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Shilmani


The Shalmani, or Shilmani (Pashto: شلمانى‎) are Pashtun Sub section of Mohmand tribe who are primarily concentrated in the Shalman Valley in Khyber Agency near Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Shalmani are also known as Sulemani (Pashto: سليمانى‎) in Abbottabad, Mansehra and Haripur. The tribe is also present in different areas of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. In Pakistan, the tribe lives in Swat, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Bajour, Buner, Shangla, Malakand District, Dargai, Sakha Koat, Charsadda (Hashtnagar).

Similar to Shalman of Khyber, a city by name Shalman is also present in Gilan Province of Iran and the shalmani associated with Iranian Shalman also speak Pashto and Persian as well.

Khan Roshan Khan a Pakhtun historian says that Shalmani were originally brought to Swat District by one of the famous conquerors and kings, Muhammad of Ghor, from Shalman Valley of khyber Agency in present Pakistan and Karman of today's Afghanistan.


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