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Pakhli or Pakhal (اردو: پکھلی) is a historical de-facto region consisting of Mansehra District and Battagram District located in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa Province, Pakistan.[1]
Pakhli is divided into two parts:
Upper Pakhli(اتلی پکھلی)or Gabri and Lower Pakhli (ترلی پکھلی) or Mamaili - Mitravi.[2]
Etymology
[edit]Pakhli is named after Sultan Pakhal Swati who was the First Sultan of Gabari Kingdom of Swat also known as Pakhal Sarkar.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Raverty, Major. "Notes on Afghanistan and Part of Balochistan".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Gazetteer of the Hazara District 1883-4. Sang-e-Meel Publications. 2000. p. 73. ISBN 978-969-35-1069-0.
- ^ "Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 19, page 319 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu. p. 319 Volume 19. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
In Babur's time this tract was held by Khakha and Bamba tribes, whose chiefs had been the ancient rulers of the country east of the Indus, but had been driven out by Gabari Sultans of Bajaur and Swat; and the tract derives its name from Pakhal, one of these conquerors.
