Jandol State

Jandol (also called Jandool or Jandul) was a small Pashtun (Muslim) princely state during the British raj, yet yielded the "Napoleon of the Pathans" Umra Khan.

The Muslim khanate was a minor 'Frontier State' in the colonial Northwest Frontier Province, founded circa 1830. Its capital was a town called Barwa (which has various namesakes in British India).Now called Samarbagh(Tehsil of Dir Lower)

In Jandol some minor khanates were also present at that time like Ghambhir khanate and khanate of shahi(A mountainous town of Jandol).

Some minor Malik's were also present who were the head's of local Jirga of tribes Shiekh khel(Ancestors of Shengas Singh).

Khans

Mohammad Aman Khan

• 1879–1881 Mohammad Zaman Khan (d. 1881), son of the above predecessor
• 1881–1903 (Mohammad) `Um(a)ra Khan (b. c.1860 – d. 1903), fratricidal brother of the above predecessor; chiefly responsible for the Chitral Expedition of 1895
• 1933 - 1960 Nawabzada Shahabuddin Khan
• Bakht Bacha Khan (Khanate of Gambhir and father of current MNA Bashir khan)
• MALIK'S
• Malik Muhammad Arif(Of tribe Shiekh khel)
• Naushad Malik(-d.2005)son of the above predecessor

Sources

• WorldStatesmen – Pakistan – Princely States

See also

• Jandala state, a fellow Pashtun Frontier state