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Swatis (Urdu: سواتی, Pashto: سواتي) are a Pashtun tribe, mostly inhabiting the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. They are mostly agricultural and are the biggest land owning tribe in the districts of Mansehra and Batagram (Feudal Tanawal excluded). Swatis are divided into four major tribal clans: Gabri (گبری), Mitravi (متراوی), Mumyaali (ممیالی) and Toar (ٹوڑ). Some of them speak Hindko in towns like Mansehra, Balakot, Naran, Kaghan and Garhi Habibullah while majority of them speak Pashto as a mother tongue. Their code of conduct and customs are similar to Pashtunwali, and are called Swatiwali. Swatis are sometimes referred to as Suwadis and Servatis. Most of them are orthodox Muslims, and have been Muslim since Ghaznavid times. They are staunch followers of t

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  • Swatis (Urdu: سواتی, Pashto: سواتي) are a Pashtun tribe, mostly inhabiting the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. They are mostly agricultural and are the biggest land owning tribe in the districts of Mansehra and Batagram (Feudal Tanawal excluded). Swatis are divided into four major tribal clans: Gabri (گبری), Mitravi (متراوی), Mumyaali (ممیالی) and Toar (ٹوڑ). Some of them speak Hindko in towns like Mansehra, Balakot, Naran, Kaghan and Garhi Habibullah while majority of them speak Pashto as a mother tongue. Their code of conduct and customs are similar to Pashtunwali, and are called Swatiwali. Swatis are sometimes referred to as Suwadis and Servatis. Most of them are orthodox Muslims, and have been Muslim since Ghaznavid times. They are staunch followers of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence. According to the 1911 Census Report, the tribe was counted as having 33,000 individuals in Hazara District alone, excluding the independent territory of Battagram, then known as Hazara Agency. (en)
  • Gli swati o swatey (in urdu: سواتی, in pashtu: سواتیان) sono una tribù pashtun. La maggioranza della popolazione swati vive nella del Pakistan: l'etnia è prevalente nei distretti di Mansehra e . La popolazione parla la variante settentrionale del pukhtu, col fonema duro kh che rimpiazza il fonema sh delle tribù pashtun del sud. Una delle caratteristiche dell'etnia, oltre al linguaggio, è il rispetto di una variante del Pashtunwali (da loro chiamato a volte swatiwali), un codice d'onore e culturale pre-islamico di origine indigena. La religione prevalente fra gli swati è l'Islam sunnita. La popolazione è presente anche in altre zone, come il e il . Alcune tribù pashtun che vivono a stretto contatto con loro, nei distretti di e , sono i Tanoli, i , i e i . (it)
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  • Swatis (Urdu: سواتی, Pashto: سواتي) are a Pashtun tribe, mostly inhabiting the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. They are mostly agricultural and are the biggest land owning tribe in the districts of Mansehra and Batagram (Feudal Tanawal excluded). Swatis are divided into four major tribal clans: Gabri (گبری), Mitravi (متراوی), Mumyaali (ممیالی) and Toar (ٹوڑ). Some of them speak Hindko in towns like Mansehra, Balakot, Naran, Kaghan and Garhi Habibullah while majority of them speak Pashto as a mother tongue. Their code of conduct and customs are similar to Pashtunwali, and are called Swatiwali. Swatis are sometimes referred to as Suwadis and Servatis. Most of them are orthodox Muslims, and have been Muslim since Ghaznavid times. They are staunch followers of t (en)
  • Gli swati o swatey (in urdu: سواتی, in pashtu: سواتیان) sono una tribù pashtun. La maggioranza della popolazione swati vive nella del Pakistan: l'etnia è prevalente nei distretti di Mansehra e . La popolazione parla la variante settentrionale del pukhtu, col fonema duro kh che rimpiazza il fonema sh delle tribù pashtun del sud. Una delle caratteristiche dell'etnia, oltre al linguaggio, è il rispetto di una variante del Pashtunwali (da loro chiamato a volte swatiwali), un codice d'onore e culturale pre-islamico di origine indigena. La religione prevalente fra gli swati è l'Islam sunnita. (it)
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  • Swati (popolo) (it)
  • Swati (Pashtun tribe) (en)
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