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21-528: The pass road begins at Dargai , which is 150 km the north-west from Islamabad . It then slopes upward towards the tunnel to reach the areas of Swat and Dir. From the top of the pass, Swat Canal descending through the valley can be observed. The Canal was built by the Britishers in the colonial era to channel water from the Swat River through Malakand Pass to the plain areas around Mardan . The Pass

42-648: A large battle took place at Prang Ghar. Owing to its defenders being only a small band of poorly armed mujahideen , the Utmankhel were subdued. In March 1852, a brigade was sent after them under the command of Lord Clyde , which raided Dargai and Kharkai – small villages of the Ranizai tribe at the bottom of the Malakand Pass . The attackers were well equipped with artillery, so the Ranizais accepted

63-497: A power on the frontier. In 1894 he held undisputed sway over almost the whole of Bajour , when his restless ambition caused him to interfere in the internal affairs of Chitral . He instigated Afzal ul-Mulk, a son of Chitral's Mehtar Aman ul-Mulk , to murder his brother Nizam ul-Mulk, and then overthrew the fratricide and supported the claims of his uncle Sher Afzul to the throne. The Government of British India intervened and ordered Umra Khan to leave Chitral . When he refused,

84-520: A ransom of Rs.5000 and thereafter proclaimed jihad or holy war in the Buner Valley , at that time ruled by Syed Akhbar Shah Badshah. The British felt threatened by Badshah and made an unsuccessful attempt to take the valley. Swat ruler Akhund Sahib (Saidu baba) died in 1877, and the following year the British commander took a strong force and entered Ranizai territory via Palai and Sherkhana at

105-712: Is a wide open road and is well-structured but sometimes it may get extensively trafficked. At the top end, it is guarded by the Malakand Fort from which it descends through the bazaar of Batkhela , with a Hindu Shahi fort perched above it. After this, it continues to reach the headworks of the Swat Canal to the Swat River. At the bottom end, it meets the plain areas of Mardan and the Charsadda District. It came into prominence in 1895 during

126-650: Is also acknowledged economically as a major market for timber and historically as the last train station into Northern Pakistan. Dargai was part of the Malakand Agency Tribal area until 1970 when the former princely states of Chitral , Dir , and Swat were amalgamated into the Malakand Division, which was in turn divided into districts, one of which was the Malakand Protected Area, known as Malakand District. In 2000

147-535: Is buried on the outskirts of Dehri Alladand village where the people refer to her as Shaheeda Abai (martyred grandmother). Hazrat Sadullah Khan, alias Sar tor Faqir ("bear-headed Faqir"), also known as Mullah Mastan or the Mad Mullah by the British, was a tribesman of the Buner Swat. When the British seized Amandara, Sar tor Faqir marched from Landakay towards Thana the British proceeded to Dehri Alladand and

168-402: Is located near Dargai Railway Station. Dargai railway station was operational till 1992. Nowshera–Dargai Branch Line connected it with main railway system . Umara Khan Ghazi Khan Umra Khan of Jandol (c. 1860 – 1904), also called " The Afghan Napoleon ", was a Pashtun chief on the north-western frontier of British India , who was chiefly responsible for

189-459: Is one of the tehsils of Malakand District (the other being Batkhela ) in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It located on the main highway from Peshawar to Swat , Dir and Chitral . The town of Dargai is experiencing an economic revival due to its well-known status as a hub for trade between the upper regions of Pakistan and the lower regions of Khyber Pakthunkhwa. It

210-541: The Chitral Expedition of 1895. He was the Khan of Jandol and captured the state of Dir and reigned as its Nawab from 1890 to 1895. Umra briefly occupied Swat , Chitral and Bajaur . He also took over Kunar and Kafiristan regions of Afghanistan . He was the younger son of the Khan of Jandol who were a Tarkalani ruling class; but he killed his elder brother, seized the throne, and made himself

231-587: The Chitral Expedition was despatched; Umra Khan was driven into exile in Afghanistan , and died there in 1904. He is declared as The Afghan Napoleon by Winston Churchill in his book titled the Malakand Field Force. The book was written by Churchill when he visited the area as a war correspondent with British Forces. It is also known that Umara Khan participated in the Ambela battle when he

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252-801: The Chitral Expedition , when Pashtuns opposed a stout resistance to Sir Robert Low’s advance over the Malakand Pass in 1895 to the relief of Chitral. During the frontier risings of 1897, the Swatis made a determined attack on the Malakand, where 700 were killed, and on the adjacent post of Chakdara, where 2000 were killed. This was the origin of the Malakand Expedition of the same year. 34°35′N 71°57′E  /  34.583°N 71.950°E  / 34.583; 71.950 Dargai Dargai ( Pashto : درگئی ; Urdu : درگئی )

273-587: The 1975 album Pour Down Like Silver . Today, scenic locations in Dargai include the Jabban (Malakand-I), Dargai (Malakand-II) and Dargai (Malakand-III) hydro-electric projects where water passes through a 3 miles (4.8 km) tunnel before entering a natural drop of 350 feet (110 m). The two power houses at Dargai and Jabban have recently been supplemented by a third 81 MW facility Malakand-III hydropower station completed in 2008. The Punjab Regimental Centre

294-538: The Batkhela. They by-passed the British troops at Amandara and decided to raid Malakand, where they defeated the British. Later, the Sikhs joined the British, but still they were still beaten by the mujadeen'. When the battle ended a large number of British and Sikhs had been killed or captured, and a large quantity of arms and ammunition seized. Nineteen mujahideen were killed, including Sar Tor Faqir. His tomb stands at

315-601: The Gordons, Henry Singleton Pennell of the Derbyshire Regiment and Samuel Vickery of The Dorsetshire Regiment were medal recipients. The action was commemorated in verse by William McGonagall , the pipe march The Heights of Dargai by J. Wallace and the fiddle tune Dargai by James Scott Skinner . Richard Thompson later arranged and recorded a version of the Skinner tune for the guitar, released on

336-474: The Malakand Division was abolished and despite constitutional changes since 1970, the expression "Malakand Agency" is sometimes still used as a name for the entire area of the former agency. The British commenced their campaign against Malakand in 1852, and Dargai became well known for its battles during their rule . First, the British conducted a campaign against the Pashtun Utmankhel tribe and

357-624: The bottom of Elephant Pass (Hathi Darrah) to the south of the village of Zulamkot in Dehri Alladand in Malakand. Later on, the British formed a new force known as the Malakand Field Force to deal with the tribes of Malakand, a force in which Winston Churchill was a second lieutenant. He was also the editor of the daily Civil and Military Gazette. The Malakand Field Force raided many villages in Malakand including Swat, Dir and Chitral. Thereafter British rule gradually enveloped

378-653: The southern boundary of the Malakand Agency when the Ranizais once more resorted to arbitration. In 1895, British army major Sir Arlo along with Colonel Kelly started a war against Umara Khan , a sardar and politician whom Winston Churchill called the Afghan Napoleon . The British camped at Dargai and Kharkai before a huge battle in the Malakand pass during which the Swat Ranizais displayed great valour. On September 12, 1895 an agreement

399-660: The violence in the North from 2009-2012, and also to people escaping the floods in July 2010 An attack on Dargai Heights during the Tirah campaign resulted in the award of four Victoria Crosses . The Heights were held by Afridi tribesmen but were successfully stormed by the Gordon Highlanders and the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles on 20  October 1897. Piper George Findlater and Private Edward Lawson of

420-422: The whole area. In recent history, specifically November 2006, insurgents attacked a group of soldiers during their parade, many were killed and many more still were injured. The civilians in the surrounding area quickly drove the injured soldiers to the hospital thereby saving many lives. The people of Dargai are also known for providing water, refreshment, and even accommodation in their own homes to people fleeing

441-463: Was signed between the British and the Swat Ranizais. The second battle of Malakand took place in 1897 during a period of Swat Ranizais resistance when even the Pukhtoon women came out to fight. History records the valour of a woman belonging to a respectable family of Dehri Alladand who fought day and night as well as provided food and water to the mujahideen and who died with her sword drawn. She

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