region...
, and Umarzai
Umarzai
Umarzai or Omarzai is a relatively small Pashtun tribe in Pakistan. A large group used to live in Jaranwala, Pakistan and Nakuru, Kenya but now most reside in Chacch . A few still reside in Jaranwala, but all the members from Nakuru have now left. The Umarzais are the richest tribe in Chacch...
(Hasht Nagar). Shalmani tribes live all over Afghanistan. They were originally brought to Swat by one of the famous Pakhtun conquerors and kings, Shahabuddin Mohammad Ghouri
Muhammad of Ghor
Sultan Shahāb-ud-Din Muhammad Ghori , originally called Mu'izzuddīn Muḥammad Bin Sām , was a ruler of the Ghurid dynasty who reigned over a territory spanning present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India.Shahabuddin Ghori reconquered the city of Ghazna Sultan Shahāb-ud-Din Muhammad Ghori...
, from Shalman and Karman Afghanistan. But it is to be noted that the present day Shalman valley has joined Govt. of Pakistan.
According to Khan Roshan Khan of Swabi("Tazkira
Tazkira
Tazkira is one of the principal forms of Persian literature and also Urdu literature. Tazkira is a type biographical anthology, almost always of poetry alone...
" page 379) his famous book about Pakhtoons,"Shalmani or shilmani,شلمانى are "Banu Bakht,بنو بخت" Israel who were living in an area "Shalman,شلمان" in Syria.These Banu Bakht were the land lords of shalman(شلمان),Ainab(عيناب) and Baiswad(بيسود) at the border of Lebanon and Syria. But when they exiled to Khorasan(خراسان),they were known as shalmani and Baiswad in Khorasan because of their place name "Shalman" in Syria.And still they are called Shalmani". According to Eng.Farid Shahzada Khan Shalmani "this area Shilman is still present with same name at the border of Lebanon and Syria near Hera Water Fall(شلال حرا) along Al-Asee river(نهر العاصى), one of the famous waterfalls of Lebanon. But now Shilman area is completely in the territory of Lebanese Government. Again according to Eng. Farid Shilmani the same shilman is named to an area and city in Kordestan Iran whose geographical coordinates are 35° 51' 16" North, 46° 1' 8" East. Similarly Shalman in Gilan and Rud-e-shalman(Shalman River,رود شلمان) the fourth largest river in Iran famous for fishing. Another example is the shalmani tribe of Libya e.g. Libyan Poet Mohammed Abdelsalam al-Shilmani .There is a soccer referee Abdel Hakim Shelmani from Libya.There is one volcano Mountain Shalman Mountain(جبل شلمان) near Jabal Hil in Makkah Saudi Arabia. This mountain is 6500–4000 years old. Another shalman area is present in south eastern Egypt.(go to reference below).
Famous Shilmani
Before independence of Pakistan, Rahat Khan Shalmani of Sakha Koat Malakand AgencyMalakand Agency
The Malakand Agency was one of the Tribal Areas in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan until 1970. It included the princely states of Chitral, Dir and Swat, and an area around the Malakand Fort known as the Malakand Protected Area.In 1970, following the abolition of the princely states,...
was the prominent figure of the Shilmani tribe in the region. When Nehru first came to N.W.F.P
North-West Frontier Province
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country...
, he was invited by Rahat Khan Shilmani(the father of Naik amal khan shalmani the ex MPA) to Sakha Koat to discuss some political issues faced by the British colonial government. Haji Zubair Shah(late),Malik Hazrat Shah (late), Hakim Shah (late) Mr. Naik Khan Shalmani(Late), Mr.Gulistan Khan Shalmani(Late), Mr. Naik Amal Khan Shalmani, Mr. Zeban Shah Shalmani(Late) Zeran Shah Shalmani (Late), Shakir ulllah (Late) Rahman ullah Urf (Babu) Sarkai Bala, Mailk Rahim Shah Shalmani(Late) Sakhakot bazar, Muhammad Nisar Shalmani Sakhakot Bazar Malakand Agency & Sarkai Bala, Mr. Mata-Wakil Khan Shalmani (Bhama Dhera). They are politicians and landlords and belong to different political parties. In Malakand agency Mr. Mohammad Saeed Ghamgeen Shalmani and Baba Abdul Rahman Shalmani are the famous Pakhtun poets; they belong to Aladand Derai Batkhela Malakand agency. In Khyber agency Shalman Valley, Malik Ghazi Gul Shalmani Wazir Khil(late) has been a prominent tribal leader, Gran Bacha Shalmani and Habibullah Khan Shalmani are local politicians of the Shilmani tribe in their region. The most famous and holy person among the Khyber Shalmanis is Hazrat Sheikh Gul Sahib Shalmani, son of Hazrat Haji Gul (RA); he is a religious person. In Swat District,Engineer Mr. Farid Shahzada Khan Shalmani of Tehsil Matta Village Sijban, Mohib Gul Shalmani of Pishtonai, Umar Rahim Shalmani of Bulkarai, Sayyad Ahmad Khan Shalmani of Barthana and Mr. Sayyad Kareem Khan Shalmani advocate of Mingora are serving as students of the Israeli concept of Pakhtun history.To this day, the Shilmani tribes work side by side with Pashtun tribes to serve the Pakhtun nation and all of humanity in different fields like education, economy, religion, defence and agriculture.
The Shalmani tribe also live in Thana and Palai Malakand Agency. The forefather of Shalmani tribe in Thana was Qazi Abdul Hai Shah the small village in Ramora Chakdara is also known on the name of Abdul Hai Shah.The son of Qazi Abdul Hai Shah Shalmani,Mr. Qazi Abdul Karim Shalmani Shaheed fought against the British ruler in 1895.The Qazi Abdul Karim Shalmani embraced Shahdat(martyred) in the historical Gaza(battle) of Malakand.The tomb of Qazi Abdul Karim Shalmani Shaheed is near bypass Thana.Dr. Ahmad Khan Shalmani Late,Fazal Karim Shalmai Late,Professor Khurshed Roshan Gold Medalist, Fazal Ghaffar Shalmani(Educationest/retired head master), Muhammad Jamil Taj Shalmani(journalist),Arshad Karim Shalmanisocial worker), Muhammad Aimal Khan Shalmani(political figure),Muhammad salim Salmani,Muhammad Ali Shalmani.
Muhammad Kaleem Shalmani,Muhammad Ajmal Shalmani,Azlaan Shalmani,Hassaan Ahmad Shalmani, late Muhammad Ameen Shalmani, Muhammad Ikram Shalmani, Zaheen Ahmad Shalmani, Muhammad Waseem Shalmani, Muhammad Faheem shalmani, Shah Fahad Shalmani,Saad Shalmani,Shahzad Ahmad Shalmani,Hasnain Ahmad Shalmani,Fazli Wahab Kamil Shalmani(Poet) are the known figures of this tribe in Thana Malakand. Engr. Izhar ul Haq Shalmani of ALLADAND, Fida Jan Shalmani of ALLADAND Asstt. Secretary, BISE MALAKAND.
External links
Khan Roshan Khan: "Tazkira-e-Pathan" page 379 5th Edition, 1987Dr.Latif Yad: "پښتني قبیلي اوپیژنۍ (Pashto Version" page 279 http://www.khyber.org/books/latifyada.pdf
Shilman Lebanon: http://books.google.com.af/books?id=EskzgI-229IC&pg=PA333&lpg=PA333&dq=shilman+lebanon+syria&source=bl&ots=aapojKFA3X&sig=fPWQuyGIbkGXHD6uqt1amzCAIwA&hl=ps&ei=algRS4XNG9SdkAX8tMCiBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA&safe=active#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Shilman Kordestan: http://www.maplandia.com/iran/kordestan/shilman/
Shalman Gilan: http://www.citymaphq.com/iran/avval/shalman.html
Rud-e-Shalman: http://www.hobohideout.com/mp_iran_rud-e-shalman_map.php
Shalman Volcano: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0301-071
Libyan Poet: http://www.libyanet.com/mas1.htm
Shalman Egypt: http://www.narss.sci.eg/uploads/Journal/08-12-2009.pdf
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Asim Ahmad Shalmani Moeen Ahmad Shalmani Muneeb Ahmad Shalmani