Mandanr
The Mandanr, Mandar, or Mandan are a Pashtun tribe, the children of Mand who was the Son of Hazrat Umar baba. Umar Baba was the Brother of Yousaf. who left the tribe and moved from Kandahar to Hassan Abdal. An Arab Quraysh family in Hassan Abdal give his daughter in Marriage to young Omar. Allah Almighty gave Omar a son from an Arab girl which they Name Mandanr. When Mandanr was one year old, Hazrat Omar Baba died. Upon hearing the news of his death, Yusuf left Kandahar and went to Hassan Abdal. He took his sister-in-law to Kandahar. According to the Pakhtun tradition, he married the widow of Hazrat Umar Baba and when Mandanr was young, he gave his daughter in marriage to Mandanr. That is why Yousafzai and Mandanr tribe are making it a sub tribe of Yousafzai. Mandanr had four sons.1- Mano, 2-Razar, 3-Khizar and 4-Mehmood.
In Pakistan the people of this tribe live mostly in the Mardan district , Dir Lower and Swabi district, with a considerable population in the Buner and Charsadda districts and Saidu Sharif and Mingaora in Swat. The Mandanrs were a warrior tribe who revolted throughout the Mughals tenure in Afghanistan and India and are famous for leading the Pashtun rebellions during this time.
Demographics
Chamla has been historically the locale of the Mandanr tribe. Mandanr are the largest group in the Swabi, Dir , Buner, and Mardan Districts, with large numbers almost entirely the Manezais living in Saidu Sharif and Mingaora cities of Swat district .[1] Buner District is to the north, Swabi District to the south, Dir District and Mardan District is to the west. The population is distributed as follows:
- Swabi: 1.6 million
- Mardan : 1.5 million
- Dir : 0.5 million
- Buner : 0.2 million
- Swat : 0.1 million
- Karachi: 0.3 million
- Other cities (international): 0.3 million
- Total: 3.6 million
The Mandanr are organized into subdivisions. Mardan is inhabited largely by two sub-tribes of the Mandanr, the Kamalzai and Amazai. Kamalzais are further divided into two main branches: Masharanzai, near the towns of Toru and Kashranzai, and chiefly in the town of Mardan and Manezai in Swat. Some of the Khels(Branches of Kasharanzai) include Skander Khel(Rawanikhel)(taji khel), Degan Khel, Sadi Khel, BaraKhan Khel, Bahdar Khel, Bat Khel, BAMO KHEL, Mahmood Khel, Bhai Khel (also called Bay Khel) Mohammad Khel, Sheri Khel and Rustam Khel. Amazais are divided into two main branches, the Doulatzai and Ismialzai. The Razar occupy Swabi and the tehsil Razar. They're further divided into the Khizarzai, Mahmood or Mamuzai, Manuzai and Razzar.
Traditional sport
In the past, archery was used in warfare, but with the advent of modern warfare, archery has been relegated to the game of ‘Mukha’. The slingshot, called ‘Leenda’ in the local dialect, is also used in Mukha, and is made from the horns of the ‘Markhor’ – a wild goat found in the forests and forested mountains. The horn of a single ‘Markhor’ is enough to make just one slingshot.
Notable people
- Malik Bahako Khan Chief of Mandanr
- Captain Kernel SHEER KHAN Kernel sheer kalay Swabi
