Sultanate of Swat

{{Short description|Medieval Dardic state in northwest South Asia}}

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The Sultanate of Swat was a medieval kingdom of Dardic{{sfnp|Arlinghaus|1988|loc=pp. 190–191: The family of the sultans of Swat and the nobility spoke Gibri, the Dardic language of Bajaur, and the common people spoke Yadri, another Dardic language}} origin centred around the city of Manglawar between the 12th and 16th centuries. It was strongest of the several Dardic-speaking states in the region,{{sfnp|Arlinghaus|1988|loc=p. 177: The Jahangiri sultans of Swat were most powerful of several local rulers in the Dardic-speaking regions}} encompassing the present-day Malakand, Buner, Swat and Dir valleys, as well as the Kohistan region.{{sfnp|Arlinghaus|1988|p=177}}{{sfnp|Inam-ur-Rahim|Viaro |2002|p=68}}

During the most of 15th century, the kingdom bordered Kashmir Sultanate to the east, Delhi Sultanate to the south, Timurid Empire to the west and the kingdom of Chitral to the north.{{sfnp|Arlinghaus|1988|p=191}} The last notable ruler was Sultan Awes Jahangiri,{{sfnp|Arlinghaus|1988|p=191}}{{sfnp|Inam-ur-Rahim|Viaro |2002|p=68}} during whose reign Swat was ultimately conquered between 1510 and 1518 after a series of battles by Yousafza'i Pashtuns under the leadership of Malik Ahmad Baba.{{sfnp|Arlinghaus|1988|p=193}} This led to the Pashtunization of the Swat and Dir regions.{{sfnp|Arlinghaus|1988|p=193}} Some accounts trace the origins of Shah Mir dynasty of Kashmir from these rulers of Swat.{{sfnp|Hasan|2023|p=42}}