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| '''Miangul Abdul Wadud'''(ميانگل عبد الودود |
'''Miangul Abdul Wadud'''(]:ميانگل عبد الودود]]) was the Wali of ] and a descendant of the ]. He was elected as Badshah Sahib(King) of Swat by a Loya Jirga held at Kabal, on November 1918 and recognized by the British authorities as ruler, and formally installed as Wali of Swat, at Saidu Sharif, on May 3, 1926.He ruled Swat from 1918 to 1949 and abdicated in favour of his eldest son, ]<ref></ref> whom he carefully educated to run the State effectively. | ||
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| == Early life and struggle for power == | == Early life and struggle for power == | ||
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Miangul Abdul Wadud(Urdu:ميانگل عبد الودود]]) was the Wali of Swat (princely state) and a descendant of the Akhund of Swat. He was elected as Badshah Sahib(King) of Swat by a Loya Jirga held at Kabal, on November 1918 and recognized by the British authorities as ruler, and formally installed as Wali of Swat, at Saidu Sharif, on May 3, 1926.He ruled Swat from 1918 to 1949 and abdicated in favour of his eldest son, Miangul Jahan Zeb whom he carefully educated to run the State effectively.
| Miangul Abdul Wadud | |
|---|---|
| Born | Saidu Sharif |
| Died | October 1,1971 Aqba,Saidu Sharif,Swat |
| Other names | Badshah Sahib |
| Title | Wali of Swat (1926–1949) |
| Awards | Silver Jubilee (1935), Pakistan Independence (1948) medal |
Early life and struggle for power
H.H. Miangul Gulshahzada Sir Abdul Wadud was born at Saidu Sharif, in 1881. He was the elder son of Miangul Abdul Khaliq Khan and grandson of Shah Muhammad Aman ul-Mulk II, Mehtar of Chitral. He was educated privately. In 1915,when the tribes of Upper Swat elected Sayed Abdul Jabbar Shah as their king, he opposed the election and went into exile at Dalbar from 1915-1916. Abdul Jabbar could not defend the territory in a counterattack of Nawab of DIR in 1916. Chaotic anarchy then ensued. Miangul Abdul Wadud returned and took up arms against him in 1916.As a result the Jirga of Swat, decided to oust Abdul Jabbar Shah as king and appointed Miangul Abdul Wadud, one of the grandsons of the Akhund of Swat, as king in1917.He established his rule in Swat and annexed Buner and Chakisar to his dominion. Thus he controlled most of the Swat area by 1923.
The Wali of Swat
Miangul Abdul Wadud was proclaimed the Wali of Swat in1926 with an annual allowance of Rs10,000 from the Government of India. He had three wives and a father of eight daughters and four sons.
Struggle for the title of Badshah
It is noteworthy that though Miangul Abdul Wadud was elected ‘king’ and locally known as ‘Bacha’ or ‘Badshah,’(King) the authorities only granted him the title of ‘Wali,’ which meant a religious ruler. This was obviously with reference to his descent from the Akhund of Swat. Miangul Abdul Wadud wanted to retain the title of ‘Badshah’ or ‘Bacha’ but was denied by the political authorities on the basis that no ruler in India was a ‘king,’ and that only the King-Emperor in Britain had the right to be styled in such a manner. Miangul Abdul wadud acceded to Pakistan in late 1947.
Miangul Abdul Wadud abdicated in favour of his eldest son, Mianagul Jahanzeb on 12 December 1949 who ruled Swat(princely state) wisely till its merger in Pakistan 1969.
Honours and Awards
- Silver Jubilee (1935)
- Coron. (1937)
- Pakistan Independence (1948) medal
Death
He died at the Royal Palace, Aqba (Now Iqra Academy), on 1 October 1971 and was buried there at the Badshah Sahib Mausoleum.
See also
References
- www.royalark.net/Pakistan/swat.htm
- ^ Bangash, Yaqoob. "The Creation of Swat State". Khudi.pk. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
External links
- RoyalArk website on general and dynastic history
- Sultan-i-Rome e - IPCS PDF
- About Swat Royal Family & Photographs - Pakistan ... - Apna Swat
Further reading
- Muhammad Altaf Husain, The Story of Swat as told by the Founder, Miangul Abdul Wadud , to Muhammad Asif Khan. Miangul Abdul Wadud , Peshawar, 1963.
- Sultan-i-Rome, Swat State, 1915–1969, From Genesis to Merger: An Analysis of Political, Administrative, Socio-Political, and Economic Development, Karachi: Oxford University Press (2008), ISBN 0-19-547113-X